Mark May 23rd & 24th on your calendar for our Honey Bee Orchard Blossom Walk! Tours are on the hour starting at 11 with the last tour at 3 p.m. Meet a local beekeeper & check out local artists. This is a once-a-year Spring Moment you don’t want to miss. It’s Free & goes Rain or Shine.

Summer time

Summer time and the living is busy here at Archibald’s!  The big job right now is hand thinning the trees.  What’s hand thinning?  It’s going tree to tree, and manually picking off the surplus apples.  A tree can only support so many!  Ideally, we want a single apple every 6″ & no clusters.  It’s a tedious job but worth while for a few reasons.  It gives the tree help with growing the fruit, as well as continuing to grow leaves, branches, roots… Also, come harvest time the fruit remaining on the tree will be larger.  It’s a win/win!

Here’s a quick video with a little more info:

https://www.facebook.com/sandy.archibald.1/videos/10157487202778169/