We try to pack and ship orders within three business days. We are a small operation, however, and we may occasionally take a few additional days if we are backed up. We will send you confirmation by e-mail when your order has shipped.

We generally use Priority Mail, so you can track your order once it ships.

For CSA shares, exact dates will depend on the apple maturity, which varies based on the weather and other factors.  We will contact CSA subscribers with dates when we know them.

Yes! If you plan to purchase more than 40 of the same item, please contact us first. We do offer discounts on larger purchases, and we want to be sure we can prioritize your order.

Note that we do not sell honey in bulk containers (e.g. buckets) at this time.

We do our best to bring you the best of our products.  Because we sell natural, perishable products that will vary from item to item and harvest to harvest, we generally do not accept returns.

However, we do guarantee all of our products to be free from defects. If you think a product is defective, please contact us from this page within three calendar days of delivery of the package, and we will be happy to assist you! (Don’t send anything back until you hear from us.)

Please refer to our Shipping and Returns policy for details.  For CSA subscriptions, please see the Community Share Agreement.

We harvest fresh products every year from our farm and bee yards.  If we run out of our inventory, we’re just as anxious for a new season as you are!  We do not take back-orders for most items (the weather and the bees don’t always cooperate), but please sign-up to our mailing list so we can contact you when we have more ready to go.  We do offer back-orders on candles, however.

We are committed to caring for our farm and the environment — and pollinators like our bees.

Farming is a challenging balance between the weather, insects, and income.  We care for the environment that sustains our trees, and we want to keep our trees healthy.  That means we need to make scientifically and economically informed choices about handling insects and disease. We want to preserve, enjoy, and share our apples in a sustainable way.

We keep current with contemporary scientific strategies to monitor and control insects and disease at our orchard.  These things include:

• Scouting for disease and insects before they become a threat to our crop;
• Using natural insect predators when possible; and
• Ensuring that any treatment we apply is the minimum necessary, and the least hazardous possible, to maintain our orchard’s health.

That’s good for the environment, good for the community, and good for business.  It’s also good for our bees!

Given the tightrope that we walk, we use a strategy called “IPM” to provide quality produce and maintain a quality environment. (See here for more resources on the topic. ) This is different than “certified organic,” which is a regulatory term that limits the approaches that growers may use to maintain a healthy orchard. We carefully evaluate current strategies to care for our piece of good earth.