Raising Cane Ranch

This year we used wood barrels to age our cider. We found it rounded out the taste and added vanilla tones. We also stepped up our game with a new production, storing, and serving system. It’s been fun to watch Nick figure it out. These photos show him transferring and blending. The cidery will open June 21st!! Hours will be Friday 4-8pm, Saturday 12-8pm, and Sunday 1-5pm. Come on out!

Our road is the home to some amazing, local family farms. Come out and visit us. There is something for everyone, almost all year long.

We loved walking next door to Flower Farmer Girls Peony Field Days yesterday! We strolled through their lovely gardens and made bouquets. Look them up this summer if you need flowers for an event or just someone special.

Here at RCR, we've been busy renovating our old cow barn into our new cidery space. We will have an indoor tasting room with the same outdoor seating area. It's a huge project and I'm sure we'll still have some pieces to finalize all summer, but we wanted to get the word out that our tentative opening day for Riverview Road Cidery will be Friday, June 21st! We're still working out our schedule but should be open roughly for weekends through the end of October. More cidery pix later, here are some spring flowers.

Signs of Spring are everywhere, the crocus and daffodils are blooming, and the black currants, aronia berries, and rhubarb are budding. We're even getting snow, hail, rain, and sun all in one-day kind of weather.

Pruning the apple trees….its a winter chore of any orchardist to prune in the cold, dry weather and with over 600 fruit trees, it takes some time.

The witch hazels are the first to bloom in our yard. A reminder that spring will come!

Happy 2024 from our farm and cidery!

Last year was so great for Raising Cane Ranch-we planted a new food forest and opened Riverview Road Cidery which had such a warm show of support from our community. We offered "Cider Pressing Parties" to groups who got a chance to pick and press their apples onsite while making a social event out of it. The farm was highlighted at a national agroforestry conference showing the many agroforestry projects Nick has created. And we participated in Brewfest where we made so many fans of our cider.

Looking at 2024, we are busy renovating our old cow barn into the cidery space with an indoor tasting room which will be a big improvement from our pop-up outdoor tent. We will have fun games, a better sound system, and interesting flavors sourced from what we grow. Of course, Nick will plant hundreds more trees and shrubs. We still hope to have the farm stays up and running but that has been a slow process with the cidery being the main focus, so stay tuned. The people who visit the farm year after year or for the first time and are so excited to be here really make the work sustainable for us. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you this season!

Today is our last pressing day of the year. Already more juice produced than ever before. Doing some experiments with new flavors of cider. So excited to be pouring cider at Snohomish Brewfest this Saturday, November 4th at Thomas Family Farm. Come out and see us while you support the Snohomish Senior Center.

It’s been such a great season at the UPICK, the new cidery, and hosting pressing parties! Thanks to all our lovely customers.

Our last event of the year will be pouring our ciders at Brewfest on Saturday, November 4th from 2-8pm at Thomas Family Farms to benefit the Snohomish Senior Center. Please come and show your support for a great gem in our community!

Snohomish Brewfest

It’s a little sad that today is our last day for Riverview Road Cidery and how fitting we ran out of one of our most popular flavors-Blackberry! But Farmer Nick quickly set up Rhubarb just for today so if you missed it before now is your last chance till next season.

This Saturday, Oct 14th will be our last day for UPICK apples (10am - 4pm) and Riverview Road Cidery (12-6pm) We will have Liberty, Freedom, Enterprise, and Ashmead’s Kernel. Last chance to enjoy these great apples and our hard cider!

These are busy fall weekends!!
It’s our busy season as we still have several more weeks of UPICK apples, available varieties include: Ashmead’s Kernel, Liberty, Shay, Enterprise,Bramley, Freedom, Rubinette, and Honeycrisp. The blueberries and Aronias are wearing their fall colors and our cows are sick of eating apples from our pressings!

At the cidery, we’re excited to offer a red blend from Florence Cellars for those wine lovers out there. Our rotating tap is still Plum Dry and then it will be Black Currant. Please note our cidery information is listed on Google as Riverview Road Cidery not under our Raising Cane Ranch Google.

