High Flying Family Fun on Kite Day May 1 & 2
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330 Cold Soil Road Trenton Farmers Market Princeton, NJ 08540 • (609) 924-2310 Spruce Street www.TerhuneOrchards.com (609) 695-7855 email [email protected] SPRING 2021 Spring Perseveres High Flying Family Fun on By Pam Mount very season is unique and special here at Kite Day May 1 & 2 Terhune Orchards — but for me, Spring is the best! It pulls us out of the cold winter, ur annual tradition to welcome while watching. Get to know some of our other gray days and to sunshine and color! Many of our spring at Terhune Orchards is Kite animals in the barnyard while you visit. Meet plants are perennials, so they grow again every spring Day. This soaring spring festival is our barnyard friends, dwarf Nigerian goats, — no matter what is happening around us! There is a perfect time to explore the farm during one donkeys, and bunnies. something very reassuring about nature continuing of its most beautiful seasons, May 1 & 2 from Hungry kite fliers will find farm fresh lunch on! That is when it is time for me to get out of my 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and snacks at Pam’s Food Tent. Sample Terhune office, off my computer and into our gardens! Children can use their imaginations to make Orchards’ spring menu items including BBQ and decorate their own kites. We use a kite chicken, country style chili, salads and fresh design that is guaranteed to fly! Choose from a baked pies. Our famous apple cider donuts and colorful assortment of pre-made kits in the form fresh pressed apple cider make every visit to the of birds, butterflies, and more. Or bring your farm complete. favorite kite from home. Whichever kite you Adults can enjoy a visit to our Wine Orchard choose, there will be a rainbow of colors in every where Terhune’s own 16 varieties of wine are The Mount Family: Reuwai, Pam, Tannwen, and Gary. shape and size available for tasting Though the year has been tough and challenging floating through under the 100-year- for all of us, here at Terhune Orchards, we have been the air above our old apple trees. very fortunate. More than ever, Gary and I appreciate orchards. If we are Tasting flights, and adore our daughters Tannwen and Reuwai in luck the apple wine by the glass working with us full time. Their families live here trees will be in and wine slushie on the farm — 6 grandchildren are: Maya, 16, Tess bloom, too. will be available to and Sasha 13, Becket, 13, Hadley, 6, and Clayton 6, Listen to the toast to Spring. who all bring us huge joy and endless purpose. Along sounds of country There is nothing with two of the best sons-in-law. music as your kite like Spring on the Son Mark is entering is last year in the Army at dances in the wind. farm. Join us this Ft. Benning, GA, after actively serving for the last 19 Local bands will spring weekend to years. With his wife Vicky, daughter Madison and son play from 12 p.m. enjoy our freshly Wyatt, they have been enjoying exploring in their new -4 p.m. Saturday planted fields, fruit RV trailer during this past year. and Sunday, featuring the bands Tookeny Creek trees and flowers blooming, vegetables sprouting, Another wonderful happening this past year is and Albo. Take a pony ride. Join in the fun of the fresh air and beauty of all the season has to my niece, Kristen and her husband Craig moved old-fashioned games and children’s activities in offer outdoors. to Princeton from Portland, Oregon with their two the barnyard such as Hopscotch, hula hoop the Free parking at the farm. Admission to the beautiful children Auggie and Thea. More future horse — have a great time playing on the farm. festival area is $10, age 3 and up. All entry to farmers! My sister Barbara also moved to Princeton Don’t miss having have a hop in the Hippity farm including winery and farm store must to be closer to her daughter Kirsten, grandchildren Hop Corral or taking a duck for Duckie Race. be purchased in advance with online timed and all of us as well. It has been a wonderful to have Our sheep shearer, Joel Markevey, will shear admission tickets. terhuneorchards.ticketspice. all these families together and the cousins enjoy one our sheep in the barnyard on Sunday, May 2 com/kite-day another. All love the farm, especially the cats! at 2 p.m. Please remember your social distance So, from the extended Mount family to all of you who continue to support and adapt with us! Happy Spring! Growing cherries requires special care. We cover Pick-Your-Own Fun! our orchard to keep out excess water and