The entire harvest was wiped out in 2023 on April 26th by a freak hail storm. It knocked out almost every single peach in the orchard! We didn’t get a harvest in 2023, but we are looking forward to the good that we might have in 2024. Get on the text message group and we’ll
The 2022 harvest year is over. It was a hard year for all peach growers across Texas and we weren’t spared. The drought was brutally deep at the orchard. Even despite irrigating with our 45 gpm well, only one of the 8 crops of peaches grew properly. The rest of the peaches just fell off
When you bring that first flat of tree ripened peaches home, your mind is filled with possibilities. The taste and flavor of a real tree ripened peach is something that almost defies explanation and frankly anybody with any cooking experience quickly realizes what an incredible opportunity they have in their hands to create something that
Pruning is one of those often misunderstood aspects of peach trees that many people shy away from without the direct advice of someone who has the experience and confidence necessary to direct them. I get it. It isn’t like you can change your mind about a branch you cut off and just put it back
Here are some things to consider first. Maybe it’s because we can finally say that we have successfully grown a peach orchard and actually sold at least a single peach. Maybe it’s just the fact that we finally got to meet all the folks that have been watching and praying for us as they drive
I’m sitting here trying to write this summary of the 2020 peach season and I’ve having a really hard time deciding where to even start. I’m certain that 2020 will always be marked as a year that was quite chaotic and confusing for all of us, but somehow in the middle of all the crazy
With all the hail damaged peaches we’ve had this year, there has been a mountain of peaches that weren’t fit to sell, but perfect for cooking! We’ve been hard at work perfecting all sorts of peach recipes, but out of all of them one has stood out as outstanding. Peach salsa! This is a pretty
In just over 2 days, we picked and sold all of the peaches from our 130 Harvester peach trees. These trees represent approximately 20% of the entire crop we’ll get from the orchard this year, so I think it’s safe to say that Stephenville, TX likes tree ripened peaches. In the past, whenever people heard
Before we planted our first peach trees I spoke with and interviewed several veteran peach farmers. I wanted to know what they had learned the hard way. I didn’t want to make any easily avoided mistakes. The things those folks taught me have served us well, but none so much as the flat stared delivery
The trees are dormant and barren of leaves, but there is so much work that needs to be done. It probably comes as a bit of a surprise to learn that the winter months leading up to spring are a furious storm of activity. Planting, pruning, weeding, mulching, spraying, and fertilizing all come crashing down
