October 3, 2019
Celebrating Robert Morgenthau 1919-2019
Robert Morgenthau, longtime owner of Fishkill Farms, passed away this June, just ten days before his hundredth birthday. Born in 1919, Robert served as a…
Organic, Conventional, and Everything in Between: Some Thoughts on Sustainable Orcharding and Growing Eco Apples in the Hudson Valley
Here we are, at the height of apple season at Fishkill Farms. Apples abound in our orchards, but hardly a single one of them hangs…
Winter Essentials: Tree Pruning
Our orchard team has been taking every opportunity possible to get out into the fields to prune trees. Each year we strive to prune our orchard…
New No-Till Techniques
In the previous blog post, we talked about how we were limiting our tractor and tillage usage by using the flame weeder to suppress weeds…
August Update
Even though August is a busy time of harvesting, we still must make time to look ahead. The veggie crew has been hard at work…
The Season of Transition
This is the season of transition! There is a lot of exciting new construction going on. Last year we built a new machine shed to…
