Another apple season at Under the Tree Farm is underway. We are opening our fruit stand very soon (stay tuned!) and we have apples for sale each weekend at the Ithaca Farmers Market. Right now, we are picking Akane apples, which are a gorgeous and delicious Japanese apple. The Akane is a cross b...

It's been a while since we've posted on here since it's been a busy year! It is already garlic season, and we harvested about 3,000 heads of garlic yesterday and hung them up to dry. We will be selling garlic all season at the Ithaca Farmers Market, in our farm stand this fall, and possibly onli...

2020 has been a year of challenges on the farm. We had no stone fruit. We had a hard freeze during apple and pear bloom, and many flowers were killed. The freeze also killed most of our outdoor strawberry blooms, even though they hadn't opened yet. We had a summer-long drought. Foxes, yes, foxes...

While challenging is an understatement for the season, we have made it to apple season and we are overjoyed! Our fruit stand is NOW OPEN!   After a mild winter, our fruit trees began to break bud this spring, and suffered damage from repeated nights in the mid-20s, damaging or killing many of th...

Hello everyone! We're so glad you're here, and we hope you are safe and well. We've missed everyone since we were unable to attend the start of the season at the Ithaca Farmers Market due to Covid-19 restrictions. As you may know, this is a very challenging time for small business owners everywh...

Scenes from our farm on April 6, 2020 The first blooming strawberry of the year. Strawberries growing in our new Rimol Nor'Easter High Tunnel. We erected this high tunnel in fall 2019 after we received a NRCS EQIP grant. Thank you, NRCS and Rimol! Shortly after taking this photo, I noticed that...

https://www.pinterest.com/underthetreefarm/ It's hard to believe that in just about 3 months, our farm will go from looking like this: to this: ...but it's true! We can't wait until the world is green again and the apples are blooming. If you're longing for spring too, take a look at our new f...