06/23/2026
Good day friends,
As you may have heard on the news or from other farms in the area in late April a series of severe freezes seriously impacted fruit production in the eastern US. Freezes are an inherent risk in fruit production that a grower accepts as part of their business, but this time the degree of loss and geographical extent is unprecedented in my career.
Mariner Farms was unfortunately not spared, we have experienced a complete loss of our peach and nectarine crop. Apples faired a bit better; we may have 10 percent of a crop, depending on variety.
For the 2026 season, we will not be opening for peach or apple season. We will open for pumpkins starting September 19th and go until Halloween - weekends only. We will open for Christmas trees on Black Friday and be open during our normal Christmas tree season times. For the limited apple crop that we have, we will sell them at the stand during the pumpkin season. We will not be doing pick your own apples during the 2026 season.
We here at the farm are sad about the circumstances this year has presented to us as many of you are too. We enjoy seeing all our customers and providing a place to make memories with your family. Our family farm will survive the setbacks of this year and we expect to be back to full and normal operations for 2027. We hope you all have a great summer and we hope you stop out to pick pumpkins this fall.