Ort Family Farm

05/08/2022

Had time for a weekly walk at Ort Family Farm. But first Happy Mother"s Day to all my friends near and far!!! Here are some cool photos of what is happening here on the farm, descriptions with photos. be well roger

05/05/2022

Ort Family Farm updated their business hours.

Ort Family Farm updated their business hours.

05/04/2022

We are loading up for the Trumansburg Farmers Market! Be sure to stop by to see the selection of plants we have ready for the season this evening!

05/03/2022

The potting up of our 1300 grafted baby trees is underway!

04/26/2022

Roger and Tanner are moving the rest of the plants we overwintered out and they have put up the shade cloth for the baby fruit trees we will be potting.

04/22/2022

A whole load of plants, jams, jellies, herbal teas, catnip mice and more are on their way to the Endless Mountain Maple Festival at the Troy Fairgrounds as we speak. And another car load of plants is being loaded for tomorrow. If you are down that way be sure to stop by and visit us vendors, as well as check out the various activities going on.

04/22/2022

We are here at the Corning Community College Earth Day Festival until 2pm! Be sure to stop by and check out all the products we brought with us from the farm.

04/19/2022

We are going to be at a bunch of upcoming events! Be sure to check us out at the following!

2022 Endless Mountains Maple Festival. When: Sat, April 23, 9am – 5pm. Where: Alparon Community Park, INC, Junction Route 6 & Junction Route 14, Troy, PA 16947. Description: So much to see and do at this event! Come see us in Exhibit Hall #1. We will be selling potted fruiting plants and herb plants as well as our jam, jelly, herbal seasonings, herbal teas, dip mixes and catnip toys. See you then!

Trumansburg Farmers' Market. When: Wed, May 4, 4pm – 7pm. Where: Trumansburg Farmers' Market, 69 W Main St, Trumansburg, NY 14886. Description: We will have a selection of our fruiting plants and herb plants as well as our jams, herbal teas, seasonings and catnip items for sale each week!

Horn Farm Center 10th Annual Plant Sale. When: Sat, May 7, 9am – 3pm.
Where: Horn Farm Center For Agricultural Education, 4945 Horn Rd, York, PA 17406. Description: We will be selling a huge assortment of potted fruiting and herb plants. Many unusual as well as popular varieties.

CCE Tompkins Plant Sale. When: Fri, May 13, 12pm – 6pm. Where: Ithaca Farmers Market, Steamboat Landing, 545 3rd St, Ithaca, NY 14850. Description: We will have our huge assortment of potted fruiting and herb plants for sale! Best event in the area for all your garden plant needs! Don't miss this one!

Candor Daffodil Festival. Sat, April 30, 10am – 5pm. Where: Candor Ball Field, Rt. 96, Candor, NY. Description: It is Spring! We will have our potted fruiting plants as well as our jam, herbal teas and seasonings and catnip items for sale. See you there!

2022 Corning Quilt Show. When: Sun, May 1, 10am – 4pm. Where: Watson Homestead Conference & Retreat Center, 9620 Dry Run Rd, Painted Post, NY 14870. Description: A great fundraiser event for the Corning Quilters Guild! Absolutely beautiful quilts on display! We will be there selling our jam, jelly, herbal teas, seasonings, dips and catnip items. See you there!

The Big Grist Iron Brewing Co. Cheese Fest. When: Sun, May 15, 12pm – 5pm. Where: Grist Iron Brewing Company, 4880 NY-414, Burdett, NY 14818. Description: We will be there selling our assortment of jam, jelly, herbal teas, seasonings, catnip items and more! Sounds like it will be a great time!

04/18/2022

Meet the Staff: Maria Ort - Owner, Financial Officer, Executive Chef, and Gardener

If you have not met our creative executive chef, Maria Ort, let us introduce you to her! Maria grew up in a florist family in rural South Central, PA. There she developed a love for herbs, flowers and nature. After graduating from high school she worked in the retail fashion industry for several years as well as in her parents’ flower shop and greenhouses. While also working part time at a large garden center she met and married co-worker, Roger Ort (Owner, Head Grower, and Visionary at Ort Family Farm). Together they would operate their own wholesale greenhouse operation for 15 years where Maria managed the herb division and financial office. During that time she & Roger’s family grew to include four children.

