What is a Local Working Orchard
A local Central PA Orchard is mostly made up of family members. In the case of Our Little Orchard, I'd have to say my brother-in-law is the lead, the backbone, the dreamer. My sister is the brain, the organizers, the people person.
The area of the orchard is, in fact, family land. The trees were planted by Chris, and in most cases, I believe he is the biggest picker. Not a small job on its own. I know that because I tried to help. Worked well till I fell out of a tree (oops).
A local orchard, like a local farm, never stops working. They may have points where there are no customers, but there are a million things to do. It is a sun up to sun down business that you never get to go home from.
On the off-seasons, like now, there is the cleaning of winters rot, pruning or not pruning depending on the weather, the trees, the needs. Mowing and weeding. In general, getting ready for the 2020 Season.
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It takes a lot of room to work with these beauties. Peaches are sorted by quality and size. OLO has #1s, #2s, and Jellies. They are sold by 1/4 pecks, 1/2 pecks, pecks, 1/2 bushels, and bushels.
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As stated at the beginning of this post, a local orchard is most often a family affair.
It is so nice to hear about all the family working together to care about the publics interest in what they like. I don't know your family, but they have to be very dedicated and hard-working people. That is amazing.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great place to visit I love fresh fruit. I can't wait to be able to come check this out.
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