Shale Creek Nursery

01/18/2026

12/05/2025

Trellis Wires going up for our future apple orchard. A few years from now and we'll start up this U-Pick.

11/28/2025

This upcoming Thursday we are receiving our shade area tubing. Similar to the picture, the 30x60 structure will keep our sensitive plants from scalding in the sun this summer.

Another step taken.

11/28/2025

3 years from now, well, maybe 2, we should be able to start selling apples.

These are our new apple trellises going up now. This area will grow about 200 apples trees, 10 ft tall, each yielding about 50 lbs of apples each. (200×50 = 10,000 lbs). It's hard to imagine.

04/06/2025

Controversial to some.

Both Organic Growers and Conventional use pesticides. And if you spray, you should be careful of wind direction (spray when there isn't any), read the pesticide label and understand it, and protect yourself (PPE - Personal Protective Equipment) no matter what direction you prefer.

04/02/2025

Our new apple trellis (Tall Spindle) system is looking REALLY nice!

Trees are popping already.

03/19/2025

This is the start of a NEW project for Asian Pears. Hopefully in a few years we can start offering these trees, AND FRUIT, for sale to the public.

This is the beginning of a new Asian pear project where we are experimenting with high-density (Tall Spindle) techniques commonly used in modern apple orchar...