Our Seasons
Planting Season: March - April
2010 Opening Day:
Thursday April 29th
Late April - June: Plant Season
~Six greenhouses filled with our very own selection of perennials, annuals, and hanging baskets
~Our field tested vegetable
transplants & onion sets
~Asparagus, peas, & rhubarb
~Planting supplies
EVENTS:
~Saturday & Sunday May 8th - 9th Mother's Day Weekend
~Saturday May 8th Horticultural Workshop
~Saturday May 22nd Containers 101
~Saturday June 5th Come Garden With Us & Cooking With Herbs
June: Strawberry Season
~Pick-your-own daily 7 am - 7 pm. Please call ahead for picking conditions.
~Over-the-counter by the quart or 10 pound box in two locations.
~Order ahead and pick-up at the farm or at a downtown location.
~Wholesale quantities and prices for other retail outfits or wholesalers
~Peas & hydroponic tomatoes
EVENTS:
~Friday June 19th - Saturday June 20th Waupaca Strawberry Fest
~Saturday June 20th- Sunday June 21st Turner's Strawberry Days Activities
July: Corn Season
~Starts with our very own "plastic" corn, planted in March under plastic and picked usually the first week in July to be the first local corn!
~As the corn season progresses we move into the super sweets customers have grown to love, including Love Me Tender.
~New potatoes, Zucchini, cucumbers, green & yellow beans, onions, summer squash
~Paducah tomatoes and Indiana melons
~Kohlrabi & walla walla onions
Events:
July 17th Cooking With Honey
July 31st & August 1st Corn Roast
August - Early September: Summer Produce Season
~Tomatoes: full size, grape, Juliet, & the incomparable Sun Gold (pick-your-own and over-the-counter)
~Packer melons, regular & seedless watermelon, Eclipse cantaloupe
~Peppers: green & colored bell, Aruba, sweet banana, jalapeno
~Saturday August 21st Canning, Freezing, & Dehydrating
~Saturday August 21st & Sunday August 22nd Watermelon Weekend
~Saturday September 4th Salsa Weekend
~Saturday September 4th: Corn Maze Opens (approximate date)
~Saturday September 18th & Sunday September 19th
Corn Fest & Tasting Weekend
September/October: Fall Colors
~Pumpkins/wagon rides
~Bale maze & kid activities
~Corn maze & parties
~Squash, Indian corn, mums
~Decorative gourds, corn shacks, etc.
Events:
Month of October Fall Colors Festivities (Corn Maze begins in September)
Saturday October 9th: Pumpkin Canon
Closing Day: Saturday October 31st
Always an assortment of:
~Jams/jellies, dressing, & flavored salsa
~Maple syrup/honey
~Amish pie fillings
~Gourmet caramels
~Ice cream