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All markets start this week!

5/2/2018

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Jim and Exie getting some traction
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No more getting stuck trying to get to markets in the Spring! Result!
Here we go for another busy week. The team finished planting all the onions last Saturday. Tucked into the field. That night, temperatures dropped to 29 degrees! It is a good thing onions are hardy (even so they didn't like it!). Almost everything else survived. A couple of our tomatoes and cucumbers suffered, despite being in a hoop house under two blankets. Mostly, everything survived and is on its way to greatness. And then, the temperature bumped right up. Today it is in the eighties, sunny and windy. These are not ideal conditions for plants that have been newly transplanted. They haven't yet had a chance to develop their root system, or adjust to the full brightness of the sun and the full strength of the wind. Keep your fingers crossed for our little plants and we will keep the watered.

But the show must go on! This week, in addition to getting everyone trained and settled at their markets, we will be planting celery and celery root, hopefully some ginger, absolutely some basil, and we will be preparing the field where our tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, cucumbers and squash will be going! Never a dull moment indeed.

And in the meantime, our potatoes came in! They are two weeks later than we usually like to get them. But it has also been unreasonably cold, so maybe the delay will fit right in with our ever-evolving plans. One benefit to planting them a little later than usual, we could miss the initial emergence of one of their most consistent pests, the Colorado potato beetle. But, because, many of the timings of life revolve around temperature, perhaps the potato beetles will be late too, and so just in time for our tater treats. 

All of our markets start this week. We don't have as much in the way of produce as I would have liked. In a few weeks we will be rolling in greens. This week, I can guarantee that every market will have microgreens, potatoes, and some beautiful transplants for sale. There may be some special food guests (kale, spinach, kohlrabi, radishes) but we don't have quite enough to go around so they are going to sell out fast at whatever markets they make it to. 

From now through October (and beyond for some of the markets) you can find Tony in Ann Arbor on Wednesdays, Liz at the Green Market on Thursdays, Jim at the Stockbridge market on Fridays, Helen at the Ann Arbor market on Saturdays, Jim again at the Chelsea market on Saturdays, and Brianna at the Howell market on Sundays! Whew! Come see us! Come meet the crew! Come get some lovingly grown produce!


Jim and The Lake Dividers

Vegetables!
Kale (limited)
Micro Greens- Spicy mix
Micro greens- Mild mix
Potatoes: delicious buttery gold ones and fingerlings!
Spinach!! (limited)
Transplants! Herbs, Kale, Chard, Squash and Tomatoes!




*We send this email out before harvest, and although we do our very best to make accurate predictions, crops and quantities found at market may vary. 
Markets, always rain or shine!

Wednesday: Ann Arbor
The Ann Arbor Market is located in the Kerrytown District at 315 Detroit St, Ann Arbor, MI. The market runs from May thru December, 7 am to 3 pm and January thru April from 8 am to 3 pm.

Thursday: Jackson
The Jackson Green Market at Allegiance Health is located at East Michigan Avenue and Waterloo Street. It runs from May through October 9 am to 2 pm

Friday: Stockbridge
The Stockbridge Open Air Market is located on the square in downtown Stockbridge. It runs from May thru October from 4 pm to 7 pm

Saturday: Ann Arbor and Chelsea

The Ann Arbor Market is located in the Kerrytown District at 315 Detroit St, Ann Arbor, MI. The market runs from May thru December, 7 am to 3 pm and January thru April from 8 am to 3 pm.

The Chelsea Farmers' Market is located in the lower library lot along Park St. It runs May thru October from 8 am to 1 pm.

Sunday: Howell
The Howell Farmers' market can be found in the heart of Howell at State st and Clinton st, adjacent to the historic Livingston County Courthouse. It runs May thru October, 9 am to 2 pm.

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