The Orchard is in full swing and the fruit is flowing. We currently have our midseason peaches and they are as tasty as the early season peaches. We will start picking Georgia Belles this week, which is a white peach.
Nectarines, plums and prunes are also available. Yes, prunes! Prunes are not dried plums despite the common belief. Fresh prunes are amazing. Plum varieties include Bubblegum, Ozark Premier and Starking Delicious, which has beautiful red flesh. Apricots were damaged in the frost so they were only a handful and I am sorry to say that Julia ate them...
I have started picking some early Apples (Ginger Gold) but their quantities are low because of the late freeze this year. It’s hard to believe it's time to start picking apples, but it is exciting to see all these amazing flavors coming off the trees.
Standard Pears are getting close and we will start picking them in the next couple of weeks.
We continue to add more local vegetables (sweet yellow corn, okra, tomatoes, zucchini, squash, onions). The delicious sweet blueberries and some new table grapes are from Happy Berry. We are also still enjoying sweet, juicy watermelons and cantaloupes.
We prepare all our fresh fruit preserves here at the farm. The smell of cooking preserves has been waffling through the orchard. Not only do the fruit preserves smell delicious cooking but they taste amazing. We currently have peach, strawberry, blackberry, blueberry, nectarine and plum preserves. Strawberry/Rhubarb sauce is also available. Preserves and sauces are available in 8 oz and 16 oz sizes.
MacGregor Orchard Bees were busy this spring making a rich and beautiful blossom-flavored honey. We expect the next round of honey will have more of a sourwood flavor. We have honey in 1lb and 2lb jars, 1.5lb with comb, and 12 oz honey bears.
We are also featuring some beautiful hand-made pottery honey pots from Mud Dabbers Pottery.
Finally, our Glassy Mountain View Farm Black Angus is available. We have a variety of cuts of meats to select from at the orchard. The steak selection includes Ribeye, Filet Mignon, London Broil, NY strip, Hanger, Flank, Skirt, T-Bone and Sirloin. We also have ground beef, brisket and more. They are pasture-raised a mile away at our cattle farm.
Please call us at 864-320-2778 if you have any questions or if you would like us to reserve any products above.
We look forward to seeing you all soon and we thank you for your business in advance,
Stephens and Julia