Willming said the drought helped in some ways. She said smaller trees are hurt more by dry spells because the larger ones will suck up the moisture from the ground before the smaller ones can get at it. However, Tracy Robertoy, part-owner and manager of Hyline Orchard Farm Market in Fish Creek, said the cooler weather in the spring, especially the late frost, caused more issues than the dry spell. "But then we got one-and-a-half inches, another three-quarters of an inch three weeks later, so that helped," she said. "But then we got warmer, got a little bit of rain."Īnd Lautenbach's Orchard Country in Fish Creek, whose pick-your-own season generally lasts several weeks, posted on its website that this year's season will run just one weekend, July 22 and 23 (while supplies last), because the late freeze and dry spells limited its crop.ĭebbie Musil, manager of Choice Orchards in Sturgeon Bay, said the orchards' cherry crops were hurt by the lengthy dry spells. I thought we wouldn't even have a crop," Willming said. But the cool weather, especially the frost, was the biggest troublemaker.ĭavid Willming, owner of Paradise Farms Orchard in Brussels, said he wasn't sure for a while if his orchards would hold a pick-your-own season. How much harm the cool weather and droughts caused again depends who you ask. And while temperatures rose into the high 70s and 80s in June and the first week of July, that came with two rainless stretches of about 10 days each. Door County had some unusually cool weather in late April and early May that included a night of frost. That's because of the weather, of course.
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