Graves Family Orchard

09/12/2026

We will now be opening next Friday, September 18th.

A quick update as we had to postpone our opening day due to some health concerns with my wife. We need more time to prepare and we have to move at a slower pace. My wife was recently diagnosed with a rare form of epilepsy, the seizures are deep within the insular area of her brain. While doing a routine check up for her brain cyst/tumor we learned it has doubled in size and is now pressing on tectal plates within her brain causing migraines. The stress of this diagnosis and the seizures themselves combined with what has happened to our farm and small business has done a number on her heart. She has Supra ventricular tachycardia with her heart rate going well over 190-200 bmp frequently causing her heart to then go into afib. About a week ago, a few days before we were set to open the store, she went into afib and started showing signs of pulmonary edema. This has been terrifying and a wake up call.

We can’t hide what’s happened and we shouldn’t be ashamed that we lost our crop when it wasn’t our fault. This is one of the risks of farming apparently. People will be held accountable for their actions and that’s where we need your help.

We had a very beautiful and promising spring until our farm was hit multiple times by drifting herbicide. Over 1000 of our 1400+ trees were hit and affected by these drift events. We have two maybe three varieties this season. We are asking for everyone’s patience and understanding as this was out of our control and has been devastating, as we were looking at our best crop in 6 seasons.

We are asking for help as we navigate not only the government but the legal system. We’ve had to hire a lawyer to help us recoup the damages. We know we will win because we have plenty of samples and the government has had to be involved with the shear amount of damaged that was done. We lost multiple crops and we are still see the damage continue as trees are still dying.

My wife’s mother started a GoFundMe but we cant figure out how to get logged into that one. So you may see two circulating, we are working on the one under my MILs name to be shut down since we can’t figure out the password.

We can’t add as many photos as we’d like to the page but we will add them as they are “ok’d” to share.

Everyone is welcome to come stop out on or after 9/18. We will still have our haunted barn and orchard walk this year. As well as, a few different events lined up! We will still have our pies, cider, and famous apple sauce!

If you decide to donated to our legal fund we are making a promise to pay that back to you when we win or if you choose we will take the full repayment and donated to a local school in the form of supplies and necessities for students.

Hi Everyone, This is Tyler and Danielle Graves from Graves Family Orchar… Danielle Graves needs your support for Standing with Graves Family Orchard

09/10/2026

TRIVIA AND GIVEAWAY!

How many pounds of fresh cut apple wood do you think it takes for one pound of baked apple wood coins?

*For reference we are talking about the branches without leaves on them. Picture for reference in the comments.

The first person to guess correctly will get one pound of organic baked apple wood coins. These can be used for pet treats or for smoking in your bbq!

Winner is April Flyberg with 1.75 pounds of wet wood is what it takes for 1 pound of baked apple wood!@

09/09/2026

Either UPS missed us or we missed them today.

Our apologies to everyone waiting on packages.

Please be patient with those tracking numbers updating.

All orders through August 25th are shipping.

We are currently running at 11-12 business days.

09/04/2026

We have postponed our opening day to September 12th, 2026.

This is due to a handful of reasons and if you stop on out and see us once we open we’ll gladly share . Our journey into farming hasn’t been easy, and we have no intention of giving up! We just need another week to get the orchard ready and assess what crop load we have this season.

We can’t thank everyone enough for the continued support of our small business and farm! We have a line up of awesome events happening over the next 6-7 weeks and we can’t wait to share everything with you.

Our store is stocked with all your favorites and some extras this year! We have so much hand made items and we’ll be stocked with all your exotic pet treats and chewing wood!

09/01/2026

Reminder that prices go up tonight for most of our organic baked apple wood products. Please get your orders placed before midnight tonight.

All orders are shipping out in 7-10 business days.

We appreciate all of the orders!

www.gravesorchard.com

08/29/2026

Our store isn’t open yet but we have a new book available in our little free library. There are about 15 left. It’s the blue house in the parking lot!

08/27/2026

08/26/2026

It’s BBQ Season don’t miss out on what’s left of our competition quality seasoned apple wood!

08/25/2026

This is a gentle PSA !

Orders take 7-10 business days before they ship. Some ship much sooner, but this is our current timeframe for orders, so plan accordingly.

It is printed right on the email and receipt when you order.

Business days are Monday through Friday they do not include Saturday, Sunday, or Holidays.

Emails looking for order updates won’t happen until after the 7-10 business day timeframe has passed.

We are not Amazon Prime! We are not Walmart!
We are an apple orchard run by my husband and myself with amazing volunteers!

We get hundreds of orders each month. Please read the receipt, be patient, and plan accordingly.

Also, we have absolutely no control over the package once it leaves our hands.

Signing up for USPS you can see your incoming packages and mail. UPS has the same service too!

Remember we are the only source for fresh baked apple wood, cut straight from the trees in our orchard. We do not rely on local arborists This is what we do wood and apples!

Have a great week!