prevent the n late April, as soon as asparagus spears cherries from bursting and net the orchard to keep start to emerge, Terhune Orchard’s out the birds! Since cherry season is short, sign up for Pick-Your-Own season begins. Picking notification to know when to pick. asparagus is a unique experience for Call the farm store at 609-924-2310 for pick your the entire family. When picking this Garden State own availability. Sign up for e-mail notifications and favorite, simply locate a tender, young stalk and snap follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates it off close to the ground — no tools required. you will find wood chips spread between the rows from the farm. As soon as crops are available to pick, Our strawberry picking begins in late May and that make for neat, easy picking. We grow Chandler we will let you know. usually lasts 2-3 weeks. This sweet berry is a favorite berries, which are known for their sweetness and fruit of many and once ripe, a sign that the farm juiciness. Our strawberries are excellent for fresh harvest season is in full swing. Easy to pick and a fun eating, making jams and your favorite homemade family activity. The juicy strawberries, grown in on desserts. raised beds, are ready to eat when picked, unlike the In June, Cherry lovers rejoice because it is time immature berries found in major grocery stores. But, for Terhune Orchards sweet and tart cherries to be please remember, no eating while picking. picked. We grow sweet cherries for eating, and sour Picking your own berries makes them even more pie cherries for baking and making jam. Cherry special. When you visit our four acres of raised beds, season is very short in mid-June. What’s Growing at Terhune Orchards Get Your Garden Ready: Herbs, hen we say we have fresh vegetables all year long, we really mean it. Vegetables & Flowers We pick fresh crops daily all year. pring is a busy time on the Farm, for To achieve this with good planning, we can plowing, planting in the high tunnels overwinter crops in low tunnels (small hoops and fields. Join in the renewal of the of metal covered in plastic) and grow crops in seasons and tilling of the soils in getting high tunnels (large greenhouses that are not your own home gardens ready for spring planting. heated, where we grow directly in the ground) Home gardens provide beauty to your environment and grow crops production in our greenhouses as well as a great way to relieve stress, not to mention (heated spaces with cement floors). To keep delicious, nutritious food! ourselves organized and our faithful customers Terhune Orchards skilled team was busy over the supplied with fresh vegetables, we have over 700 winter growing in our greenhouse from seed culinary separate entries in our planting plan regarding organic herb plants and a wide variety of organic date, amount and type of seed so we can have vegetable plants. sequential and properly planned plantings. We have over 20 varieties of culinary herbs plants hanging baskets. With selections great for shade, sun for you to grow. Choose from favorites such as basil, or part-shade make your garden and yard an oasis oregano, thyme, rosemary, sage, sorrel, chives, spearmint, to enjoy. Tomatoes in high tunnel. and parsley. We have more unusual herbs, like lovage As farmers, we enjoy sharing the skills of how to We can extend the season of many crops using and lemon verbena, which are difficult to find at the grow food in the home garden. Owner of Terhune this combination of low tunnels, high tunnels, supermarket but are very easy to grow yourself. Orchards, Pam Mount, will hold her Annual Herb and greenhouse space. For example, tomato plants Have the delicious satisfaction of growing your and Garden Class virtually this year on May 8 at are started in the greenhouse from seed. We heat own fresh vegetables. We have a variety of organic 10am. Pam’s class is a great way for home gardener treat our seeds before planting which kills any vegetable plants to fill your garden. With many types to learn tips on growing and combining herb plants seed-borne pathogens. When growing organically, of tomatoes, heirloom, cherry, Gary’s Favorites — in the garden. Questions and Answer session with planning and prevention is the name of the game. there is sure to be that perfect one for your garden. Try Pam after the session. After being inspired, come to When the transplants are ready, we plant them your hand at growing kale, peppers, squash or melon. the farm or order online from our plant and herb first into our high tunnels and later plant into selection.