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In the Orchard

  • Winesap apples are wonderful for so many applications.
  • Apples and cheese, yum!
  • The peach bloom is especially impressive
  • Tree-ripened peaches are hard to beat
  • Autumn at Rural Ridge Orchard
  • Apple picking buckets
  • Apricot blooms in March
  • Apple trees in bloom
  • Pears
  • Pears
  • View from the northwest side of the orchard
  • The peach bloom, early April 2013
  • The precursor to peaches
  • Rural Ridge
  • Quince blossoms in late April
  • The new cider orchard
  • View of Rural Ridge from the North
  • New nursery beds
  • Mr. Shelton and his Brandywine tomatoes
  • The Charlotte Crabapple in flower
  • Chipping Sparrow nest in May- right outside our tasting room door!

From bloom time to harvest, and in to the chill of winter, there's always something beautiful going on in the orchard.

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The Cidermaking Process
Thomas keeps the ground apples, or pommace, evenly distributed
Cidermaking is a blend of science, history, and art. Take a pictorial tour through our small batch, artisanal process.