Sunday, May 1, 2011

2011 Country Harvest Greenhouse Farm Market Schedule

Thursday
Metro Hospital Farmer's Market
Hospital Parking Lot
9:00am - 1:00pm

Friday
Middleville Farmer's Market
On Main Street behind Village Hall
7:00am - 1:00pm

Saturday
Byron Center Farmer's Market
Corner of Byron Center Ave & 84th St, behind Walgreens
8:00am - 1:00pm

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

2011 Mulch & Bulk Materials Prices

MULCH

All Prices are per yard


HARDWOOD.....................................$19

COLOR ENHANCED..........................$27.50
(red or dark brown)

CEDAR.............................................$28.50


BULK MATERIALS


TOPSOIL.........................................$21.50

COMPOSTED HORSE MANURE......$12


DELIVERY.................................$45

Monday, May 3, 2010

Blue Moon Artisans

The Blue Moon Artisans label represents husband-and-wife team Stuart and Dianna Harrington.

Stuart is a master carpenter who worked for many years building custom cabinetry on luxury yachts. Since retirement he has focused on honing his skills even further and has built many one-of-a-kind cabinets, toys, instruments and other items in his carpentry shop. Lap dulicmer instruments are a particular favorite. Each dulicmer is handcrafted and no two are alike.

Dianna is an accomplished knitter and crocheter who also took up weaving in recent years. She uses an antique weaving loom to create the unique and color rugs for sale at Country Harvest. Dianna also sews, quilts, and creates mixed media and altered-art projects.

Blue Moon Artisan items for sale include:
- rugs and runners
- women's cloth bag
- cedar planter boxes
- cedar trellis
- wooden puzzle games

Stay tuned for my fabulous items from Blue Moon Artisans!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Cheryl Fischer-Vodry

Country Harvest Greenhouse features Cheryl's Natural Nature Photography, glass-fused jewelry and her "Small Town" CD.

ABOUT CHERYL: Cheryl was raised on a small family farm in Caledonia, where she spent most of her days discovering the wonders of nature. In 2007, after her job went overseas, she set off to rediscover her familiar childhood haunts.

Armed with a small pocket camera and lots of time, every morning she would look deep into nature and find things she had never really seen before.

All of Cheryl's photographs are straight-out-of camera and have not been Photoshopped.

ABOUT "SMALL TOWN": Cheryl is a singer and songwriter and she produced her "Small Town" CD. The title song is about Caledonia and it's changes over the past 25 years. She recently performed her music at the Middleville Riverside Music Series.

"Not all who wander are lost." ~ Tolkien

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Chocolate Mint


BLOOMS: Tubular pink flowers during summer.

CARE: Spreading groundcover - can be very invasive. Grows to 24" - 36" height and 36" width. Prefers partial shade.

USE: Mints can be dried but are best used fresh. To use mint in cooking, chop the leaves finely and use in salad dressing or with lamb. Chocolate mint can be add to coffee, tea, chopped fruit, in custards or in ice cream. You can also use the whole leaves crushed to steep into teas.

Martha Washington Geraniums


Also called Fancy,Hothouse or Pansy geraniums.

BLOOMS: Large & showy with blotches or markings in the center. Large clusters of blooms in vivid colors like purple, red and orange or white.

CARE: Not heat tolerant, need cool and partial shade. Because of this, they're often grown indoors as houseplants. Outdoors, they can be planted in the garden or as container plants. Care instructions are the same as for other geraniums.Plants prefer bright, indirect light and a moist, well-drained soil.