2011

58 Snake Hill Rd.
North Scituate, RI
Open Fridays 9-6 and Saturdays,Sundays and Mondays 9-5 beginning Saturday August 13th through October.
401-949-0390
Email: info@ElwoodOrchard.com
Web Site: www.ElwoodOrchard.com
Blog:
elwoodorchard.blogspot.com

We will be opening the orchard on Saturday August 13th a week earlier than last season.

--- As last year we will be using our web site's home page to let folks know what is available each day that we are open. We will change and update the website as often as necessary to provide accurate information. As always please feel free to give us a call. This is a rebuilding year for our bees and we will not have our honey this season.

---This year's garlic crop looks very nice with some nice size bulbs, large cloves and new varieties.---The nectarines look good this year and we expect to have a very large peach crop. The nectarines may not be ready for opening day but are ripening quickly and may be ready for Sunday or Monday. If I had to guess I would say next weekend will be good for both nectarines and raspberries.---The pear crop also looks very good this season.

---Our apples are now certified organic. Apples are still very challenging to grow organically. However, as we write this, we are pleased with the quality of this season's apples.

---Right now we are working through the paperwork with our certification agency and expect to be able to label our garlic, shallots, tomatoes and raspberries as certified organic this season.

---We will also be making apple cider this season. We have our Health Department license and are waiting for certification to label our cider as certified organic. Our cider will be UV pasteurized, meaning that the process will not include heating the cider thus retaining the natural flavor of the cider.

---We posted a story on Elwood Orchard's blog about Jean and I flushing a group of baby turkeys (poults) this year. They are still with us almost five weeks later. They move between our neighbor's property and the orchard often roosting in the trees along Snake Hill Road. When they first arrived we had hawks floating over the property for the entire day. As the baby turkeys grew the hawks moved on, although we watched a coyote walk through the orchard last week. After we posted the blog story we counted fourteen poults and those same fourteen are still around. The two females and the poults appear not to be frighten of us when we ignore them and even move within fifteen feet of us when we are working in the orchard whether its pulling garlic or thinning apples. The whole experience with them this season has been very cool.

Thank you, Jean and Al Fuoroli