Thanks to all our cidery customers who adjusted with us to the rain this past weekend. We will be flowing in and out of the outdoor tasting area depending on the weather. New rotating tap: Plum Dry!! Come taste it for yourself. Our cidery hours are shifting slightly as it’s getting darker. Watch google. Cheers!

Also, we will have pre-picked Concord grapes at the UPICK stand this coming weekend.

We’re going to be open for UPICK apples and hard cider this weekend!!! Our UPICK apple hours are Saturdays/Sundays from 10am-4pm. Riverview Road Cidery is open Fridays 3-7pm, Saturdays 2-7pm, and Sundays 2-5pm. Come on out to pick&sip!!

We will be closed following Labor Day weekend and resume regular business hours Friday, September 22. Be well and see you for the peak of apple season!

Our Honeycrisp and Akane apples are ready for UPICK. But it will be the last opportunity to get our Triple Crown blackberry. We will be open this Saturday the 2nd from 9am to 4 pm.

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Riverview Road Cidery will also be open this weekend-Friday 3-7pm and Saturday 1-7pm. Our blackberry cider is back on tap and our rotating flavor is Aronia berry which premiered last week. Come pick and sip!

We just created an email list that will receive the latest farm news about what’s ripe for UPICK and what’s going on at the cidery. Add your email on form at the bottom of the contact page on our website raisingcaneranch.com.

We will be open this Saturday the 26th from 9am to 4pm for UPICK blackberries, William’s Pride apples, and Aronia berries.

Riverview Road Cidery will be open this Friday 3-7pm and Saturday 1-7pm. Our new rotating tap is Aronia berry, otherwise known as Super Cider!!

UPICK Aronias, William’s Pride apples, and Triple Crown blackberries today from 9am to 4pm.
Cidery opens from 1-7pm. Pick and sip!

UPICK is happening this Saturday from 9am to 4pm. We have Aronia berries, blackberries, figs, and an early apple (William’s Pride). Come on out to pick then enjoy some of our cider!

In case you wondered about Aronia berries…we have them for UPICK starting this Saturday Aug 5th, 9am-4pm!

https://nwwildfoods.com/blogs/blog/organic-aronia-berries-a-true-superfood

We’re going to be open for UPICK Aronia berries starting this Saturday, Aug 5th, from 9am to 4 pm. Come try this superfood and have a cider!

The cidery is open Fridays 3-7pm and Saturdays 1-7pm!

It’s rhuBARBIE!!! Our new rotating tap flavor “rhubarb pie” is our sweetest, dreamiest flavor. Stop by to try while supplies last!

Last day for UPICK black currants. We’re open 1-4pm. Aronias will be next in August.

Had a great time last weekend visiting with customers in the cidery and upick regulars getting currants!

We’re modifying our cidery times slightly to be Fridays 3-7pm and Saturdays 1-7pm. Shout out to Chris Sherry of Elentone sparkling wines who is helping us get started!

And, we’re going to do another day of upick black currants this Sunday, July 9th from 1-4pm.

Come on out to RCR!

Black currants are ready for UPICK! Some white as well. Sunday, July 2nd from 1-4pm. No reservation needed. Be able to walk out to the forest farm about 1/4 mile.

We’re Open! Riverview Road Cidery makes a grand debut today! We will be open every Friday and Saturday 1-6pm as our supplies last. Our first 10 customers will receive a free RCR glass!

We are going to be opening our cidery, which we renamed “Riverview Road Cidery” at Raising Cane Ranch on Friday, June 30th. We will be open Fridays and Saturdays from 1-6pm as our supply lasts. Parking will be in the UPICK. Come out and support our tree-to-tap cider!

Some shots from the morning walk. Everyday we walk the 1 mi loop around the fields, orchards, forest, and pastures. It’s our meditation to start the day. The dogs love it! It ended with plucking up beautiful red radishes from the garden!