Apples
Apple Season: Mid-August to October (U-Pick). Year-round (Market).
Our orchard has about 3,000 apple trees on roughly 20 acres of land. We invite you to pick you own and experience various varieties that we grow. We keep apples fresh and crisp in cold storage throughout the winter. Our apple cider-pressing season lasts from September to November, so if you’re craving that fresh apple taste after apple harvesting season, pick up a jug in our farm market!
The Pick-Your-Own Experience
Pick-your-own fruit at Nichols Ranch and Orchards is relaxing and kid-friendly, a chance to enjoy nature and pick sumptuous fruit. We direct you to the location to find the best fruit but also, encourage you to explore and find what tastes best to you. We mow and weed grassy areas to give you easy access to fruit. Even with the mowing and grooming, this is still a working orchard, please keep in mind the following: the ground is uneven and sometimes rocky, there are occasional snakes and bugs, at 6,800 feet elevation the air is thinner, finding fruit to pick requires walking and sometimes climbing a ladder.
Pick-Your-Own Guidelines
Always check-in at the barn first to get picking locations and information.
We recommend wearing close-toed shoes, as the terrain is hilly, rocky, and picking sometimes requires the use of a ladder.
When using our ladders we ask that you always have someone holding the ladder and providing stability for safety.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Well-behaved dogs are allowed on our farm with the requirement that they remain on leash and owners pick up after them.
Do not climb or shake the trees. This will damage fruit and can break tree limbs.
If two or three fruits are clustered together, use two hands and gently pick all the fruit in the cluster.
Please dispose of trash in proper receptacles.
Please be considerate of all of our customers and observe our non-smoking policy.
