Apple Brandy & New Hard Ciders Released!
Our first ever Apple Brandy is bottled and ready after 2 years of aging! A portion of our apple crop has taken a different journey then ever before over the… Read more »
Keith Bishop
It’s worth it.
It’s worth it. Our COVID year put us all on detours and altered our planned destinations. While we have all had significant disruption this past year of COVID and are… Read more »
Back to 1916: Bishop’s First Tractor
Bishop’s first tractor was an International Harvester 1916 Mogul 8-16. This one cylinder, 5000 pound, metal wheeled 8 HP kerosene powered tractor cost $675. Young Charles Remington Bishop, age 18,… Read more »
Earth Day, Orchards and Carbon Sequestration, Hiking the Town Boundary
“Focus Keith!” I’m on the move, always another challenge to distract me and learn! So how do I succinctly tie in all the ideas filling my mind for Earth Day… Read more »
1965’s First Land Trust Donation
As our family celebrates 150 years of ‘growing’ in Guilford on the same home farm, and 14 generations later since 1639 when John Bishop signed the Guilford Covenant with other… Read more »
Throw Back Thursday: The STEM Life [part 2]
“To Make the Best Better” is the 4-H motto, with the 4-H Club pledge describing the action steps: “I pledge … My Head to clearer thinking, My Heart to greater… Read more »
Throw Back Thursday: The STEM Life [part 1]
It’s March, and I’ve got Pi on my mind! From Pi Day (3/14) to the infinitesimal 3.14159156+, or Mom’s super delicious apple pie, I’m led back to my father Al… Read more »
Update from the Winery
We’re in the midst of working with over 15 batches of fruit fermenting from last year’s crops, racking and preparing for blending and bottling. It’s exciting because we have several… Read more »
Pumpkin Tips
Carve out the bottom It’s custom to cut a hole at the top of your pumpkin before cleaning out the guts and carving it. Wait! Removing the stem of any… Read more »
Farm Feature: Anderson Farms
You know that delicious farm fresh spinach that comes to Bishop’s Orchards around the beginning of May? It’s a customer favorite, and for good reason. Not only does it come… Read more »