The Sad Truth About Apples

I should have titled this post “The Sad Truth About My Timely Posting of Information Concerning the Beginning of Apple Season and the Availability of Apples,” but that would have been much too long of a title. It does, however accurately describe my total dereliction of duty. Much of the growing season here at High-Fence Farm has come and gone. It sure has been a productive year, and I will try to use that as an excuse to exempt me from my charge of negligence in keeping you abreast of crop availabilities. We have had one busy whirlwind of a growing season.

So here’s the bad news: Our apple season has come and gone. I am so sorry to say that apple picking is over for 2014. Many of you familiar with apple season in the more northern climes are used to apple season just beginning to kick in, but here most apple varieties commonly grown in the south are finishing up. This year has been especially short for us, due to our quirky Oklahoma weather. We had good rainfall early, good rainfall during the early summer, but not-so-good rainfall just as our apples were finishing. That caused an unusually large number of apples falling prematurely.

Here at High-Fence Farm we have a young apple orchard which promises to improve each year. This combined with our ever increasing knowledge base should prove to increase the quality of your picking experience. A couple of our newer varieties coming along are going to be later maturing, so that should benefit some who come late in the season.

The best way to insure you get apples next year is to give us a call in early August. We will then put you on a call-back list to set up an appointment to come out and pick. We would love to hear from you.