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Farm Happenings at Hillcrest Farms
Farm Happenings for January 31, 2024
This past week we finished the "micro nursery" , approximately 200 sq ft, and can warm the early flats to an ambient temperature that will facilitate germination of seed crops before a normal planting schedule. We can hold the seedlings in there until they are mature enough to handle the1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 24, 2024
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In about two weeks our Latitude Zone will finally meet the threshold of 10 hours of daylight needed by most plant life to activate photosynthesis and begin to size. (Today we are at 9 hours and 35 minutes). Meanwhile, some of the Leafy Greens like lettuces, kales and asian greens1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 17, 2024
Propagation begins in earnest next week, and we still need to accomplish infrastructure improvements in the nursery before that flurry of activity begins! We'll start the long term sweet potato slips and short term Microgreens this week, and I'm waiting for the disease test results f1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 10, 2024
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We are excited to begin the New year with our first CSA distribution for Winter/ Spring 2024. Yes, I said Spring! January is a little dicey anyway, as we transition from fresh greens that were transplanted last October and Storage crops to the new growth that comes in mid March. Today we are1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 6, 2023
Mother Nature is giving us that little extra grace period so we can wrap things up for winter production, and I can take a couple of weeks to recover from outpatient surgery on December 14. I already have the four books ordered as I intend to read a lot!
Winter Deliveries begin the week of January1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 29, 2023
Our focus this week is to tuck all of the Winter crops under protective "row covers" in the greenhouses. There is still a lot of energy in the soil, but with the coming sustained below freezing temperatures, the plants will need some help. Outdoors, it's time to surrender to Mother Nature, and1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 22, 2023
Just a short message this week as we prepare for Family from Texas, the coming daily below freezing temps, and Thanksgiving week. I sure have a lot to be thankful for and you, my customer friends, are at the top!
I am at the Family Fare parking lot in Eaton Rapids on Wednesday at 12:00 noon,1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 15, 2023
With the shorter days comes shorter harvest windows and the greenhouses closed up by 5:00, especially on cloudy days. The basement grow room comes to life, and the growing schedules completely change. The weekend after Thanksgiving marks the initial planning for the growing season 2024!
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Farm Happenings for November 8, 2023
Today we will enjoy 10 hours and about 10 minutes of daylight, and we will be negative below 10 hours by Wednesday. Most plant growth stops or at least dramatically slows down at that point. The greenhouses are already planted for winter production, and that's all I can do.
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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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