We are going to start this spring season off with a BANG! Opening Thursday March 6th for the spring season!
The strawberries are loving this weather and there will be plenty to pick Thursday thru Saturday. Stay tuned for picking updates for Sunday. 
The tulips are finally making their appearance at the farm. We have several varieties blooming but they are scattered all over the field. So no stunning field pictures just yet. Our tulips are a bit short this year due to the heat, but our bouquet makers will be sure to get them looking nice in your bouquet! Maybe your photographer will be able to get you great shots too! Starting tomorrow we will be posting daily photos of our tulip field on social media so you can determine the best time to for you to come. 
The goats are the most excited to have people back on the farm. They are missing all the pets our wonderful customers give. See you soon!

They survived!!!   We have been pulling covers off plants today and are happy to report that the they look pretty good considering the cold weather we had last week.  
      Tulips - love it cold.  The plants look good and almost half the field is showing greenery.  We see buds deep inside some of the plants but feel we are still a week or two away from harvesting flowers.   
       Ranunculus ---- The plants are amazing in the areas where we were able to keep the cover from touching the foliage.  90% of the field looks better than ever before.  We are looking for those amazing flowers in late March.
         Strawberries ---- there are a ton of green berries.  We lost some of the blooms under the covers, which are a bit more cold sensitive than the berries so we might see a small slow down in production late March.  Overall the fields look to be in very good shape and we are in line for a big season.

  We are expecting amazing weather the rest of the week which will kick start the Farm again.  We are hoping to have ripe berries starting Thursday March 6 so get ready, Spring is almost here!  Ye Haw!

Wow, that's what you call a cold front!  Warm this morning and then about 3pm the front blew through and things changed quickly.  A cold couple of days is in the forecast with  temps tomorrow night predicted in the teens.  I would prefer it stay in the 20's but I wasn't asked.  The Strawberries and Ranunculus are covered which should mitigate any profound damage from hard freezing weather.  The Tulips will love it! 

Lets see how the next few days shake out but I would not be surprised to be announcing an Farm Opening in two weeks.  Get ready! 

    A lot to do and not much time to do it in .......... or in reality ........ a lot to do and we don't feel like there is enough time to do it in.  We are guilty of making this long list of things to get done and then going in panic mode by its length.  If we just pick one thing at a time off the list it all gets done with ample time to spare.
    
    Seeing Tulip sprouts gives us the jitters and puts in a time crunch.  Those shoots should mean we are within three weeks of flowers, warm weather advances the plants and cold weather retards them. At the moment, our best guess is too be open by the end of this month Yes!  Yikes!   We moved the Tulip field to a another part of the farm where we could increase its size by 2/3rds over last year.  This means setting up check in/check out barn and places to wrap the flowers.  Then there is the issue of getting the rest of the Farm ready to open while dealing with nuisance freezes.

    This year is playing right along with the last few.  A very cold spell (two weeks ago), followed by a big warm up (last week), followed by "is going to freeze tonight or not?" (this week).  The Strawberry fields are loaded with blooms so we are not taking any chances.  Most of the fields have frost covers on them for the rest of this week.  The forecast for the next few days flirts with 32 degree nights. 

   As mentioned, the Strawberry plants are in good shape and loaded with blooms that should equate to early March berries.  It is going to be a great year, especially if you can make it out.  We will start posting more often to keep everyone informed.  

Happy New Year!!!  We hope you had a wonderful Holiday season and a great start to the new year.

We have been busy/not busy here on the Farm.  There are lots of things to do but we are not doing them too fast.  That is about to change though as Spring time marches forward.  It is hard to say Spring Time with frigid temperatures in the forecast in the coming days. 

The Strawberry plants have been covered with Frost Covers  We are not trying to protect blooms at this time, instead we are attempting to keep the plants in the upper teens or above.  Mid to low teens are in the forecast for early next week.  The covers normally give us about 5 degrees or so of warmth..  Strawberry plants are pretty cold hardy and will easily live through ten degrees but the emerging bloom is not as tough and could be damaged even down in the crown of the plant..  Generally, we have this artic blast in mid January, a warm up late January and then nuisance freezes between warm spells through February/March.  Overall the plants seem to be in pretty good shape.  We have thousands more viable plants at this time compared to previous years so we are hoping for a stellar season.  Things can change on a dime but ....... so far, so good!

Tulips!  Ranunculus! and more flowers!  30,000 Ranunculus have been planted as well as 90,000 Tulips and a few thousand other flowers.  Tulips will be first in late February followed by Ranunculus in March.  Last year was a tough Tulip season.  We were only able to secure 30,000 bulbs and while they did come up and we had a lot of flowers, the field was just not very impressive.  Hopefully by tripling the planting the field will be more picture worthy and a greater selection of flowers will be available.  Tulip season is a tricky animal with more things to go wrong than right.  Here we go though as we give it another shot.

​Last Call for Fall!
Tomorrow will be the last day of the fall season.
We will have berry picking, hayrides, mazes, and more! The Farm will close for winter Dec. 2nd and remain closed until we see tulip blooms (typically in late February). We want to thank all of our amazing customers for a truly special fall!

We are loving this wonderful weather!  Even the cloudy days like today are amazing.  After a little warmup tomorrow we are in store for some very nice Fall'ish days Friday, Saturday and Sunday when we will be picking amazingly red luscious juicy Strawberries and continuing the Fall activities.   
    Last weekend was fantastic Strawberry picking and I think we are in store for about the same this weekend.  Friday and Saturday morning will have the greatest availability.  I would expect to have plenty of Strawberries to pick all weekend.  We will throw up a post Saturday night just to let Sunday's folks know what the field looks like.  Berries picked in under 70 degree weather tend to last a little longer but I still recommend eating or processing them within a day or two of picking.  We have not been able to pick any and test shelf life ----- someone always eats them!
     The Fall Activities are still in play minus Pony rides and Flower Picking.  Unbelievably the Mazes are still holding up for the most part. 
     Happy Thanksgiving everyone, we wish you all the happiest of Holidays and if you find yourself looking for something to do - come see us this weekend.

​What a beautiful day!  And it looks like this gorgeous weather will continue through Sunday.  The Farm is open Friday through Sunday for more Fall Fun activities and Strawberries to pick.   Last night was a bit colder than expected.   The Zinnia plants were killed in the freeze so flower picking is finished for the year.  They were amazing but now time to think about Tulips in February of next year.  We don’t see much damage to the Berries but pickers will want to inspect their berries as they are picked.  It is normal to occasionally pick a berry that might not meet your criteria.  Just discard it on the ground and step on it, please don’t hide it back under the leaves :).  It is going to be a great relaxing few days - we hope you can make it out.

It was another beautiful day on the farm! Lots of berries left the farm with lots more still in the field! In my opinion the berries are the perfect size and shape for some chocolate dipped strawberries. We will have lots of farm activities going tomorrow including pumpkin patch, mazes, hayrides, and more! Sunday will be the last day you can pick strawberries and enjoy the farm until next week! We are open Fridays thru Sundays in November. Stay tuned for updates on the farm for next week!