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Farm Happenings at Hillcrest Farms
Farm Happenings for January 18, 2023
Years ago a good friend and very wise man warned me that growing great chemical-free food is an addiction. He is right, and year after year I get the fever in mid January! In order to "scratch the itch" we'll start the week planting flats of Onions, Baby Leaf Lettuces, Spinach, and Asian Mild Salad1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 11, 2023
It's back to work in the Hoop Houses and it sure feels good! I am hoping for a little sunshine today that will allow temps to rise to near 60 degrees and make the harvests a bit more enjoyable.
We plumbed a small area in the nursery and installed a modest propane heater that will keep1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 14, 2022
Today we'll see 9:06 hours of daylight, with the shortest day of light 10 days away. We grow varieties of green crops in the winter that can produce less than the generally accepted norm of 10 hours, but not nine! We will harvest from existing inventory until mid January, when photo1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 7, 2022
We are beginning to introduce the really good cold weather yields produced in taste, nutritional value, and variety. Still it's a delicate balance dependent on scheduling, customer demand, and crop rotation!
I scheduled the Winter CSA to begin January 4, and Fall Membership to end December 11 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 30, 2022
What a perfect rainy day to go through the catalogues and develop the seed orders and planting schedule sequences! If you have any special requests for 2023, December is the time to ask. At customer request, I researched and am adding Honey Nut Squash, a smaller, but much sweeter buttern1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 23, 2022
This is Thanksgiving week; we will do our normal CSA distributions on Wednesday, and Saturday, and will honor pre orders this week. I'll shorten the produce menu this week because of time constraints on the harvest clock, and also because I haven't been able to survey any crop1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 16, 2022
The current cold blast ushers a blunt dose of reality, and reminds us to speed up the Autumn clean up, and prepare for the Winter repairs schedule. We are still transplanting a few of the cool weather favorites and prepping for overwintered Onions for the late April/ early May Spring surp1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 9, 2022
This week will focus on indoor preparation for the overnight below freezing temperatures. I still have four 80' beds to finish for the transplants of Baby Lettuce for Salad mixes, Red Beets, and Spring Onions. Except for weekly seeding Microgreens, we are finished seeding flats of crops until the w1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 2, 2022
Hello!
Those of you who received Romaine Lettuce last week may have noticed that the heads are smaller than our summer varieties that we normally offer. I have been trialing some different varieties over the last 3 months to see if I can get the same heavy yields on plants with sm1 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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