Winter Effects on the Orchard
With the memorable 2014 winter slowly coming to a close, the winter effects on the trees seems to be a question resonating throughout the orchard from concerned fruit lovers everywhere. […]
Tag: Crop Updates & Orchard Talk
Jingle Bells, the orchards smells, turkey pooh is on the way
Several years back we were put in touch with a large turkey farm near Grand Rapids that sells the giant double semi trailer loads of manure. Around here we call […]
Fruitstand Update :)
Help! We’re being overrun by cucumbers!!! If we can’t get to the phones, it’s because we can’t make it through the mountains of pickling and slicing cukes we’ve harvested from […]
Cherry Crop Update
There are a lot of cherries on the trees, and all signs point to a good crop of both sweet and tart cherries. Our latest estimate is that sweet cherry […]
February… spring?
Hi Everyone, It has finally slowed down here on the farm and I hate to say it but Jim and John are already talking Spring? Meanwhile our Jésus in the […]
New Trees
Today I talked with Adam from Hilltop trees in Lawton, Mi about our tree order for 2008. I want to get several rows of McIntosh planted this spring…
Stormy weather on the farm!
Well, today it is nasty weather here on the farm. No school for the local schools so the kids are having a ball! They’re doing flips behind the snowmobile! No […]
Welcome to our Orchard Blog!
Our plan for our blog is to have ongoing discussions on a variety of topics: What’s happening on the farm and in the markets this week. What does a real […]