The heat is on. The fields become almost tropically steamy with the associated increase in delicious fruit and vegetables. The lettuces of spring have bolted, the blueberries are mostly done. But it is not summer until you get watermelon or peach juice on your shirt.
Some other peach ideas (besides eating them over the sink):
-Grill them and eat over ice cream
-Bruschetta
-Peach Salsa
Some other peach ideas (besides eating them over the sink):
-Grill them and eat over ice cream
-Bruschetta
-Peach Salsa
The Maryland's Best Buy Local Challenge has just ended but we are at peak harvest season right now.
Orchards:
Peaches are now, apples ripen in early September.
Kingsbury's Orchard is open for the season. This 5th generation orchard is famous for peaches - including one of their own cultivars- Kingsbury's Pride. Lewis Orchard is also open just up both are on Peachtree Road. Pick-your-own opportunities also abound at Butler's Orchard and Homestead Farm. The cider is cold at Doc Water's Cidery, part of Water's Orchard which will open for pick your own apples in September.
Buy Local:
Local Produce is available all over the county at your local farmers market. Find your closest market here.
If you want to secure a whole season of produce an support your farmer even more- consider signing up for a CSA share (Community Supported Agriculture). By the time August comes round, you will have already eaten your way through spring strawberries and greens and be gorging yourself on tomatoes, looking forward to the sweet potatoes and more to come.
Cool Down with Ice Cream:
Our friends at Rock Hill Orchard in Mt. Airy are the only MoCo stop on the Maryland Ice Cream Trail. They have a fascinating and innovative voluntary robotic milking system that you can see along with pick-your-own opportunities.
Orchards:
Peaches are now, apples ripen in early September.
Kingsbury's Orchard is open for the season. This 5th generation orchard is famous for peaches - including one of their own cultivars- Kingsbury's Pride. Lewis Orchard is also open just up both are on Peachtree Road. Pick-your-own opportunities also abound at Butler's Orchard and Homestead Farm. The cider is cold at Doc Water's Cidery, part of Water's Orchard which will open for pick your own apples in September.
Buy Local:
Local Produce is available all over the county at your local farmers market. Find your closest market here.
If you want to secure a whole season of produce an support your farmer even more- consider signing up for a CSA share (Community Supported Agriculture). By the time August comes round, you will have already eaten your way through spring strawberries and greens and be gorging yourself on tomatoes, looking forward to the sweet potatoes and more to come.
Cool Down with Ice Cream:
Our friends at Rock Hill Orchard in Mt. Airy are the only MoCo stop on the Maryland Ice Cream Trail. They have a fascinating and innovative voluntary robotic milking system that you can see along with pick-your-own opportunities.
