Top Chef at Mt View Orchards

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Its been a really blissful week here on the farm. Kenny and I have been pulling out older stumps and planting new donut peach trees. We are in full blossom bloom and the bees are happily buzzing around the farm pollinating all our fruit trees and vines. Everything we grow requires bees to turn blossoms into baby fruitlets and we absolutely adore bees here at Mt View Orchards. We love being farmers and are huge bee fans.

We love growing fruit for our community as well as hosting farm to table dinners on the farm featuring our fresh fruits. We grow a large variety of fruits including cherries, berries, peaches, grapes, nectarines, plums, apples, quince and pears. We were not able to host dinners last year but are looking forward to hosting a few events this year so follow along for socially distanced ticketed events starting in May for mothers day.

I have been keeping a secret since last September that Top Chef was here for their Portland series and they hosted an episode here in the heart of our farm as a tribute to the Fruit Loop and our many fruit harvests. It was a really fun episode were their talented chefs ran through out our upick sections of our farm picking fruit for their all fruit dishes. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine a favorite show of mine airing in our farm and we were beyond grateful and thrilled to open up our farm like a living room to have them highlight the Hood River Fruit Loop here in the Upper Hood River Valley.

I want to warmly invite you all to come and visit our farm this spring. The Tulips fields are in full bloom as our the fruit blossoms. Come experience are farm hospitality in our Tasting Room at the Grateful Vineyard Tasting Room. Also join us for our Mothers Day Tea on May 9th 10-12pm in our Mt View Orchards wooden pavilion. We are hosting some guest chefs this summer too so stay tuned for tickets to these delicious culinary events. We also host weddings here to head to this link to learn more.

xo your grateful farmer, Trina

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Come visit our tulips they are in bloom as our the blossoms at The Grateful Vineyard

join us for our Mothers day tea inside our out door Wooden Pavilion. Click here for Tickets HERE

Hello Spring

Hello Grateful readers, I just got back from a long haul trip to and from Kentucky with Kenny (my partner) yesterday afternoon and the farm was absolutely stunning and full of new life as we pulled in. Huge shout out to my amazing parents and hard working team for holding down the fort while we were on a cross county mission to bring home an affordable gooseneck trailer for hauling fruit and cases of wine. The Hood River Valley is in full bloom( join us by heading south on hwy 35 towards Mt Hood) At MVO our blossoms start with our bright pink peach blossoms. Next our pear trees bloom. Soon after our apple trees.

Our New baby trees our ready to be planted this coming month. O’henry peaches, pluerries, pluots, rainier cherries, pie cherries and white nectarines.

I love springtime as a farmer and look forward to this time of year all winter long when our trees are dormant and asleep. For farming is a profession of hope and it is a really dreamy time to come visit our tasting room and farm. I love the seasonality of farming and warmly invite you all to come visit us at our Tasting room all year long. We do have some Bosc pears at 50cents a pound at our farm stand by apt only. We sell our beer, wine and cider to go as well so stop by and stock up for some warm sipping outside in the sunshine. Springtime in Parkdale is not to be missed and I hope to see you all here soon.

(See below for some information about at Mothers Day Tea happening on May 9th at our event space)

xo your grateful farmer, Trina

Our amazing crew celebrating with pints and pie that our pruning is finally completed. We start in November and end usually just before the blossoms bloom.

The first of our Tulips are blooming. Many more to come but we are exited for the beginning of tulips at grateful vineyards. Come enjoy a pint in the Grateful Garden (no reservation required) and snap some shots.

Enjoying a flight at our tasting room is quite easy(21+). Make a reservation online by clicking here to try our cider, beer and wine flights and ask about joining our club for free flights whenever you visit.

We have dining inside and out at our tasting room so plan on joining us soon with a reservation.

Kenny and I drove all the way to Kentucky an back to pick up this gooseneck trailer for hauling our fruit to harvest and for hauling cases too.

Everyone this is Kenny Galloway and i love him very much. He is starting to farm with us here at MVO. He makes the best BBQ i have ever had and is super fun loving. I am grateful to have met him. He is a treasure.

Every Monday through Thursday we host a Happy hour so bring your friendly dog on a leash and enjoy $1 off all drinks from 4-5pm at Grateful.

We sell our farm to table hard cider by the can, bottle, glass, keg or case. Ask about taking some home today.

