THE A-MAZE-ING MAZE

HOORAY! Our friend Sandra,architect,engineer,and designer extraordinaire,created a tree-men-dous Pennsylvania Dutch style sampler 4 acre apple tree maze. She designed the trails in the shape of a huge trunk with the typical craggy apple tree branches,leaves, and even birds perching or nesting on the branches.She included the Hurd's signature checkpoint stations...this year in the shapes of empire apples. Let the 10 stations SURPRISE you with the MANY benefits of an apple farm to the local community and beyond. Phil and Susan Hurd agree the design this year is totally awesome,and it's great theme to celebrate our 10th year creating mazes.

Phil was the mastermind of this year's maze and he reports the corn is popping up all over,with a couple areas he'll be patching up. The major work on the maze trails is complete. The pattern was carefully transferred from Sandra's artwork on graph paper onto a HUGE grid(large squares) and plotted out in the 4 acre field.
The Scouts can arrive now this fall and work towards their Orienteering Badge using compass skills and following the predetermined path through the 10 ft. high field corn.

Just a thought,Scout groups,who are community minded,may want to come late August when we open for a Raspberry Festival,we are planning a fundraiser for the Hudson Valley Food Bank. As a farm we feel strongly,that NO ONE in the Hudson Valley, in our country,and the world for that matter,should go without food.

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

The growing season is 3 weeks ahead of schedule in 2010.
Raspberries have been hand weeded.
Cherries are already ripening.
Indian corn is up.
Apple babies are green and about 1" in diameter.
Charles and his crew worked hard to get all the pumpkins and winter squash in the ground before the rain. Phil is happy to report the sunflower maze Charles designed is in the ground and growing.

Green and Growing for You!!!!

Tremendous growth on the young transplants growing as your future Christmas trees.For the spice of life,there is a variety to choose from such as con color(for anyone who has allergies)fragrant balsam,Canaan,Douglas fir and blue spruce(great choice for folks with animals who may fancy climbing your tree)
Our crew is clearing out additional campfires sites for this season for all the groups who express an interest in old fashioned country fun.So grab your Guitar and gather your friends this fall and get ready to Make Memories.!!We're plowing fields and planting your fall decorative Indian corn today!!Your pumpkins will be in the ground by the end of this week.

THE PACE PICKS UP AT HURDS FAMILY FARM

APPLE BLOSSOMS ARE IN FULL BLOOM TODAY APRIL 20TH. TALK ABOUT HISTORY, THIS IS THE EARLIEST BLOOM SINCE 1945!

IT'S A VERY BUSY SEASON AT HURDS FAMILY FARM . WE JUST FINISHED PLANTING AND FERTILIZING YOUR FUTURE CHRISTMAS TREE. DOUGLAS FIR, BLUE SPRUCE, CONCOLOR, BALSAM AND NORWAY SPRUCE ARE GREEN AND GROWING FOR YOU, READY TO HARVEST IN 6 OR SO YEARS .

THE TOMATO SEEDS ARE GROWING AND ALSO THE FLOWERS THAT ADD BEAUTY AROUND THE HISTORIC DUTCH BARN AND TO THE LANDSCAPING.

WE ARE GEARING UP TO EXPAND THE PARKING AREA NEAR THE ENTRANCE.
WE HAVE PLANS TO DIG A DITCH, ADD GRAVEL AND PLANT GRASS OVER TOP
THAT SHOULD BE READY BY THE TIME YOU VISIT THIS FALL.

WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED! LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THIS FALL.

Thank You for making this such a great season! We look forward to seeing you in 2010!
Please help us to provide you with the best selection of fruits and vegetables by sending in your suggestions for our spring planting.