The apricots have bloomed and they look very strong. The sweets are opening now and they look good too. Nectarines, Peaches, Apples, Balatons, Tarts, all opening in the next few days. Apples right behind them. We are really excited and enthusiastic and making plans to market the fruit. My apologies to those who inquired about […]
The snow from last week is almost gone. The ice fishing gear is waiting to be put away. The ten day weather forecast has no frost predicted. Spring has finally broken through, even if it is still chilly.
Woke up to a beautiful white day. This is turning out to be one of the cooler springs in quite a while. So far this is all good for fruit growers. We are getting our trimming done while the trees are staying quite dormant. There is still the risk of frost or cold damage to […]
Lots of snow lately and cold weather. The Northern Michigan fruit growers have been more nervous about the weather than ever before so it has been comforting to have normal cold weather and a cold 10 day forecast. We finally moved the bottling equipment into the new building on Church Rd. and spent all week […]
The lack of snow so far has allowed us to keep the farm hands going. The manure is almost all spread and it doesn’t stink anymore (maybe I am immune). We are fixing equipment and storing it, nesting and storing the apple boxes. The Guatamalan crew has trimmed all of the mature tart trees, all […]
We always look forward to the Expo which is held in Grand Rapids at the DeVos Center Dec 4, 5, and 6.. The place is packed with fruit industry people. I get pretty excited to see the latest in equipment and I still enjoy the education program. Then we hook up with some farm friends […]
Several news items that I should have posted earlier but I didn’t. The biggest news is that Jim and Rose are grandparents again as Mark and Brande had a baby boy, Benjamin Mark Schiller. Ben Joins Maizey his 2 year old sister. Next we are back in the cider business after a 17 year layoff. […]
It has been a great few weeks for us. Honeycrisp quality is excellent and demand is crazy. Galas picked more than our estimate so that is good news too. We are almost done picking. Today the pickers are wrapping up the last picking on Honeycrisp, and tomorrow they will probably finish Jonagold and Golden Delicious. […]
The greatly reduced apple crop combined with very hot August and Sept weather has accelerated the apple ripening. We have been planting varieties for u-pick and encouraging customers to come spend time on the farm for several years but now we are not able to offer u-pick this year. In a normal year we would […]
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