Welcome to Hicks Orchard! New York's Oldest U-Pick Orchard.

Our farm is nestled in the beautiful Adirondack foothills of upstate New York.

Lets take a barnyard tour.... the "Old Haunted Barn" as it stands at the entrance to our barnyard...Built in 1885, this barn housed the draft horses used on the farm. It was also the site for our Haunted Barn event of years past.

The old "Milk House" where containers of fresh milk waited for pick up. The canisters were kept cool surrounded by well water pumped into a sunken vat.

Our herd of Nigerian Dwarf goats line up for treats on the ramp! A pulley sends goat feed up to the top goat tower.

This is one view of the "Apple Barn" which houses our Cider Mill, Cider Donut Kitchen and Farm Store.

Front of Apple Barn. This building was built as a cold storage and packing house for apples before the farm was open to the public.

While the barnyard is the hub of the farm, the magic happens in the surrounding orchards.

The growing season starts in May when the swelling buds on the trees explode in beautiful blossoms.

Each spring blossom holds autumn's promise.

The cherry trees are the first to blossom. Each variety of fruit blooms in succession. Blueberries are next, then raspberries, McIntosh, etc. Northern Spys and Golden Delicious are the last to bloom, and the last fruit harvested in fall.

Beehives are placed throughout the orchard just before "blossom". Honeybees could pollinate thousands of trees in a day . Photo courtesy of New York Apple Association

After pollination, the fertilized flowers drop the petals and new fruitlets start to grow.

Our first crop at the end of June....Sour Cherries!

Our cherry trees are kept small so fruit is easy to pick!

September is apple picking time. Now things get busy on the farm.

The orchard awaits....

Hicks Apple Cider is available fresh on the farm from Labor Day through Christmas. You can also find it at our local Hannaford grocery stores.

Visitors to the farm lining up for another North Country favorite farm product.....

Kids love to watch Cider Donuts being made.

The donut line snaking through the barnyard one sunny October Sunday.

The twists and turns of the corn maze are a great place to explore. The corn maze is open from Mid September through October.

Another fun fall agricultural activity....Making your own Scarecrow!

Scarecrow Joe and his new family.

Waiting for their families to come out of the corn maze.

Scarecrows we have known...

Sunflower head Scarecrow

Scarecrows make a quintessential fall display.

Now it's time for a wagon ride through the orchard...

Our barnyard pond in autumn glory

Old stone fences seperate the different orchards on the farm.

Autumn's beauty can be seen in an old orchard.

The trail back to the barnyard, through the "First" orchard. Every orchard or "block" of trees planted on our farm has a different name.

There are still lots of kids activities in the barnyard. One of our most steadfast face painters concentrating on another creation.

Yes, they all asked to look like bunnies....

Sometimes the boss pitches in much to the dismay of this youngster!

Kids can always burn off extra energy in the barnyard bounce house.

Time for the yearly snapshot of the family at the "Family Tree"

Time to head into the apple barn for a snack...

A piece of fresh apple pie sounds heavenly.

The best baking apples are inside our pies!

Northern Spy, Macs, Cortlands and more are all bagged up and ready to go.

Our chief inspector doing his job...

Look at the size of those Mutsus!

Someone's gotta keep those shelves full of apples....

Our chief apple grader hard at work....

Slyboro Cider House's Award-winning Ciders

enough cherries for a couple of pies