We stopped by Hubbard’s Corey Lake Orchard on our way home from church yesterday to pick up some fresh veggies and we were pleasantly surprised to find a few early varieties of apples for sale. Gala, Jonamac, and everybody’s favorite Honeycrisp. We picked up a bag of the Gala apples with the promise [...]

According to the Michigan Apple Committee the Michigan apple crop is expected to be “1/3 or more below average.” April snow, a May freeze, and weather too hot for ideal pollination all contributed to the expected fewer apples this fall.
The first apple (and most in demand) variety available in Michigan is the Honeycrisp. [...]

Michigan has been blessed with just the right amount of rain for most areas where sweet corn is being grown. It looks to be a much better crop than last year’s which saw too much dry weather in most of Michigan to produce a good crop.
I’ve had a meal of Michigan sweet corn and [...]

This morning we took the kids blueberry picking at Locke’s Fruitful Acres. Even though the owner, Victoria, said they suffered some frost damage this spring I thought the blueberry bushes were just as plentiful as in past years.

I spoke with a neighbor today and he said that he bought about 30 pounds of already-picked blueberries the other day from Leduc Blueberries up in Paw Paw. This got me to thinking that I had better see if our favorite blueberry patch was open for picking yet.
I spoke with a super nice lady [...]

I picked up a pound of Michigan Sweet Cherries today and it got me thinking about all of the yummy fruits and veggies that are grown here in Michigan.

We had a good three week season for our strawberry patch this year and no sooner did the strawberry crop wind down when the red raspberries started [...]

I’ve got to take a moment to brag on my garden a bit. I planted a 3′ x 3′ plot of strawberries in a raised bed four years ago and just let them spread to the rest of the raised bed and then let them spill out over the sides. The patch is [...]

Michigan cherry farmers are looking at what could be as small of a crop as the decimated 2002 cherry crop for their projected 2008 crop. Hail, late frost, weak trees from last year’s drought, and poor bee pollination are sited as reasons behind the weak outlook.
Growers are looking at a cherry crop that will [...]

I don’t anticipate any tomato shortages or problems with salmonella this summer. My tomatoes are growing great in my raised bed garden. I planted two different varieties - Big Boy and Beefsteak as well as some Sweet 100 grape tomatoes. I can’t wait until they are ready. Yum!
If you don’t have [...]

Help support local growers this summer season by shopping at farmers’ markets across Michigan. Don’t know where the nearest farmers’ market is?

MSU has partnered up with Michigan Farmers Market Association and the Michigan Food & Farming Systems to create a website that lets vendors find a place to sell their homemade/homegrown goods as well as lets potential customers find farmers’ markets.