Winding down still
Friday night October 18. We will still be open for u-pick this weekend, but the forecast is for rain. Early next week we will start to wrap up picking the trees that we left for u-pick so this is the last chance to u-pick Empire, Gala, and Northern Spy. I will leave some Mutsu and […]
Fruit Filled Friday Orchard Tour
Fruit-Filled Friday Orchard Tour at King Orchards
USA Today: 10 Great Places to Pick Your Own Apples
King Orchards is proud to have been named in USA Today’s 10 Great Places to Pick Your Own Apples! “Enjoy the recreation playground of northern Michigan when you pick apples here,” said Todd Hultquist, spokesman for the U.S. Apple Association. Indeed, the sparkling waters of Torch Lake and Grand Traverse Bay are just moments from […]
Spring work progress
Well, it got to 28F last night and we ran the wind machines. I don’t know if they do any good but the theory sounds plausible. In the spring when we have clear nights the earth acts as a radiator and objects (blossoms, grass, windshields) radiate their heat energy away to space. So the blossoms […]