orchard

"We would normally harvest 20-30 tonnes of apples here," he tells me, walking through one orchard.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

The harvester is out in this Somerset orchard, but the apples have rotted before they ripened, because of the drought.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

In Clovis, the local agency hasn’t yet imposed pumping restrictions, but farmer Susie Borneman Silva said she expects limits soon and doesn’t know how it will affect her small almond orchard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

The 75-year-old farmer's eyes filled with tears as he walked through his orchard in the village of Vosketap, where a breeze from snowcapped Mount Ararat, across the border in Turkey, dispelled the summer heat.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

In the evenings, visitors—company people negotiating deals, government people negotiating bribes, factory people negotiating jobs—dropped by, parking their cars near the entrance to the orchard.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The main plaza of San Ángel Zurumucapio, surrounded by avocado orchards that have brought prosperity to the town.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Shallow groundwater stores supported fruit orchards, alfalfa fields, livestock ranches and, at one point, a water park and dozens of manmade lakes where people could fish, sail and water ski.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Several councils, including Hounslow, Southwark and Hackney, have already introduced the policy to turn wasteland into allotments, community gardens and orchards.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

While some orchards experienced irregular rainfall during flowering, other producers recorded "relatively normal harvests", he adds.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

A moment later the promised snack arrived: a basket of apples from the orchards, fresh-baked biscuits, and a pitcher of cream-topped milk from Swanburne’s very own cows.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood