much has changed at the apple farm, yet so much has stayed the same...we began selling our first hard ciders and wines in early september; and, since then, have introduced many more. we currently are offering folks seven different wines and eleven different hard ciders.
we just put our blackraspberry honeywine on the shelves last week! and, we have more wine and cider on the way.
changes weren't found just on the farm. we also had some new additions to the mcclure family; baby Auz was born last June, and this drone asked a little honeybee to be his queen.
unlike most queens, she didn't drive me away last winter!with regard to the honeybees, they seem to be doing well this year. we lost seven hives over the winter, but added more colonies to the apiary to replace the lost hives and increase our honey production; though, it is shaping up to be a light year. for the first time, we have decided to try russian bees (over the more common italians).
though we have seen a few changes made to the orchard, some aspects of farm life will never change. like trying to keep Jon off of the
honeycrisp apples before they are ready to
be picked. he just gets so excited.
the apples that we saved from Jon, honeycrisp
and others, are doing well. we will start picking the lodi, pristine and zestar apples around the tenth of july.
that's it for now. hopefully, the next post will be before next year.
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