Now Selling at Howell Farmers Market

Come find us at Howell Farmers Market on Sundays, 9am to 2pm. The market is in downtown Howell, just off Grand River and Michigan Ave. It's a great market with plenty of local farmers and crafts. This was our first week attending, and we really enjoyed the atmosphere, as well as all the new folks we met. Next week (Sunday the 19th) is the last day Howell Melon Fest, a big event in downtown Howell from 9am to 5pm. We'll be there with plenty of our delicious and unique heirloom tomatoes!

Hot Summer Days

We've all heard enough about this heat, so I'll only say it once and then be done with it: Dang, it's hot out there!

With all of our plants and seeds in for the fall crops, we're into the thick of things with weeding and harvesting. We've just finished running all the drip irrigation for the corn (a job we did not expect to have to do, but lack of rainfall made it a necessity), and rescued one of our fields from weedy invaders. With a lot of extra hands on the farm due to numerous volunteers and some more hired help, we've been getting a lot done. Both Joannee and myself are so thankful for all the folks who have put their time and effort into the farm! There's nothing like farming as a community.

At the end of June, we attended Horse Progress Days in Clare, a day dedicated to the latest and greatest in traditional horse-powered farming methods and equipment. It was a great day, very informative and fun, with fantastic Amish food. As we hope to one day include horses on the farm, much of what we learned was very applicable to our future plans at Stone Coop. Here are a few pictures from the day:

-Shannon

First Week of Distribution

Whew, it's been a crazy month! We've been planting fiends and are nearly done with our spring planting, just in time to start with summer weeding. It's been a hot, dry spring, and we've been dealing with temperatures akin to those we'd find in July rather than May and June. Our summer crops, especially the tomatoes and peppers in the hoop houses, have been pleased with the hot weather and are growing quickly. Already many of our tomato plants have well developed green tomatoes on them. This week it's back to more planting and running drip irrigation on our thirsty crops. Let's be hoping for some rain!

It's also the first week of Summer Share distribution! Wednesday pick up is 4:00pm - 6:30pm at Hamburg Fitness Center, and Saturday pick up is 8:30am - 10:30am at Stone Coop. Check out our Contact page for maps of the different locations if you're not sure where to go for your pick up day.

As you may have seen, about a month ago the farm was featured in the Livingston Daily for our work with the Livingston County Hunger Council in establishing Project Farm. Check out the article here: Farming with a purpose.