The wine tasting will be provided by Vitis Ridge and St. Josephs wineries. Seven Brides Brewing Company will also be here sampling their beers. We will be sampling many of our jams, jellies and gourmet foods along with fudge (a secret new release flavor too) and bakery items. That late night samples just might not be enough, so we have brought in some local restaurants that will have some great items available to purchase. The Glockenspiel Restaurant will be serving an open faced pita sandwich and the Flight Deck Restaurant will have various appetizers.

The best part about the night will be the door prizes. We will be doing drawings every 30 min and have LOTS of great things to give away. Some of which are;  Gift Cards from Wellsprings in Woodburn, 5 Gift Bags from Woodburn Company Stores - Valued at over $100.00, Gift Card from Glockenspiel, 1 Hot Air Balloon Ride, 1 Free Cut/Color from Lush Hair & Cocktails, 1 Gift Certificate from Evergreen Golf Course, and a grand prize drawing you won’t want to miss!

With Ladies Night coming up so quickly it seems like we are overlooking another exciting part about fall…Apples! We have started getting in our own apples in the past few weeks. We now have 7 varieties of apples from our own orchards, including Gravenstein and Honeycrisp!

With more and more apples coming on it means that we are getting closer to the most popular thing about fall, APPLE CIDER!

We will start pressing apple cider in about 2-3 weeks. If you are as excited about cider starting as we are watch our Facebook page and our website so that you can be one of the first to know when it’s coming off the press.

Late summer and fall don’t seem like they would be good times to buy plants but truth be told fall is a fantastic time to plant and starting now you can really find some amazing deals on plants! Out in the nursery we have created a brand new area, called our Rewards Zone; it is a special area, right in front of the house, which is dedicated to our Rewards Members.

In the Rewards Zone you will find plants that are 50-70% normal retail price! That kind of a deal is just unheard of! One of the really amazing buys right now is on Echinacea. Echinacea is a perennial plant which reaches 1-2 feet in height when it is mature. The plant is slightly spiky and has large pink to yellow flowers, depending on the variety. The center of the flower forms a cone or seed head which is also spiky and dark brown to red in color. They are available in one gallon pots right now at 3 for $10.00; they are normally $9.95 each! Like I said these are just one of the great deals we have going on. If you aren’t a rewards member yet but want to get these great deals too, don’t worry, come on in and sign up, it’s free, quick, and easy!

Since October is coming up so fast and there is so much going on that we don’t want you to miss, you will be hearing from me every two weeks instead of every four from now until the end of October. We are looking forward to seeing you all at Chicks Night Out and at the Fall Harvest Festival which begins September 25th!

~The Bauman Family