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Farm Happenings at Hillcrest Farms
Farm Happenings for April 2, 2022
Horticulture Spring was 7 weeks ago, and the Calendar Spring was 1 week ago. With below freezing overnight temps forecast for the next ten days-plus, is anyone out there working the soil?! This cold air situation is really normal for this time of year, so we are prepared. The main o1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 30, 2022
Good morning!
Horticulture Spring was 7 weeks ago, and the Calendar Spring was 1 week ago. With below freezing overnight temps forecast for the next ten days-plus, is anyone out there working the soil?! This cold air situation is really normal for this time of year, so we are1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 26, 2022
Good morning!
As I stretch for new items for the weekly menu, we are transplanting into the high tunnels at a pretty good pace, and a few of the new Spring Produce Parade is getting close beginning this week!
The warming days begin to entice us towards more outdoor gardening, and cert1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 23, 2022
Good morning!
As I stretch for new items for the weekly menu, we are transplanting into the high tunnels at a pretty good pace, and a few of the new Spring Produce Parade is getting close beginning this week!
The warming days begin to entice us towards more outdoor gardening, and cert1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 19, 2022
Hello!
I normally begin to Transplant tomatoes into the high tunnels around April 15, and that gives us
about a four week window to get the Spring/ Summer prep work finished. Added to that, a farmer's rule of thumb is that the early Russet Potatoes go in about Good F1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 16, 2022
Hello!
I normally begin to Transplant tomatoes into the high tunnels around April 15, and that gives us
about a four week window to get the Spring/ Summer prep work finished. Added to that, a farmer's rule of thumb is that the early Russet Potatoes go in about Good F1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 12, 2022
There is a little known tool used in measuring a particular crop's profit contribution to the farm business called the Enterprise Budget. The idea is to document all the costs associated with growing a given subject crop over the entire season, and then measuring the total cost ag1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 9, 2022
Hello!
There is a little known tool used in measuring a particular crop's profit contribution to the farm business called the Enterprise Budget. The idea is to document all the costs associated with growing a given subject crop over the entire season, and then measuring th1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 5, 2022
This year we are planting Onions in three stages; the first we transplanted into a high tunnel last September for an early fresh market crop, the second planting was mid January for the main season crop, and the third is scheduled for next week for long term storage. At our latitude, the bulb devel1 read more »
About the farm
A four season, chemical free grower in southern Michigan. We use protected culture and outdoor cultivation to provide market fresh produce to our customers 12 months/ year.
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