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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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The Orchard Stephenville

22 hours ago

To our customers,

WE WANT YOUR NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. Yes, you read that right. We've heard from many, many friends who have loved our peaches, but we want to know what we can improve upon. Whether you had a negative experience with the peaches, with our people, with the website, or anything else, we'd like to know! This is the first time we've ever picked and/or sold peaches and we need your help to know how we can improve the experience for future customers.

For instance, we realized today that we haven't done a great job of letting our customers know what to expect when they get home with their peaches. While we work hard to make sure that we are giving you a quality product at the time of sale, we realized that there are probably a lot of customers who left their peaches on the counter overnight and woke up to a bag of peachy mush. We apologize for your disappointment! Because these peaches are tree-ripened, they are ready to eat right away. If you can't eat them right away, they have to be removed from the paper sack, unstacked, and refrigerated immediately. The refrigeration slows down the softening process, but even in the fridge they will degrade quickly, so they must be consumed or processed within 24 hours.

The thing that makes our peaches so great is also the thing that makes them fragile. Grocery stores stock unripe peaches because that is the only way that peaches can be shipped. Once a peach is ripe, it bruises and wilts quickly and easily, making it impossible to ship a ripe peach. Unfortunately, because the fruit is not ripe when it is picked, it's not as sweet. A peach gets most of it's sugar content from the last couple of days on the tree and will not get sweeter once it is picked. That's why grocery store peaches always taste a bit sour - even after you leave them on the counter to soften.

We really hope you were able to enjoy the peaches that you got from us! If you had an experience with our peaches that was less than amazing, PLEASE call or text us at 817-781-2458 or send us a message through Facebook. We want you to love our peaches as much as we do, and we would love the opportunity to get you some replacements when our Ranger peaches come ripe in 2-3 weeks. We also want to know if you have suggestions to make other customers' experiences better in the future regarding our peaches, people, or process. We love our customers and love to hear from you!

Love and peaches,
The Orchard🍑 ... See MoreSee Less

The Orchard Stephenville

2 days ago

*5pm update* All sold out! Thanks so much for your patience as we tried out this new system today. It was great to see all of you guys today!

We will be trying to make things run smoother and more reliably over the next few weeks as we wait for the Ranger peaches to ripen. See you in a few weeks!

*440pm update*
Orders have been sold / washed / bagged / completed. There looks to be about 3 large bags of seconds left now that all the orders are bagged up. I updated the website stock if you wanted to grab them in the next 30 minutes before we head home for the day

*245pm Update*
Sold out of firsts and seconds. There are some Thirds left. We wont have any more firsts or seconds for a couple weeks when Ranger comes ripe. *245pm update*

*230pm Update*
Sold out of firsts. There are some Seconds and Thirds left. We wont have any more firsts for a couple weeks when Ranger comes ripe. *230pm update*

*130pm Update* We have added 7 more large bags of firsts, 6 small bags of firsts, 7 large bags of seconds, and 5 large bags of thirds * 130pm Update*

Limited Stock!

We have a very limited amount of peaches available. We cannot setup to sell them at the front of the orchard because by the time we get it all set up, we will already be sold out.

If you'd like some peaches, we setup a website that you can purchase them from and come pick them up at the farm shed / parking area. This website allows us to restrict the stock so that we wont oversell and have customers leaving sad and empty handed.

Help us by purchasing them through this link and come grab em! When these are gone we will not have anymore until about mid June when the Ranger cultivar starts to ripen.

We are still washing and sorting the fruit, so the inventory on the site may hit "Sold Out" on and off for the next few hours as we continue to add more stock and customers keep ordering it.

https://the-orchard-stephenville.square.site/

If you have any problems, call us at 817-781-2458. If that number is busy you can try our secondary number at 817-781-2463.

We will update this post until they're all sold out! ... See MoreSee Less

The Orchard Stephenville

2 days ago

When we started planting peach trees, we had no idea that our peaches would be so popular! We never envisioned that we would have customers eagerly anticipating our next crop. We've had so many friends come to ask us if we have peaches available that we decided to update our sign. Now you won't have to try to track someone down in the field to know if the peaches are ready! We will also be modifying our small "the peaches are coming" signs to include the number of days/weeks until our next harvest. Thanks for being patient with us, friends! We are truly thankful for your support! ... See MoreSee Less

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