Prairie Blush Orchards

11/27/2025

We appreciate our blessings and extend warmest wishes for a joyous Thanksgiving, honoring the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, who initiated this American tradition. From our residence to yours

11/11/2025

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We are eternally grateful for all veterans service who's this great country.

In honor of our service men and women

11/09/2025

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This easy homemade Apple 🍏 Crumble is our favorite dessert with it’s sweet, caramelized apple filling and crumbly topping - most definitely a crowd pleaser and perfect for the Holidays!
Recipe 👇

11/08/2025

Enjoy 20% Off Most Items! 🍎
We’ll be open through Saturday, November 16th — stop by for some Christmas shopping and enjoy our end-of-season sale!

After the 17th, we’ll be open by appointment only as our regular business hours will pause.

Take a look at the list to see all the specials and stock up while you can!

Thanks so much for your support — we hope to see you soon! 🌾

11/05/2025

❄️ DEEP FREEZE COMING — FINAL WEEK! STOCK UP BEFORE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8th! ❄️

We’re closing out the season and clearing the shelves — stock up and save before the freeze hits!

🍏 U-Pick Apples
• 10 lbs or less: $0.65/lb
• 30 lbs or more: $0.45/lb
(All varieties included!)
📅 Last day for U-Pick Apples: Saturday, November 8th

🍎 Bulk Apples – Great for Juicing!
We’ve got extra apples this season — perfect for juicing, cider-making, or feeding animals. These “agriculture apples” are available while supplies last (no windfall apples). Ask for details and availability!

🍯 Jams & Jellies – 2 for $11 (or $6 each)
🥧 Pie Filling – 2 for $16
🥧 Frozen Pies – $14 each or 2 for $24
🧼 Handmade Soaps – 20% OFF
🧽 Dishcloths – 20% OFF
👕 T-Shirts – 20% OFF
🪶 Flour Sack Towels – 20% OFF
🪴 Plants – Buy One, Get One FREE
🍬 Front Candy Shelf – 11% OFF
✨ Stickers – now only $0.40 each (were $0.75)
🎃 Pumpkins – Buy One, Get TWO FREE!

💨 Plus — More Items on Sale!
Lots more in-store deals and markdowns as we wrap up the 2025 season — ask for details and save big before we close

11/02/2025

Just a heads up -This is unreal it's November and you can still you pick U-Apples at our orchard our Red Cort they haven’t frozen and are perfect for making apple roses. 🌹🍎

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11/01/2025

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10/27/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/17TPZipArW/ Baked Apples with Red Cort Apples Yum Yum

Pumpkin Pie Stuffed Baked Apples

Ingredients

* 4 apples (cored)
* 1 cup pumpkin puree
* 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
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Enjoy ❤️👇👇

10/22/2025

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Meet Tom Brown, the retired chemical engineer from North Carolina, now famously known as the "Apple Hunter," whose passion has single-handedly rescued over 1,200 unique varieties of heritage apples from the brink of extinction! 💚

The Amazing Facts of a Real-Life Quest!
• The Shocking Loss: Tom's journey began in the late 1990s when he learned that while America once grew over 14,000 varieties of apples, commercial farming had drastically reduced that to a handful—leaving thousands of ancient, uniquely flavored, and textured apples forgotten and lost in abandoned orchards across the Appalachian Mountains. 💔
• The Hunt: Tom, alongside his supportive wife, Merrikay, turned retirement into a full-time detective mission! He has driven over 400,000 miles (that's nearly 16 times around the Earth! 🚗💨) across seven states, including North Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia, literally knocking on the doors of elderly mountain dwellers to follow up on whispers and rumors of an old, strange apple tree in their backyard.
• A Taste of History: When he finds a promising tree, he takes cuttings, or "scionwood," and grafts them onto new rootstock in his own preservation orchard, Heritage Apples, where he now grows over 700 varieties! He has rescued apples with incredible names like 'Flat Limbertwig,' 'Bitter Buckingham,' 'Candy Stripe,' and the legendary 'Junaluska' apple, which took him 16 years to finally locate! ⏳
• The Engineer's Edge: His background as a chemical engineer helped him approach the monumental task with the necessary patience, meticulous research, and organizational skills required to track, identify, and catalogue each unique variety—ensuring their precious genetic heritage is saved for future generations to taste and enjoy. 🍏😋

Tom Brown isn't just saving fruit; he's saving centuries of agricultural, culinary, and community history, ensuring the incredible diversity of nature and the flavors of the past won't disappear forever. What an inspiration!

🍎 hero

10/22/2025

❄️🎃 FREEZE FLASH SALE! 🎃❄️

🥧 FROZEN PIE DEAL:

BUY 2 FROZEN PIES — GET A SMALL PUMPKIN FREE!
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🍯 JAMS & JELLIES DEAL:

BUY 2 COMBINATIONS OF JAMS & JELLIES — GET A SMALL PUMPKIN FREE!

🎃 FREE PUMPKIN SALE — BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE!

(EQUAL OR LESSER VALUE)

🍎 U--PICK APPLE DEALS:

10 LBS OR LESS — $0.65 / LB

30 LBS OR MORE — $0.50 / LB

STOCK UP & FREEZE FOR PIES, CRISPS & SAUCE! 🥧

🌶️ PEPPER SALE!

SWEET MILD JALAPEÑO & GREEN PEPPERS

$1.99 / LB

$1.00 / LB FOR 3 LBS OR MORE!

FRESH-PICKED & FULL OF FLAVOR! 🍳
GF Donuts Friday an Saturday Oct 30 Nov 1

10/18/2025

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Our Pumpkin patch is open. Saturday is open.

10/13/2025

With sad hearts, we must announce that Prairie Blush Apple Store and Orchard will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, October 15th and 16th, as our family walks through a time of loss.
We will reopen on Thursday and continue with our normal hours.
Thank you for your kindness, patience, and understanding during this time. ❤️