Garside's Fruit Farm through the seasons..

I have collected alot of shots of the farm over the last few years, I thought I may as well share some of them. To give you a bit of background, this is my husbands family farm, it is an Organic fruit orchard located in the Lower Mainland of BC. We grow a variety of apples, pears, plums, hazelnuts and other fruits and vegetables. The apples we grow are considered "heritage varities" and are generally not the type you find in the grocery store. Here is a quick list of the apples we grow: Gravenstein, Crab, Discovery, Prima, Jonagold, Spartan, Gloucester, Bramley, King, Boskoop, and Northern Spy. We also grow two varities of Pears: Bartlett and Anjou, as well as Prune Plums and Hazelnuts. During the summer the fruit is sold off the farm and at a farmers market. In the last few years alot of the farms responsibilities have fallen to Richard and I, which at times has been a bit tough as we were not really given the choice.

Anyway as promised here are the shots through the seasons...

With Spring come the buds on the trees, this season the winter seemed to hang on for so long that the trees are about 5 weeks behind schedule.

Looking down a row of Spartan and King apple trees.

The buttercups are out everywhere.

A shot of the inside of a tulip.

Summer: My MIL picking apples off the tree.

Fall: The leaves have fallen and the weather is looking ominious, looks like winter is on its way...

Fall: The hazelnut grove.

Winter has arrived and the Hazelnut grove has a wonderful dusting of snow throughout.