A little over 20 years ago Maria, Roger and their children moved to what is now Ort Family Farm. Maria devoted the next 15 years to homeschooling their four children, farming, gardening and homesteading. Maria also had a small seasonal, retail greenhouse where she specialized in growing potted herbs and heirloom/open pollinated vegetable plants.

Over the past 10 years she has developed and overseen the production of our assortment of specialty food products using the fruits and herbs we grow here at Ort Family Farm. She has created over 100 flavors of fruit jams/jellies/marmalades as well as 25 herbal tea blends and also herbal seasonings and dips.

In her spare time, Maria enjoys bird watching, gardening, sunsets, baking and her family.

04/15/2022

April Announcements from Ort Family Farm

If you aren't on email list, be sure to check out our latest announcements at the link below!

Hello Folks, we hope you are enjoying spring! It was a long and bitter winter, and we are so happy the weather has begun to warm up enough for things to grow and bloom again. The growing season is in full swing here on the farm and we are gearing up for opening weekend of the nursery on the farm. Al...

04/15/2022

We have another round of edible flowers, herbs, and perennial vegetables plants which will be available for purchase at the Broome County Regional Farmers Market tomorrow (4/16). We will also have a few honeyberry and raspberry plants available too! On top of this all, we will have a wide selection of jams, jellies, herbal teas, herbal dip mixes, catnip products and more from our farm kitchen. Be sure to check what we got out!

04/14/2022

We will have our first batch of potted plants at market this afternoon! Be sure to stop on by and check out the herbs, edible flowers and perennial vegetables we will have at the Spring Pop Up Farmers Market in Montour Falls from 3 to 7 pm! We will also have a full selection of herbal teas, herbal seasonings, jams, jellies, catnip mice and more.

04/13/2022

We got in our bareroot seaberry, sweet cherry, and cornelian cherry trees for Northwoods today and potted them up!

04/13/2022

Find Ort Family Farm tomorrow in Montour Falls!!!

The pop-up market is happening THIS WEEK!! So many of your favorite local grower and producer friends will be there and some new faces too!! See you all on Thursday! 🌷🌼🌿

04/12/2022

Greenhouse #2 is getting filled back up again with more fruiting plants!

04/11/2022

All the currants, gooseberries, jotsaberries, honey berries, as well as, some of the grapes and blueberries we overwintered are coming out. This will allow those plants to harden off while making space for potting up all of the cuttings we started and plugs we bought in. Be sure to stay tuned for more!

04/11/2022

We got our new heat sealer in and Maria is sealing our entire inventory of teas.

04/10/2022

Hello Folks, Sunday is Cornelian Cherry day at Ort Family Farm! We will be sharing (every day) this week the fruit tree varieties we still have available on the farm.
Below is the list of Cornelian Cherry varieties we still have available in 2 gal pots.
Coral Blaze .
Elegant
Exotica
Pioneer
Red Dawn
Red Star
U-26
Yellow
For more information on these varieties and placing pre-orders, please visit https://ortfamilyfarm.com/fruit-trees. You can also contact us directly at [email protected] or 607-583-2467.

04/10/2022

Hello Folks, Saturday is Cherry day at Ort Family Farm! We will be sharing (every day) this week the fruit tree varieties we still have available on the farm.
Below is the list of Cherry varieties we still have available in 2 gal pots.
Black Pearl
Black Republic .
Black Star
Compact Stella
Crimson Passion .
Emperor Francis
Gold
Governor Wood
Hardy Black Giant
Kristin .
Sandra Rose
WhiteGold -
For more information on these varieties and placing pre-orders, please visit https://ortfamilyfarm.com/fruit-trees. You can also contact us directly at [email protected] or 607-583-2467.

04/08/2022

Hello Folks, Friday is Pear day at Ort Family Farm! We will be sharing (every day) this week the fruit tree varieties we still have available on the farm.
Below is the list of Pear varieties we still have available in 2 gal pots.
Autumn Red .
Bartlett
Benito
Bon Christian D' Hiver .
Columbia Red
Golden Boy
Granny Durden
Krupen Burnusus
Leona .
Petre
Rouge Red
Royal Red
Santa Claus
Scarlett
Seckel
Sunrise .
Sweet Cheeks
Teardrop
Temboli Polish .
Vavilou
For more information on these varieties and placing pre-orders, please visit https://ortfamilyfarm.com/fruit-trees. You can also contact us directly at [email protected] or 607-583-2467.

