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Farm Happenings at Hillcrest Farms
Farm Happenings for August 24, 2022
The shorter day lengths and cooler nights suggest that change is coming! This week we begin to convert the eight 90' beds in "C" hoop house for fall and winter production of Asian Greens for Salad Mix, and and all of our varieties of Baby Lettuce for colder weather Salad Mixes. The cool weather cab1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 17, 2022
One more week and our main body of Student Workers will be headed for the classroom. Last week we put new plastic on one of the big hoop houses. We should finish covering a new medium sized hoop on early this week, and then we are none with all six, just in time for the fall transplants!
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Farm Happenings for August 10, 2022
Beginning Monday September 12, I hope to have my online farm stand up and running where I can post "extras" left over from our weekly CSA distributions that are facilitated by Harvie, my online inventory manager. Until then , all I can do is take them to the markets, as a surprise to all1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 3, 2022
As we enter the third trimester of summer, the Sweet Corn is almost ready, the summer fruits like Tomatoes, Peppers, Cucumbers and even Melons are working their way to harvest! Meanwhile, the second planting of Cherry Tomatoes, Cucumbers and the Autumn crop of Kale are growing in the nursery, waiti1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 27, 2022
About four weeks left before our student helpers head back to class. Riley needs 2 more days to finish planting flats for fall and most of early winter. The rest of us will spend our time preparing new beds and putting new "skins" on three of the Hoop Houses. We cannot use treated lumber for 1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 20, 2022
Our seeds and supplies orders should arrive in the next day or so, and we'll start seeding flats for the cool weather crops like fall Broccoli, Asian Greens Salad Mix, and about 10,000 seeds for Spinach! The new starts should be ready for transplanting about the second week in August when the night1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 13, 2022
The Cabbage family is doing well in spite of some pretty hot sun. I held the Brussels Sprouts in some shade in the nursery, and we just transplanted the outside last week. They are a tough vegetable anyway, but they'll be in the ground for a long time and they really don't like the heat. I wanted t1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 6, 2022
Good morning!
We won't offer Baby Lettuce Mix for about 3 more weeks. While all lettuce tends to be a bit more bitter in the heat of Summer, I think the current bed exceeds my preference limits. If necessary, we'll protect the succession lettuce under shade cloth!
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Farm Happenings for June 29, 2022
Good morning!
About 8 years ago, I attended an organic conference in East Lansing. In his opening remarks, the keynote speaker talked about the 15 year forecast calling for longer, hotter droughts, heavier rain and storm events. The subject was preparing the soil structure and the1 read more »
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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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