Fall is around the corner and September 18th is arriving quickly! Here at Swans Trail Farm, we cannot wait to open our doors for the amazing Honeycrisp Apple Festival. Come celebrate the magic of the season with us. This festival…

Halloween is a time when ghosts and goblins rule the night, but at Swan’s Trail Farms it’s also a time for family fun and enjoyment. Every year, thousands of people visit and choose their favorite pumpkin from our patch. They…

In a recent Facebook post I mentioned how lucky we were to have access to an abundance of farm water, never having to worry about running out. For the past few weeks we have done nothing but pump thousands of…

Everyone has seen apples in grocery stores, such as honeycrisp, cosmic crisp, ambrosia and jonagold. You may be wondering, where do these apples come from, and which ones are best for picking? In this article, we will be discussing the…

When you come to Swans Trail Farms and visit our pumpkin patch for the perfect gourd for your home, you’re likely going to carve it. It’s what most families do and it’s a great bonding activity, but you can do…

When people think of farms, they imagine large tractors plowing fields and harvesting massive crops to sell at grocery stores. Swans Trail Farms is more about family fun and adventure than getting crops to the grocery store. We have a…

You’ve spent the day outside in the chilly Autumn weather raking the countless leaves that fell from the large oak tree in your front yard. You created the perfect piles only for the dogs to run through them, and you…

The beautiful bloom is over and now is the time to start thinning your apple trees. Thinning apples can seem counter productive but it is one of the most important aspects of growing apples and the most time consuming. Many…

There is nothing like walking through the apple orchard in early Spring. You can see the trees starting to take life and begin the process you work so hard to accomplish which is bearing fruit. A healthy properly kept tree…

If you have not been out to trim up those apple trees, now is the time to go out there and start hacking away through apple pruning. A question we get quite regularly is how should I prune my trees.…