Another Haskap harvest is complete. This year’s video focuses on operating the harvester and shows how we simply couldn’t harvest our crop without it. We also have a video on our Weed Badger Model 4000 and how it will eliminate 30-40 hours per week of manual hoeing.
Read MoreHarvesting for 2019 is complete. We manually harvested 800 pounds of Rhubarb and mechanically harvested almost 9,000 pounds of Haskap. Here are a few pictures from this year’s harvest.
Read MoreWineries that produce Haskap fruit wine, such as the Bee and Thistle Winery, grow a lot of haskap bushes. They require regular maintenance, care and attention. The home gardener can also grow Haskap bushes with basically the same care requirements but on a much smaller scale.
Read MoreBees
Every effort is made to sustain the wild bee population, with retention of treefall along the edges of the woods (wild bees nest in the treefall), and the placement of wild bee boxes for them to nest in.
Read MoreHaskap berries are best picked with a harvester specifically designed to protect both the fruit and the bush. In 2018, the Bee & Thistle Orchard purchased their custom-designed harvester, the Joanna Premium, through Weremczuk Agromachines, Poland. It has special attachments which enable the machine to work low to the ground, maximizing the harvest from each plant.
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