Monthly Archives: April 2010

These our are new postcards for the coming seasons. We wanted something easy for customers to keep so that they know what we grow and sell. We also of course want them to know how to find us…especially on the … Continue reading →

Umm, yeah loving this sunset shot! Mulching with a mower saves us time and money. It saves a ton of labor and by mulching instead of burning the trimmings we can cut down on that carbon footprint. After rolling over … Continue reading →

I just pretty much love this picture and wanted to share. Working on several new posts for later so stay tunned…btw, comments wouldn’t hurt progress. ~Christina

My wonderful husband took me on a picnic! Surrounded by blossoming trees we had a few minutes to enjoy each other’s company between his work at the store and his work on the farm. This made me very happy…and I … Continue reading →

Southwest Michigan is a pretty awesome place to live…especially in the spring. Driving around the farm and the county is overwhelming as the orchards pop into full bloom. As during every season on the farm the weather is such a … Continue reading →

We are SO EXCITED!! Want to know why? Quite simply we like strawberries… …and blossoms mean that harvest is less than a month away! We are working hard to protect these precious berries until they are ripe, red and ready … Continue reading →

A quick cell phone picture from mom of Jim at the Green City Market on Saturday. Green City is the only winter market we are a part of.

Without pollination we would have no fruit come harvest time. It is very important to make sure everything is sufficiently pollinated during blossom time. In order to accomplish this we order bees to place in the orchard. There were a … Continue reading →

The family on Ellis Farms hopes that all of our readers, customers, and friends (some of you are all three had a wonderful passover and Easter season. For us we enjoyed our Easter with friends and family here at the … Continue reading →