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Rockpiles instead of peaches — Read more

Rockpiles instead of peaches

November 13, 2015
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Soil Testing — Read more

Soil Testing

November 1, 2015
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It takes 5 years to grow a mature peach tree. This is a diary of sorts of our journey as we embark on the adventure of growing peach trees in Stephenville, TX.

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The Orchard | Stephenville6255 South US Highway 281
Stephenville, TX 76401817-781-2458

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4 weeks ago

The peaches are about the size of golf balls. It is hard to believe that in about 6 weeks some of them are supposed to be ripe! ... See MoreSee Less

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1 month ago

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1 month ago

Nope, we’re not organic...The question has been asked time and again, and I certainly cannot blame you guys for asking. Our peaches are not produced organically, and there’s a good reason why.

Decades of study have been done in the state of Texas concerning peaches. While it is certainly possible to produce peaches organically, it isn’t even close to commercially viable. The fact is that attempting to do so typically results in a massively reduced crop due to loss of fruit to pests. On top of that, the peaches that remain are likely a poorer crop to boot.

The Stephenville area has 2 primary concerns.

1 - Insect damage. This ranges from simple defacing of fruit by cute little guys like these leaf-footed bugs, to bugs planting their eggs in the fruit resulting it worms in there at harvest time. Yuck!

2 - Fungus! This is a significantly bigger problem in particularly wet years or when there is a long period of high humidity. Peach fuzz is cute and fun, unless it’s from a fungus growing on the peach. Don’t believe me? Well here’s a picture I took of the Organic Peaches at Target last year. Don’t tell me you’d buy that bag of fungus-y peaches that costs 3x as much as the bag right next to it that doesn’t have any fungus on the fruit.

So let me leave it at this. We are committed to producing peaches responsibly. We only use products that are certified to be used on peaches and we only use them when they are needed. After all, we’re growing them for our family as much as we’re growing them for yours. ... See MoreSee Less

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