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Where does your food come from?

Take a photo tour around the farm and see where your food is growing!

Picking sweet corn!  Our corn is picked by hand.  It has been delicious this summer!

Cutting lettuce in the field.  We grow 3 kinds – Green Leaf, Red Leaf & Romaine.

Beautiful field of fall squash!  We will start to harvest fall squash in the next month.

Harvesting broccoli.  It has been a great summer for broccoli.  If the weather cooperates, we should be harvesting broccoli until Christmas!

Potato field full of blossoms!  Potatoes are one of our favorite things to grow.  We raise 7 kinds – Red Skin, Russet, Yukon Gold, Fingerling, Butterball, White & Blue.

The bell peppers are turning color now.  I think this is the prettiest one I have found so far!

Harvesting candy onions.  They are big and beautiful this season!

The weeding crew!  Does not matter the weather, the weeds just keep on growing!  This crew works hard to keep the fields weed free.

It’s tomato season! Wagon loads of tomatoes come out of the fields this time of year.

It has overall been a dry summer and we have had to do lots of irrigating.  Here the traveler is giving a potato field a good drink.  After the rain we got the past few days we think it is safe to put the traveler away for the season.

Here the harvest crew is picking zucchini and summer squash.  Zucchini, summer squash, pickles and cucumbers are picked first thing in the morning Monday, Wednesday & Friday.

Brussel Sprout field.   These are one of the more unusual looking plants!  We will start to harvest brussel sprouts very soon!

Carrots are another one of our favorites to grow!

Alright friends, that’s all for now!  Thank you so much for coming along on the tour with us.

See you soon!

Get those salsa jars ready!

All the tomatoes are coming in now and it’s time to get your canning done.

We have regular canning tomatoes, roma tomatoes, sweet bell peppers, onions & jalapeno peppers available right now.

Wondering where to get your tomatoes? Find us at these local markets:

Muskegon Farmers Market – Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday.
Kalamazoo Farmers Market – Saturday
Market at the Farm – Monday – Friday, 8am – 6pm.  Saturday, 8am – 5pm.
Trufant Market – Thursday

Can’t wait to see what you all make!

-Lindsey

PS – Want to try some fresh salsa recipes?  Here are a few of our favorites.

My daughter recently made the most amazing chocolate cake for my birthday.

You will never guess her secret ingredient.

It was zucchini!

So moist, the perfect amount of chocolate.

The best part?  My son had no idea that there was zucchini in it.

Here is the recipe.

We decided to freeze some zucchini in the next few weeks so that we can make it this winter.

Give it a try and let me know what you think!

What do you have planned for this weekend?

Make sure you include a trip to the market!

The most exciting new crop right now is sweet corn!

We also have broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, beets, carrots, tomatoes, candy sweet onions, beans, sugar snap peas, new potatoes, green onions, swiss chard, kale, salad mix, cherry tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, pickles, summer squash, blueberries, radishes, celery, & bell peppers.

Find us at these local markets:

Muskegon Farmers Market – Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday.
Kalamazoo Farmers Market – Saturday
Market at the Farm – Monday – Friday, 8am – 6pm.  Saturday, 8am – 5pm.
Trufant Market – Thursday

Looking for a new recipe?  This recipe for Stacked Vegetable Quesada’s is a favorite every year. It uses all kinds of summer veggies that we have available right now.

Have a great weekend.  We look forward to seeing you soon!

-Lindsey

Good Morning!

Hope you enjoyed a fun 4th of July and are doing well!

As we head into July you will start to see more summer crops available.

One of my favorites are beans.  We have green beans, yellow beans and PURPLE beans!

Have you ever tried a purple bean?

They are a beautiful purple color on the outside and green on the inside. I think they taste similar to the green beans.

Plus, you can do a fun magic trick for the kids with purple beans.  Once you cook them, they turn green!

Stop by the markets this week and pick some up to try.

See you soon!

– Lindsey

PS – Planning to can pickles this season?  They are ready!  Make a plan to get those preserved in the next month.

Good morning, friends!

It’s time!

Strawberry season is here. 

Now is the time to enjoy these delicious, sweet berries.  We all know Michigan berries are the best!

If you need a couple of quarts to eat, or a flat to make jam we have you covered!

HERE is our market schedule.

Want to pick your own berries?

U-pick will be available at the farm starting Tuesday, June 14.

Farm address is 5888 120th Ave, Holland.  Stop in at the farm store when you arrive, and Kathy will let you know where to go.  U-Pick is open Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm & Saturday, 8am – 6pm.  Hours/days are subject to change.  Please make sure you check out or Facebook or Instagram page for updates before you come out.

We can’t wait to see you all!  Have a great week!

Lindsey

PS – Need to know where to get your fresh berries?  HERE is where you can find us.

Soon it will be time to stock your pantry and fill up the freezer with local produce.  We want to make sure you don’t miss out on preserving any of your favorites.

Here is the best time to purchase your summer favorites in bulk:

Here is where you can find us this summer.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

What is one of my favorite things about living on a farm?

Being able to walk outside and pick a handful of beans for a snack.

Or enjoying a walk around the field, deciding what fresh vegetables sound good for dinner.

You can do this too! 

You don’t need to live on a farm, or even plant a huge garden.  Have just have a few pots on the patio or on your deck.

There is something so satisfying about watching your food grow.  Waiting for just the right day to pick that perfect tomato or pepper.

We are here to help you get your garden off to a great start!  We have a huge variety of baby plants now available at the farm store.  If you want to plant a big garden, or just have a few pots on your deck we have you covered.

The Market at the Farm is open Monday – Friday, 8am – 6pm & Saturday, 8am – 5pm.  Stop by and see what we have available.

Have a great week!

Lindsey

Do you feel like it has been a long winter?

It seems like spring is off to a slow start, but good news!

Spring is here and even more exciting news…

The summer markets are opening this week! 

YAY!! Are you as excited as we are?!?

Enjoy the spring weather & shop outside for your groceries.

Here is our summer market schedule:

• Muskegon Farmers Market:  Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday, 8am – 1pm.
• Kalamazoo Farmers Market:  Saturday, 7am – 2pm.  We are back on Bank Street in Kalamazoo this year!  Make sure to check out the map HERE to find us.
• Trufant Market:  Thursday, 7am – 12pm.
• Market at the Farm:  Monday – Friday, 8am – 6pm & Saturday, 8am – 5pm.

We are going to have all kinds of delicious spring veggies ready for you this week!  Here is what we are planning:

• Cherry Tomatoes
• Salad Mix
• Arugula
• Carrots
• Lettuce
• Swiss Chard
• Kale
• Rhubarb
• Radishes
• Celery Root
• Apples
• Parsnips
• Beets
• Leek
• & So much more.

We hope you have a great week and look forward to seeing you soon!

– Lindsey

PS – Ready to shop at the markets this week?  Check out all of the details of where to find us HERE.

Friends, it has been a cold spring.

We were able to get some planting done last week.  Peas, potatoes, radishes, green onions, beets and carrots.  There are alot of plants in the greenhouse that are ready to go to the field.  We are doing our best to keep them happy and warm until it is safe for them outside.

Warmer weather has to be coming.  We will be ready when it does!

One of the crops that can handle some cold is rhubarb.

It is one of the first crops that we harvest out of the field and that means that it is time to make some rhubarb crisp.

Here is our favorite apple rhubarb crisp recipe.

Let us know, what is your favorite rhubarb recipe?

Have a great week!

– Lindsey

PS – Did you know the farmers markets are now open?  Here is where you can find us!