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August 6, 2009
Our tomato and pepper u-pick patch is open today! Also, now available in our market are blueberries, sweet corn, Red Haven peaches Transparent apples cherries, zuchinni, cuccumbers and sweet and hot peppers.
June 15, 2009
Strawberries have arrived today. Nothing tastes like picked that day freshness. Also, we will have Okanagan cherries in by Fathers Day!
April 27, 2009
Pruning is finished and the sweet corn seeds are all organized waiting to be planted. As I write this it is a cold blustery day and we hope the weather will begin to turn so we can transplant our tomatoes, peppers and melons soon. The winter has proved to be a harsh one and did significant damage to our peach trees. We will not know the damage to trees until the blossoms attempt to set. We hope to see everyone here on opening day May 1st.
January 9th, 2009
Christmas was good to us, perhaps too good to those of us here on the farm. Pruning our orchard is exactly what is needed to work off those extra pounds from some great feasts. Though it is still winter everyone is already anticipating warmer temperatures and spring. Coincidently we field a lot of questions when the best time to prune fruit trees is. A home owner can wait until late March or April because then the danger of really cold nights is generally over with and the trees will be saved from excessive winter damage. Since we have over 20,000 fruit trees we start pruning apple trees now because they are hardier and can handle cold tempatures better. We leave the prunes, pears and peaches until last. In December the temperatures dipped way below what is ideal for all the fruit trees in the Okanagan. It is expected there will be some winter damage on the trees but we will not know until late spring when the blossoms are set just what the final result of the extreme cold will be.
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Davison Orchards Country Village has been owned and operated by the Davison family since 1933. Located in the sunny Okanagan Valley just outside Vernon, our warm south facing slopes provide the perfect climate for growing world famous Okanagan fruit and vegetables including: okanagan apples, okanagan peaches, okanagan apricots, okanagan cherries, okanagan strawberries, okanagan raspberries, okanagan corn, okanagan squash, okanagan pumpkin, and much more.
More than just a farm market, your family will enjoy the sights, sounds and tastes while at our old fashioned country village. Enjoy a meal in Autie May's Farmhouse Kitchen which features fruit and vegetables straight from the fields like our famous apple juice, home made soup, sandwiches and pies . Try our homemade jam and preserves from Nana's Pantry or browse our country-themed gift shop for home and garden decorating ideas in our Gift Shop.
There's always something to do at Davison Orchards with special events throughout the spring, summer and fall seasons. Take the Johnny Popper Orchard Tour to see the farm and find out interesting facts about a working farm. Children love to visit with the farm animals at our Critter Corral and play on our tractors, swings in the playground. Adults will enjoy the antique truck and tractor displays which feature the trucks, tractors, crawlers and dozers which have been used on the Davison farm since the 1940's.
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