SUN JOURNAL • September 5, 2020
Apples are a family business for Jeff Timberlake, whose family has owned Ricker Hill Orchards in Turner since 1803. This season, the family is taking steps to protect apple pickers during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the 2020 season, you will see more sanitizing stations throughout the farm. Timberlake has hired extra staff to help disinfect. There will be no bounce houses for the kids, and activity areas are more spread out. In peak season, Ricker Hill sees more than one thousand visitors a day, many crowding the store to order the very popular donuts, but now only about 15 people will be allowed in at a time.