Wintergreen Farm

Life and recipes of a CSA farmer in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Farmer Party

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One thing that farmers like to do to have fun is help out other farmers. It's the perfect way to learn from each other and so...
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Thursday, March 6, 2014

Farming in a Polar Vortex

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I know the vortices are over, but we are still dealing with their dense and snowy aftermath. Plus it's nice to have an excuse to use...
Monday, October 14, 2013

Week 16: 2013 CSA Season Comes to a Close

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Fall is here. Note Scott's hunter orange cap. A sure sign of fall. It's finally official because we had our first real fro...
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Monday, October 7, 2013

Week 15: Happy Birthday to Me!

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It's my birthday. Seriously, right now. Earlier we celebrated by swimming at the AmericInn and hiking the Summit Peak Loop. The color ...
Monday, September 30, 2013

Week 14: Thank you!

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The true meaning of member support has really come through this week. Thank you everyone who has agreed to shift the final Saturday pick-up ...
Monday, September 23, 2013

Falling

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It's fall. You know how I can tell? The squash are on the dance floor. They're not dancing, they're curing. They need to ...
Monday, September 9, 2013

Week 11: Planning Ahead

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You really have to plan ahead on a vegetable farm. If you want winter radishes you have to plant them in the  first week of august. So...
Monday, September 2, 2013

Week 10: Full of Beans

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Well. Maybe not full of beans. But we do finally have enough to give everyone some. The burgundy beans (our second bush bean planting) is ...
Monday, August 26, 2013

Week 9: All About Edible Flowers

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I don't particularly like working in the garden when it is this hot and humid. Fortunately, many of the hard working plants disagree...
Monday, August 19, 2013

Week 8: Don't You have Hoop Houses?

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Yes, we do have hoop houses. Two in fact. And, as Seda likes to say - they're jungles inside. Last year, when it was unusually hot...
Monday, August 12, 2013

Week 7: Burgundy Beans and Frogs

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I like being a CSA farmer. Frogs abound in my puddles. This photo shows four, if you're counting. And, on any given day (durin...
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Saturday, August 10, 2013

Nope, We're Not Opening a Restaurant

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We are converting this restaurant into a produce processing facility. We plan to offer various products, such as bagged salad mixes, ...
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Monday, August 5, 2013

Week 6: Good Stuff

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It has been a good week. Scott and Seda found a snake during Friday harvest. We made some serious headway on our fall planting. ...
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Andrea Corpolongo Smith
I grew up next door to Detroit, miles from the nearest farm. After a detour through culinary school and professional cooking I landed at Michigan State University, Michigan's agricultural college. There I studied botany, met my future husband and decided to become a farmer. Now I live with that husband and our young daughter in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. We run a small CSA at the base of the Keweenaw Peninsula. The views are breathtaking, land is cheap enough for young folks to break into farming, and the community is lively to say the least. Life here is often about celebrating good food - from venison, thimbleberries, and pasties, to locally grown arugula - and we're happy to be a part of it. We're the part that grows arugula.
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