Each Fall we open the farm to some of our favorite guests... little bitty kiddos! Area Preschools, Head Start, Early Childhood Centers and Kindergarten classes visited this morning to learn about apples, honey bees and Missouri Conservation. We took pictures, toured the fields on the school bus and sent them all home with a delicious Gala apple. We expect 500 guests over this … [Read more...] about School Tours are Here Again!
Archives for September 2009
We collected berry samples on Tuesday, September 15. Here are the results (Brix or sugar, pH and TA or acid). Cultivar °Brix pH TA Chambourcin bc 22.6 3.26 0.890 Chambourcin gdc 22.2 3.28 0.960 Catawba - dm 20.2 3.14 1.005 Catawba - West 17.6 3.08 1.308 … [Read more...] about Grape juice chemistry
The decision to harvest grapes includes consideration of grape cluster integrity, sugar level, pH, acid level, the style of wine or processed product intended for the grapes, weather, labor availability, and when the winery can take the grapes in for processing. … [Read more...] about When to harvest grapes?
We collected berry samples on Friday, September 11. Here are the results (Brix or sugar, pH and TA or acid). Cultivar °Brix pH TA Chambourcin bc 22.8 3.29 0.892 Chambourcin gdc 22.2 3.30 0.977 Catawba dm 19.2 3.20 0.994 Catawba west 17.0 3.14 1.367 Norton - dm 20.6 3.18 1.774 Norton - North … [Read more...] about Grape juice chemistry
Our hourly crew had some time to week the raised strawberry beds in the hort garden just before lunch today. … [Read more...] about Weeds