whistling well farm

What a fantastic trip to a wonderful orchard. We brought my Girl Scout troop here for a field trip and Charlie and his staff did not disappoint the girls. They had a fantastic time feeding the chickens and turkeys, visiting Sonny the donkey and picking apples in the orchard. They also were able to meet the famous Emmy and learn about apples and try some cider. We've gone back since to purchase more apples - they are fantastic! This is one of the best orchards I've been to in the Twin Cities, and will be coming back again in the future for more apples and cider.

What a great little apple orchard! I had been there a couple of times years before and really like the friendly small town feel of the place. Last week, I took my 2 1/2 year old granddaughter there and found out that it was the first day to pick honeycrisp apples. What? They let you pick honeycrisp? What other orchard lets you do that? They don't have hayrides (that's okay, who needs to sit on a wagon behind a loud exhaust spewing tractor anyway?) but they have wagons with a bed of straw in them, perfect to pull the little ones and to carry back your load of apples. The apples were delicious and the price was surprisingly really good (certainly cheaper than store-bought ones, only these are fresh off the trees). There are some farm animals such as a donkey, chickens and some turkeys. They have cracked corn for the kids to feed the chickens and my granddaughter loved it. They also have pumpkins and squash as well as jams and other goodies for sale. Even better, no admission charge, unlike a certain orchard just down the road. This will be our go-to-place to pick apples.