Crystal River Orchard U-Pick

01/02/2026

Happy New Year! 2026 starting off full of love ☺️

12/31/2025

Close enough to home, thought I would share just incase

This sign has been placed at Lake Eola Park after 12 swans have been found dead there in recent days. READ STORY: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2025/12/29/12-swans-found-dead-at-lake-eola-park

12/22/2025

“Many of us have fond memories of receiving an orange in our Christmas stocking? Where does that tradition come from?

While I can trace my roots back to 3 A.D. (see below), and stockings became popular in the 1800s, citrus in stockings really took off in the United States during the Great Depression. Money was tight and getting a special orange on Christmas morning in your stocking was a real treat and something that a family could afford to splurge on.

I hear you have special relationship with St. Nicholas. Can you tell me about it?

We go way back. The legend is that the real St. Nicholas, the Bishop of Myra, gave sacks of gold to a poor man whose three daughters could not marry because he could not afford their dowries. The tale goes that St. Nick threw the sacks down the man’s chimney where they landed in the daughters stockings drying by the fire. Over the years, people honored the story by giving oranges – natural spheres of gold—in stockings.”

Excerpt from “Get to know…..Holiday Citrus” by Ruth Hohl Borger
https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/crec/2020/12/11/get-to-know-holiday-citrus/

Credits: Carolina’s FreePik premium membership stock images. Orange pomander balls image and cranberries, popcorn, and orange garlands image by Mariana Tulips and Twill

12/22/2025

Happy Holidays everyone! and a very Merry Christmas soon enough 🎄✝️

11/22/2025

· Our citrus is not pretty on the outside – but on the inside they are perfect ❤️🍊 Making fresh orange juice tonight

11/19/2025

⚠️UPICK CANE&CITRUS 11/23
• Hi Everybody, so I had a chance to check the cane, chopped a few down.. it is still feeling heavy, not too dried out yet. Usually the season lasts til December some time.. but usually there is a hurricane or a bit more rain, ya know? The cane we have left would be best suited for planting, not sure how juicing it would be. The $25/25 sale still stands and $2 per cane otherwise.

So this Sunday, 12:30–3 we'll be open to the public if you'd like to stop by. 🍊 Also, Grapefruit and Orange Upick, $3/lb

Thank you,
Laura & Steve
353-794-1176

2659 N Virginia Rd
Crystal River FL 34428

11/19/2025

Be aware of scam calls and online scams. If it feels off, it likely is

𝗕𝗘 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗠 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗦!

We have received multiple reports of scam calls from individuals pretending to be CCSO officials. These scammers claim you have missed jury duty and have a warrant out for your arrest, and that you must send money to avoid being taken into custody.

📢 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙄𝙎 𝘼 𝙎𝘾𝘼𝙈! 𝙒𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇 𝙉𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍:

☒ Call you about a warrant
☒ Ask for a copy of your signature
☒ Request any form of payment over the phone

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀:

✋ Hang up immediately - don’t engage with the caller.
👤 Do not share any personal information, like your name, address, or financial details.
📞 Verify the call - Contact CCSO directly at our non-emergency number: (352) 249-2790


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11/18/2025

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Is anyone interested in picking grapefruit?

11/15/2025

· The early frost affected the surface of the plants color but they are still alive. See you tomorrow 12-3 for sugarcane and grapefruit ☀️

11/13/2025

🎋 SUGARCANE · UCut
You Cut it, I help cut (team work!)
• Sunday 11/16/25
• 12pm – 3
• The sale is 25 canes for $25 • or $2 per cane
** 5 cane minimum purchase **

•••If you only want 5 canes, $2 per cane=$10
•••If you want 10 canes, $2 per cane=$20
•••If you want 15 canes, $2 per cane= $30
•••If you want 20 canes, $2per cane= $40

• Please, bring your own loppers and gloves
– I will have loppers and will help you cut
– I usually cut the grassy tops off of the canes to make it a clean cut and easier to take home
• Please park by the gate at the front – No vehicle entry into the field – I will load the canes on to our golfcart and drive them to your car/truck

🍊 Grapefruit will be ready,
$3/lb YouPick
• Citrus doesn't ripen off the trees, make sure what you pick feels soft to the squeeze

*** Citrus trees have thorns ***
*** Citrus trees have big pointy thorns ***
*** Please be careful reaching into the thorns ***
😄

• We will have jams we make from our fruit available to purchase 1/$5
• The plant nursery will be available at this time as well for any plant purchases

We accept Cash - or - Venmo, Cash app, Zelle • (no credit card machine)

Please, ask any questions ☀️
• Share, like, comment •
Thank you!
Laura and Steve

Crystal River Orchard Upick
2659 N Virginia Rd
Crystal River
352-794-1176

11/02/2025

Big thank you to everyone who stopped by 10/26 & today 11/2 for sugar cane! ... Thank you for your support of our small fruit farm and for your patience with me - being 36 weeks pregnant 😅

Next week we will likely have the same day and times, and hopefully the grapefruit will soften (checked today - mostly hard still)

Any questions, let me know ☀️
Laura