Huyck Farms

06/10/2026

Opening this Saturday June 13th with peaches and June apples from our orchard. The peaches are even excited. We have yellow peaches Desiree and some Garnet Beauty. Also we have a new variety of flat peach ‘donut’ this year, ‘Orion’ white flesh, super good ripens a few weeks before Saturn. The june apples (Lodi’s) are loaded. Picked a bunch tonight and we picked some a few weeks early because some people like them really green and sour. Ask for them if interested. Market Hours will be the same as last year.
Saturday 9-4
Sunday closed
Monday closed
Tuesday 10-5
Wednesday 10-5
Thursday 10-5
Friday 10-5
We will also have our local honey and fresh eggs from our chickens and yes I’ll throw the cider slushie machine on. Hope to see you!

05/20/2026

Finally some much needed rain!! Our trees were getting very dry. I’ve been putting in an irrigation pipe from the pond to the front of our property, 2000’ of 2” poly pipe rated at 200 psi. We’ve always used Paducah water before and only able to run parts at a time but now will be able to drip irrigate the entire farm at once without a huge water bill. Also the 2” pipe can support the hose reel water cannon so I can make it rain anywhere.

I rented a trencher for a few days and cut 2 to 3 ft down and the soil was still coming out dry so much obliged with this rain. Had four coils of pipe 500 ft long, 1/4” thick wall, weighing 500lbs a piece, very stiff but still bendable. Had to use the forks with the backhoe bucket and build a jig to support it. Had the whole fam helping to roll them out even with the backhoe pushing and supporting the weight. Abby and Meg were on the sides and Sam not pictured was in the front pulling the pipe down as it rolled around. Here’s a tip, buy them on the reel. Got it covered back up last night before the rain hit.

05/08/2026

I haven’t made a post in awhile so here’s an Orchard update. I’ve been taking care of our orchard pruning, thinning, weeding, and supporting trees. Just got done mowing, it’s my favorite time to look at the orchard after a fresh mow. We have 11 acres of trees growing, most all of it has some fruit on the trees. Expect to open sometime mid to late June when Desiree Peaches and Lodi (June apples) start coming in. Here is a bunch of different photos with captions, enjoy.

03/30/2026

03/20/2026

Huyck Farms Orchard 2026, Peaches and apples update , We good to go!!

01/19/2026

Springs for the clutch in older case tractors are no longer made. Found a replacement. And show how the clutch works.

01/10/2026

Dwarf tree pruning continued part 2

01/10/2026

2 year old Dwarf tree part 1

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Thank you for your support, hope you enjoy your apple cider today.

Last week we took an amazing vacation trip. We flew to Vegas rented a car and did a 1000 mile trip circle around the grand canyan. The drive was great, always something to look at, always a mountain in the distance or your driving right thru it. I put the pictures in order (I’m limited to 10). We hit Hoover dam, Grand Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, Glen Canyon dam, Bryce Canyon, and Zion. At Hoover I had to take the tour since I’m a former power plant worker.

Grand Canyan was unreal, can’t really describe it, just amazing, it looks fake standing right in front of it. We hit every look out point on the south rim, the north rim was closed. A road follows the ridge so you can stop on the side of the road and look out at multiple points. It was the offseason and cold so we had no lines anywhere and hit no traffic anywhere.

Next we drove to Bryce Canyan. On the way we stopped at horse shoe bend and glen canyan dam. We reached Bryce Canyan and it was snowing since elevation is 8000 ft. Couldn’t see much of the Canyan. Next day it was snowing all day so we couldn’t see very far. We went hiking on some trails to see some of the formations in the snow flurries, which made it beautiful. The next day it cleared up so we could see everything and went to all the lookout points. Bryce was my favorite. Last we left and went to Zion. Beautiful lots of walking and hiking. Then drove back to Vegas. In all best trip ever, highly recommend if your thinking about it. I would say a lot more but I’m out of space for this post.

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving!!! Have a blessed holiday season. Thank you for a great last two days open at the farm for this season. We really appreciate each of you. I loved the pumpkin artwork my son created, so I had to share.