04/08/2022

Find us in Geneva from 9-1 on Saturday!!!

*UPDATE*

Unfortunately due to weather and other unforeseen circumstances, we again will have to postpone our outdoor horse and carriage rides☹️ We are so sorry for any inconvenience!
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Join us tomorrow for our last Pop-up Farmers Market of our winter series! We are SO thankful to all our vendors who participated and to all of YOU for coming each month…even in a snowstorm!

We have tons of other fun things planned! 30+ vendors to shop, sample and enjoy from. Face painting, the Easter bunny and a free egg hunt for children and adults!🐰

Come support local with us tomorrow, 9-1pm at the Finger Lakes Welcome Center!🥳

04/07/2022

Hello Folks, Thursday is Plum and Plout day at Ort Family Farm! We will be sharing (every day) this week the fruit tree varieties we still have available on the farm.

Below is the list of plum and varieties we still have available in 2 gal pots.

European plums:
Count Athanns
Edinburg
Long John
Victoria
Yakima

Japanese Plums:
Early Golden .
Methley
Purple Heart
Shiro

Pluots:
Dappled Dandy
Flavor King
Flavor Treat
Geo Pride
Splash
Spring Satin

For more information on these varieties and placing pre-orders, please visit https://ortfamilyfarm.com/fruit-trees. You can also contact us directly at [email protected] or 607-583-2467.

Photo Source: Shahab Vejdanian, Unsplash

04/06/2022

The compost heap is turned and plants are getting tagged!

04/06/2022

Hello Folks, today is apple day! We will be sharing each day this week the fruit tree varieties we still have available on the farm. Below is the the list of apple varieties we still have available in 2 gal pots.

Ashemads Kernal
Blenheim Orange
Gala
Golden Reinette
GoldRush
Grenadier Red Flesh
Red Gravestein
King of Tompkins County
Liberty
Mountain Rose
Newtown Pippin
19651
Nothern Spy
Pear Apple
Pigonette Rouge
Redlove Calypso
Redlove Odysso
Reinette du Canada
Restorium
Smokehouse
Summer Rambo
Viginnia Winesap
Yellow Transparent

Further information on these varieties can be found at https://ortfamilyfarm.com/fruit-trees. No plants will be held without payment Shipping and delivery unavailable for potted plants. Pickup by appointment of potted plants available on farm or farmers market after May 15th. We ask that all pick-ups be scheduled at least 3 days in advance. For further questions, please contact us at [email protected] or 607-583-2467.

04/05/2022

Another round of seeds were started today and herb plugs stepped up.

04/04/2022

The Essential Guide to Probably Everything you Need to Know about Growing Cornelian Cherry – Cornus mas - The Permaculture Research Institute

https://www.permaculturenews.org/2021/03/27/the-essential-guide-to-probably-everything-you-need-to-know-about-growing-cornelian-cherry-cornus-mas/

Cornellian Cherry is undoubtedly one of the easiest fruit you can grow in a temperate climate. The p

04/02/2022

Never fear folks! If you missed out on getting some of our p***y and curly willow stems today at the Marathon Maple Festival, we will have more tomorrow! Be sure to stop by our booth early to grab them before they are gone! Or at least before Shona's goats decide to finish them off for the season. ***ywillow

04/02/2022

Things are greening up and filling up in the herb house. We will have to move the stuff out of the back wall area to put up the reminding tables next week, so that the seedlings we started can be stepped up.

04/01/2022

We got some little Herby plugs in from Silverleaf Greenhouses today. The unpacking process left the greenhouse with a heavenly smell.

03/31/2022

The rhubarb run was a success this morning!

03/30/2022

Just making more space for more plants.

03/30/2022

It was warm enough again to work on more organizing and condensing of the fruiting plants today.

03/29/2022

So begins another round of condensing, organizing and retagging fruiting plants for the spring.

03/29/2022

Find us in the gym both days!!!

03/25/2022

Explore Cornell - Home Gardening - Vegetable Growing Guides - Growing Guide

Are you looking for more information on growing Egyptian Walking Onions? If so, check out this fact sheet from Cornell University on growing them! http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/homegardening/scene18b1.html

Similar to shallots - but with a much stronger flavor - this perennial allium produces numerous bulbs below ground, and as a bonus forms clusters of sets for replanting on its stalk.