We currently have pears to sell in our farm stand if you need some at 50cents a pound by apt only. Our farm stand opens again daily around the 4th of July with Upick cherries in 2021.

Did you know we offer private dinners at Grateful? Reach out to learn more about having a special occasion meal here by emailing thegratefulfarmer@gmail.com

Come Celebrate Mother's Day and springtime on the farm. Spend the day with Mom at a delightful tea service with a beautiful view of Mt Hood. Lawn games, a photo booth and flowers for Mom are included. All ages welcome
$45 per adult/$25 per child 12 and under The price of your ticket includes a lovely offering of bite sized tea sandwiches, fresh fruit, scones and desserts, unlimited tea and coffee and 1 curated cider mimosa or non alcoholic beverage. Wine, cider and beer will be available for purchase at the event. Reservations are nonrefundable but are transferable.

Purchase tickets online at https://gratefulvineyard.mobilebytes.com/menu

May 9th, 2021 10-12pm
MVO Event Space
6600 trout creek ridge rd
Or call at 5413996665

This event is by ticket only (reservations required )

**Your private table will be socially distanced, disinfected and delightful. Masks are required when not seated at your table**

Fridays on the Farm April 9th 2021

Springtime on the farm is never boring for us farmers. We are currently pruning back our riesling grape vines and eagerly are awaiting another batch of sparking riesling from our estate vineyard this coming fall. Good news, our vines are young but we are just beginning the exciting journey of wine making at Grateful. We plan on finishing our trellising this year all our rows. So far we have just over 4 acres planted in Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and Riesling grapes soon to be enjoyed at Grateful. We have also planted some Gamay noir and Cabernet Franc as well. Cheers to drinking our estate wine soon.

We are watching to see when our peach blossoms- a bright pink blossom will pop. They are such a sign of hope for me and signal the first big celebration of spring on the farm. Next will be the pear blossoms, then cherries and lastly apples. We are planting new babies trees, seeds and bulbs too this time of year. We are excited to welcome more donut peaches, white nectarines, pluerries, pluots, more pie cherries and more rainier cherries. We are also planting a wildflower field and our sunflower fields as well. We plant our dahlia field in May. Fresh Fruit, veggies, flowers and all the abundance of summer harvests is in our hearts.

Carlos wishing everyone a happy weekend. Come visit him soon.

We are making strawberry rhubarb jam and preparing for our farm stand opening around the 4th of July with upick cherries (we still have some bosc/anjou pears available if you are needing some fruit now.) Did you know we use special recipes my amazing farming mother, Ruthie has formed to feature our farm fresh fruit with less sugar than traditional jams so the fruit can really shine through. Our jams are a dream come true on anything or by the spoonful.

We are making hard cider now to prepare for a busy summer season here on the farm.

Welcoming our new babies trees. Carlos supervising our work of keeping them hydrated until we plant them.

So hopeful to see these tulip blooms soon here on the farm. We have 20.002 bulbs growing every single day. Hopeful for the end of the month. Stay tuned. #pinchme

I am excited to see when our first tulip field will be in bloom and I am thinking we the tulips be wide open by end of the April. We planted a variety of colors and it will be a stunning field of rainbow goodness. We allow photography during our business hours. Please email thegratefulfarmer@gmail.com if you want to make a private appointment or session here.

Springtime sunsets are always a gift. I’m absolutely loving the longer days.

Come for a pint in our new Grateful Garden. No reservation required open daily.

your grateful farmer planting these new babies. Grow babies grow

the hardest working girls on the farm(mason bees) are soon to be blissing out in all our blossoms soon.

Great news, All our farming/hospitality team has now been vaccinated and we are feeling really grateful and relieved to enter into a sunny spring here at our Tasting Room the Grateful Vineyard. We love being open and serving you all every day so join us soon by visiting our website www.gratefulvineyards.com and make an online reservation. Or join us in our Grateful Garden for our libations and a slice(no reservation required). We are pressing more apples for hard cider and making fresh fruit beers every week to stock up before the summer season of hospitality and refreshment. I am so thankful for my amazing team and for all the hopeful signs of spring all around us. We are not quite in full fruit blossom stage yet but I am thinking in 7-12 days we will be there. So join us soon at our tasting room and bring your camera. I adore spring here on the farm and I am looking forward to sharing more updates every Friday with you all.

xo Your Grateful Farmer- Trina