Morton's Organic Orchards

05/28/2026

It’s Colorado Cherry time! 🍒Woo!🍒

We will have sweet, ripe cherries at our Erie Farmers’ Market tonight and even more for our weekend markets in Boulder, Longmont and Louisville on Saturday as well as Highlands Square on Sunday.

Fresh, sweet, ripe and LOCAL Palisade cherries…it doesn’t get any better.
Life is a bowl of cherries!
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05/20/2026

Hey Colorado!
Palisade cherries are almost ripe and our early varieties are looking good. We will be harvesting for our markets soon. Until then, please find us this weekend at our first Boulder market of the season as well as Louisville and Highlands Square.

Come say hello, sample our new jam varieties and celebrate the upcoming harvests.

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05/02/2026

It’s been a crazy spring on the Western Slope. Early bloom emergence and random cold snaps have been challenging, but fear not! We still have our Palisade peach crops and other fruit.

Be prepared. It is EARLY this year.
REALLY early this year.
Apriums, Apricots, Pluerries, Pluots, Peaches, Nectarines, Cherries and even the Mulberries are starting to turn pink. Early.

Many of you already know that our friends and neighbors in the North Fork Valley (Paonia, Hotchkiss, Cedaredge and parts of Delta) have experienced a complete crop loss this year and we share in their sadness.
We know all too well how hollow it feels to helplessly watch as the cold temperatures decimate delicate blossoms and fruits. Wild temperature swings have always been a risk of farming in Colorado and these losses hit hard.

Today we share photos from our orchards to capture hope and inspire appreciation for the fragility of our food systems. We live in a state where every degree (°F/°C) counts, every storm impacts production, every drop of water nourishes life and every set of hands helps us find a way to feed our communities. As we enter our short, little harvest season, remember to savor all the little things that went right in order for us to enjoy the fruits of labor.

Please support local farmers in any way you can - purchase fresh produce, volunteer time or expertise or donations, or simply share a kindness from the heart.

Our markets begin in Erie, Louisville and Highlands Square this week where we will have rhubarb, jams and a few plant starts for Mother’s Day.

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04/17/2026

It’s officially Swinter in Palisade!
Who can find the ladybug weathering the storm?

We may have just received our entire season of rainfall last night. Although nerve-wracking for orchardists, this blanket of snow and cloud cover protects young fruits from freezing and provides much needed moisture once it melts.

Tonight will be the test. Clear skies will likely bring freezing temperatures and a very long night of protecting crops.
Think WARM thoughts everyone.



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03/20/2026

Wishing everyone a Happy Spring Solstice!

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Photo Credits: joe_burtness

12/22/2025

09/25/2025

We are sorry that we had to miss our Wednesday market tonight. We are looking forward to returning to Saturday markets (for a few more weeks) with the last of our fruit as well as some jams.

09/06/2025

It’s time…we are bringing the last of our beautiful Palisade peaches to markets Saturday and Sunday.

These beautiful O’Henry peaches are SO amazing! They are sweet and juicy and peachy and everything you could want from a summer fruit!
We wish we had a few more weeks of them, but it’s time.

One last crisp, one last pie, one last smoothie…it’s time to celebrate summer joy one last time.

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09/03/2025

Oh, ‘Henry, you are such a sweet, summer treat! We will have a small harvest of our Palisade O’Henry peaches for Boulder market today and Erie market tomorrow.

These sweet, little jewels are the last peach of our season and, some would argue, one of the best peaches of our season. We will have more of our Palisade O’Henry peaches this weekend as well.

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08/30/2025

Happy last Saturday in August!
The recent dump of rain and cooler temperatures in Palisade has slowed our roll just a bit. We were only able to harvest a small amount of our Angelus Peaches for markets this weekend, but there will be more to come. Our Hosui Asian pears are also making their debut today!

Angelus is a large, sweet, firm variety that is excellent for throwing on the grill, baking into a treat, canning and processing. They have a very nice texture that holds up great to all culinary uses.
Hosui is an earlier season Asian pear that is sweet, crisp and extremely juicy making it the perfect snack for back-to-school or for post workout hydration.

Note: O’Henry peaches are just around the corner so watch for them next week.

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