Announcements & Seasonal News

Last Updated: September 6, 2025

  1. More Potted Plants Available: Our latest batch of potted plants are now available at the nursery! Previously sold out species/varieties like peaches are back! Our potted plants are pick-up only. Click here for the updated collection.
  2. Catalogues are in!!! Jodi did an amazing job again, creating a beautiful Catalogue & Nursery Guide. If you've ordered from us in the past year or 2, you should receive your copy in the mail this week!
  3. The first round of Orchard Tasting Boxes are being enjoyed this weekend, as we enter the incredible bounty of the main harvest season.
  4. We are gearing up for our annual Thanksgiving Open House as well, where we welcome our community to sample their way through a plethora of fruit, berries, nuts and more from our test orchards.
  5. Our website is still working out some kinks after updating and our cart page has been a little glitchy! Please contact us if you need any assistance - we are aware there are some issues and are in the midst of fixing them.
  6. We are well into accepting fall bareroot orders and spring 2025 pre-orders! Woohoo!! If this is your first time ordering with us, click here!

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Airlie's Red Flesh Apple Bareroot

From $37.00

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Ambrosia Apple Bareroot

From $37.00

American Groundnut held in the palm of a hand with more groundnuts in the background.

American Groundnut Tuber

$14.50

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American Hazelnut Seedling Bareroot

$15.50

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American Persimmon Seedling Bareroot

$19.50

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Anne Yellow Raspberry Bareroot

From $6.00

Arkansas Black Apple Bareroot

Arkansas Black Apple Bareroot

$56.50

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Ashmead's Kernel Apple Bareroot

From $37.00

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Summer Pruning

Summer Pruning

There are lots of factors that can impact a tree’s growth and fruit-bearing capacity, (such as soil nutrients, watering, etc.), however, we are specifically looking at summer pruning for control of a tree’s size, shape and fruitfulness. The following factors will help determine how much and when we do summer pruning:
Elderflower Oxymel

Elderflower Oxymel

Making an elderflower oxymel is a great way to preserve the flavours and healthful qualities of elderflower blossoms for use out of season.
Elderflower Fritters and Tempura

Elderflower Fritters and Tempura

Have you ever tried using elderflowers in-season for a special weekend breakfast of elderflower fritters?  Or would you like to try making your own elderflower tempura to pair with sushi or a salmon budda bowl?  Elderflowers are about to be blooming and this is your chance to plan ahead and try out both!! 

The Pulse of the Farm

  • Fruit harvests now, tree digging ahead!

September

As we roll into September, we have plenty to keep us busy, though it tends to be a bit of a 'catch-up' month, as the bulk of the nursery work slows. We have plenty to do though:

  • Orchard Tasting Boxes are on! And other fruit harvesting for our annual Open House & Tasting on Thanksgiving weekend
  • Potted plant sales ramp up as the heavy heat of summer is past
  • Field prep for digging: labeling, removing stakes & irrigation
  • Thanksgiving Open House & Tasting Event!

October

The Open House is always a big effort for us, but also lots of fun! It's a wonderful way to connect with like-minded fruity friends, eat good fruit, and commiserate with fellow orchardists on the past seasons woes and wins. This month we are also:

  • Full steam ahead with pre-orders
  • Digging prep finished, the fields ready and the tent for the tasting gets revamped for digging
  • Sometimes we even start digging at the end of the month!
  • Digging, digging, digging!

November

This is always a big month for us, with all the bustle of digging. First we spend up to2 weeks digging, grading, organizing our main crop, then head over to Steph's Dads farm (True Root Nursery) for another couple days harvesting berries, seedlings and rootstock. We are:

  • Keeping up with pre-orders
  • managing inventory: updating the website and trying to keep grades, quantities, species meticulously tracked and organized
  • organizing cold storage
  • sawdusting roots and keeping them covered and moist
  • working hard in all the biting November winds/rain/snow/sleet/sun
  • getting good and ready for some cozy, brain-defragmenting hibernation in December
  • The come-down after digging crazy-making

December

Peace settles as the first snows blanket the earth. Except we are often still organizing in our very tight cold storage facilities (we need more cold storage - which is slowly in the works!). You can find us:

  • organizing and re-organizing in cold storage, solving any inventory mysteries from digging
  • setting up spring pre-orders
  • planning the next crop
  • getting scionwood inventory
  • planning orchard care
  • sitting by the fire learning new things
  • taking a bit of time off
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Wellesley, ON 
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