We had our first Peach Party on Saturday. Partied with Red Haven.
Planning for a bigger party for July 4 with Red Haven, Fire Prince and a few Winblo.
Raised prices slightly this year to round numbers like $10, $15 and $30 which seems to be working.
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Nice looking produces
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So how many peaches does it take for $2k?
Here is a picture of the other side of the farmstand on party day:
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What great photos. And what a beautiful “farmstand”!!! Is your sales “store” in the basement of your home or a stand alone building or what? So beautiful. Also, what kind of apples do you have that are already coming in?
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We built the 20X24 foot building the the mid 80’s and remodeled it a few years ago.
Those are Pristine apples in the picture. Unfortunately, its not a popular item so we will remove the trees.
We learned he hard way that few folks are interested in cooking apples. Fortunately, they love good peaches!
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Not surprising that most people don’t cook apples…but I sure do. And those fried apples at Cracker Barrel are my favorite side dish… I’d love to see the outside of your building! You may have posted it before and I missed it. I was also curious about your question of how many peaches it takes to get $2k? Is that how much you spent on orchard costs or equipment or something this year?
Hi Cityman
Thank you for the complements!
I love fried apples too.
The retail value of the peaches in both of the pictures is almost $2K. About 800 pounds
It took about 5 hours to pick them, 5 hours to grade and bag them and 5 hours to sell them.
When we remodeled the farm stand we decorated it with some antique stuff we collected over the years. My favorite collectible is a handmade apple barrel from the 20’s on the porch. Don’t think a single customer understands that apples were packed in barrels before they were packed on boxes.
Here is a picture of the outside of the building. Storage and packing materials are on the seco
nd floor and the walk in cooler is on the right hand side
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Holy cow that is beautiful. The building, the background, the well manicured flower garden, etc. That looks like a post card.