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Farm Happenings at Hillcrest Farms
Farm Happenings for March 29, 2023
I spent the weekend "potting up" the early Tomato transplants as we wait for the soil to warm up another ten degrees. The transfer to the high tunnels is scheduled for April 17, and the full sized Tomato plants already have small flower blossom buds! The Cherry Tomatoes are 4 weeks behind in the in1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 22, 2023
Good Morning!
My computer crashed a week ago, and the repair was returned to me Friday evening. A new hard drive was installed, and no data was recovered from before, so Saturday was like starting over. Now I have my email accounts back and am connected to Harvie!
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Farm Happenings for March 8, 2023
I am just running a bit behind today; the sunny day warmed the nursery to unusual warmth and opportunity. I think we are ready to move forward with the planting schedule. My regular seed suppliers were unable to deliver certain certified organic Onion seeds, and I managed two varieties of red1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 1, 2023
Today we enter the third week of the year above the minimum 10 hours of daylight needed to generate meaningful photosynthesis and slowly, I see signs of change. Since we start most of our food crops from seed, I have several stages of growth to manage. The Onions are ready for their first1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 22, 2023
We have a lot of different Lettuce, Spinach and other Greens in the high tunnels, hoping to get them out before the warm weather fruiting crops like Tomatoes, Peppers Cucumbers, etc. get transplanted there. I need this harvest for the next 6 weeks to carry over to the Spring transplanted crops that1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 15, 2023
The 2023 growing season has begun! By the end of this week #7, The main Tomato and Pepper Crops will be planted, the early Tomatoes will be potted up, the "Shoulder Compliments" like Carrots, Radishes, Beets, Hakurei Salad Turnips, and Kohlrabi will be in, and we'll be headed into week #8 to wrap t1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 8, 2023
The first week in February is mainly a maintenance week, as photosynthesis slowly begins for most plant life. The early Tomato plants are developing their first true leaves under artificial light and we'll transplant them to bigger pots in a couple of weeks and introduce them to natural1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 1, 2023
Only about nine more minutes per day of Daylight until we pass the 10 hours required for plant growth and regeneration. Every year we run short of fresh greens as we wait for the new crops to begin their slow agonizing progress!
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Farm Happenings for January 25, 2023
Roughly two weeks from now our latitude will reach 10 hours of daylight. At that point photosynthesis will slowly begin as our transplants "wake up" and begin to grow. Some early crops can tolerate cold soil, and most of those are either started in the nursery, or already transplanted in my t1 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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