When I was 19, I did a summer internship on a family-run organic farm outside Bellingham. I worked in the fields all day planting, harvesting, and weeding, and in theContinue reading “#GivingTuesday: Why I Donate My Time to City Fruit”
Category Archives: City Fruit Blog
Fruit-Filled Recipe: Vegan Apple Pie
My fiancé, Andrew, has been making this pie for years. On our first date, we wandered a farmer’s market, where he picked out some green apples. On our second date, he madeContinue reading “Fruit-Filled Recipe: Vegan Apple Pie”
Out in the Orchard: A Good Time to Plant a Tree
It’s November. You’ve harvested the fruit from your trees, cleaned up fallen fruit, raked up diseased leaves, and spread mulch up to the dripline. What to do now? Plant aContinue reading “Out in the Orchard: A Good Time to Plant a Tree”
Getting Started with Mason Bees
In just two hours of your time each year, you can significantly increase the amount of fruit your trees produce. And you’ll have fun doing it. Just add gentle-natured masonContinue reading “Getting Started with Mason Bees”
Seattle Cider Co.
At a little over a year old, Seattle Cider Co is just a babe compared to some of the more established Washington craft cideries. But despite being the newcomer, it’sContinue reading “Seattle Cider Co.”
Wrapping Up the Harvest Season with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound
Two weekends ago, we closed out our largest harvest season to date with a Harvest Celebration and Cider Press event at Amy Yee Tennis Center with City Councilmembers Sally ClarkContinue reading “Wrapping Up the Harvest Season with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound”
Alpenfire Cider
When they were young, Nancy and Steve “Bear” Bishop used to head up to Canada to take advantage of the lower drinking age. It was there that they first discoveredContinue reading “Alpenfire Cider”
Tieton Cider Works
Of the 355 acres that make up Craig and Sharon Campbell’s Harmony Orchards in the Yakima Valley, which have been in Craig’s family since the 1920s when his grandfather planted the firstContinue reading “Tieton Cider Works”
Finnriver Farm & Cidery
Finnriver Farm & Cidery is a 33-acre organic farm and artisan cidery located along a restored salmon stream in the rural Chimacum Valley, a traditionally agricultural region on the OlympicContinue reading “Finnriver Farm & Cidery”
Whitewood Cider
Dave White started making cider on a small scale in 2000, inspired by cider he sampled from Westcott Bay Cider on San Juan Island. A third-generation Washington native, Dave isContinue reading “Whitewood Cider”