Orchards

by Melanie Wong 15 days ago

Andy's Orchard opened for the season on May 15. Yesterday was my first visit of the year. The entrance has been roped off like the lines for bank tellers with markers each six feet. Inside the door...

by Melanie Wong 10 months ago

" . . . old Tulare Lake, which rose by flood and sank by drought. Four tribes of Yokut lived along its shores. On the shallow bottom, the women fished mussels and clams with their toes. The nets of...

by Melanie Wong 2 years ago

Andy's Orchard in Morgan Hill opened for the season on May 15. I had a chance to visit last weekend to buy the first cherries from its own orchards: Brooks and Black Tartarians. I bought some of bo...

by rworange 13 years ago

The cherries are wonderful as always. This is the last week for the apricots. The Santa Rosa plums are just in and, IMO, they are not there yet. They are not the usual wonderfulness of juice with t...

was reading in the Sacramento Bee about how good the pies are at Machado Orchards up in Auburn (Foresthill Exit). Usually at this exit I go to Ikeda's - right next to the freeway (80) - where the ...

by Melanie Wong 2 years ago

Orchards and farms in Brentwood on the urban boundary are popular summer time u-pick and farmstand destinations. The cherry season is here and producers have started opening on weekends this month....

by Melanie Wong 3 years ago

Andy's Orchard in Morgan Hill is my favorite source of tree-ripened stone fruit. It opened last week for the season. My first time to visit at the start of the harvest, beginning with cherries, and...

by Melanie Wong 9 years ago

Monday I stopped by Andy's Orchard to see how the cherry crop's doing. Very well, thank you. Black Tartarians, the end of Brooks, Rainiers, and Bings were all in peak form. The Bings were especia...

by Melanie Wong 4 years ago

Monday morning I dropped by Andy's Orchard in Morgan Hill. A regular stop for me during stone fruit season for the fabulous cherries, apricots, peaches, nectarines, and plums, however, this might h...

by heybaldy 5 years ago

Hip hip hooray, new years, it comes twice a year in our household. A tradition was usually fulfilled with supermarket apples from IGA. This year we have house guests from Florida (great! this is l...

by kaleokahu 5 years ago

There's a well-kept sudsy secret lurking in the shadow of Ti'Swaq' (aka, Tahoma, Tacobeh, Pooskaus, Tacoma or Mount Rainier). FORTY-FIVE taps for tasting and $10 growler fills. Allegedly TWO TH...

Does anyone know of any orchards in the area that allow you to bring dogs? The only one I've been able to find so far is Rock Hill. Most of the websites I've looked at either don't say anything a...

We are sadly missing Phil's Apples out in Harvard, its wonderful cider pressing 'til December, and especially its proprietor, Phil Rymsha. Apparently someone bought it and is trying to continu...

by kattyeyes 6 years ago

Fritters with blues, who knew? And dogs love 'em, too!

We love going out to the pick-your-own apple orchards at this time of year, but we're always sad to leave our beloved canine companion at home. Many orchards ban even leashed pets (often for health...

by hiddenboston 7 years ago

What are some orchards in Eastern MA (or beyond) that have heirloom apples? Any thoughts?

Heading out to their Freehold orchard early this morning. $3.25/lb and they are still plentiful and gorgeous. Sweet as candy. In 20 minutes I had 7 lbs. Peaches in early to late July Nectari...

Hey chowhounds! A few friends and I are looking to pick some apples, but we were wondering if there was an orchard that had an apple cider brewery type of thing going on the side? Ideally one th...