Midsummer at Billy's Gardens ... and things are REALLY POPPING!
Midsummer in the Okanogan Valley
And looking North
Early Red Havens ready to be picked
Picking Early Red Havens
Picking
Picking
Early Red Havens
Ready to be graded and sorted
Richard directing the grading and sorting
Grading and sorting the peaches
The pallettes of peaches are loaded into the refrigeration unit at the orchard.
Open-air packing line
In midsummer, later peaches, such as Hales, are still green.
Apricots have already been picked.
Looking east from the west side of the Okanogan River. Our blueberries are in the foreground, under the turquoise netting.
Bluberries in midsummer, ready to pick and eat.
Raspberries in July
Sorting strawberries ... the second strawberry harvest, in July
More grandkids and Elvis enjoying farm life and enjoying the strawberries.
... and in the greenhouses, the tomato plants are almost to the ceiling in July
The greenhouses are a jungle of tomatoes.
The cucumbers and peppers are doing well also
Eggplants are growing on a hillside on the west side of the Okanogan River
Sorting and packing tomatoes into wooden boxes for the Farmer's Markets. Some of these wooden boxes we have used for 15 years.
Loading peaches to go to "Whole Foods"
Loading up tomatoes headed to the Farmer's Markets
... and our workers housing is moving right along
You can find our organic plants and produce at these Farmer's Markets:
Ballard, Bellevue, Federal Way, Georgetown, Interbay, Madrona, Mercer Island, Olympic Park, Queen Anne, Sammamish, Wallingford
