Concord Ridge Fruit Farms

Today, June 6th, was our first day of strawberry season and a beautiful day it was! It was great to see everyone so excited to taste their

Freshly picked flats of strawberries!

first berries of the year! We are currently offering picked strawberries at $3.50/qt. or $24 for a flat (8 qts.) The berries are nice and sweet and we are looking forward to another great season of offering our homegrown Michigan strawberries! If you would like to order flats and have them reserved, please give us a call at (269)684-5865.

Our U-pick is not open currently until we get more volume to meet demands. Right now, we only have enough production to meet our retail sale needs. We anticipate opening our U-pick in mid June. As we get closer, I will keep this page updated as to the exact day we will open. We know everyone is anxious, but remember because of the cool spring we had, everything is running behind. Hope to see you all at the fruit stand!

Asparagus is winding down for the year. We do still have some available at our fruit stand and may have it for possibly another week, so stock up the freezer while it is still around!

Fresh, hand picked asparagus in one lb. bundles

Although it has been a challenging asparagus season with the cool temps, the recent upper 80-90 degree temps. have had us picking sometimes twice a day! We still anticipate having asparagus for another week or more, so stop by and pick some up for the freezer. To order a large quantity, please give us a call or e-mail us to place your order at (269)684-5865. Our FREEZER SPECIAL is 10 or more lbs. for $1.50/lb. For smaller quantities, we are at $2.00/lb. We also have rhubarb at the fruit stand while quantity lasts!

Terry and I walked the strawberry fields tonight, and were happy to finally see a few of our early variety strawberries beginning to ripen! Our first varieties will include Honeoye and Wendy and are a great tasting strawberry. We hope to begin picking sometime next week, depending on the weather. Our U-Pick will not open until sufficient quantities are available to meet demands. Please keep an eye on the website as I will keep you up to date on this.

Early variety strawberries begin to ripen!

Our sweet cherry orchard is loaded with rapidly sizing cherries, which should be available towards the end of June. We have 9 varieties of cherries from early to late, so we should have cherries available at our fruit stand for several weeks. We hope the warmer temps. will continue to help ripen and size our crops. This will help our crops catch up from the cooler than normal temps. we have been experiencing.

 Look forward to seeing you all soon! Tina

Our sweet cherry orchard in blossom!

Cool Spring temps. prevent an early bud break in our Concord vineyard.

I for one, am glad to see the winter of 2010/2011  in the past!  I’m sure you will all agree that with record breaking snowfalls, it was a very long winter. We were sure glad to turn the calendar to April and welcome the warmer temps., greener grass, and lovely spring flowers!

We are anxiously awaiting the start of our homegrown asparagus season.  We know many of you, too, are craving the first fresh vegetable of the year after such a long winter! Looks as though things will be a little later this year as opposed to last year.  We need warmer weather to warm the ground allowing the asparagus to grow and become productive.  We will let you know as soon as we pick our first batch and will have it available at our fruit stand.

We have stayed very busy this spring getting everything trimmed and ready for a new year. Temperatures have

Terry trims raspberries prior to Spring bud break.

remained relatively cool preventing an early budbreak like last year.  We are hoping and praying that we get a gradual warm up and avoid a spring freeze. We have a lot of exciting things going on at our farm this year including plans for a new strawberry field.  We look forward to seeing you all again and are excited and so thankful to begin another year.

There's nothing like freshly picked Michigan strawberries!

We are now picking our homegrown Michigan strawberries daily. Our hours are 9:00am-7:00pm and are open 7 days/wk. Our price for picked strawberries is $3.00/quart or $20.00 for an 8 quart flat. Our strawberry season lasts for 2-3 weeks depending on the weather.

U-Pick Strawberries:

Our U-Pick will be open beginning Thursday, June 3rd. We will supply you with a container or you can bring your own. We charge $1/lb. for our u-pick strawberries. Our hours are 9am-7pm, 7 days/wk. We offer nice, clean fields with lots of beautiful berries!

Asparagus Update:

We are sadly winding down towards the end of our asparagus season. It certainly was a great year for asparagus and we hope you all enjoyed it! We will have asparagus available for only a few more days so come on out and stock up while you still can.

Hope to see you all soon!

Tina

We are currently picking our homegrown Michigan asparagus here at Concord Ridge. We grow Jersey Knight and Purple Passion varieties.  Due to cold nights, production has been slow,  but have been able to keep up with demand. If you would like a large quantity, please give us a call at (269)684-5865 and place an order so we will be sure to fill your order. Our current price is $1.50/lb. and are offering a special of 10 lbs. or more for $1.25/lb. Come on out and pay us a visit for some fresh, tender asparagus! Learn about all of the health benefits that asparagus has to offer at michiganasparagus.org.  Hours are 9:00a.m.-7:00p.m. 7 days/week.

A freshly picked lug of Michigan asparagus

We just finished putting all of our straw down in our strawberries and have been irrigating for several nights in order to protect our strawberries from the freezing temperatures. We are beginning to see bloom in our early variety of strawberries which means we will probably see an early season starting in mid-late May!

Last night on April 27, temperatures dipped into the mid twenties causing some bud damage to our grapes. It looks as though the damage could be substantial, but are still hopeful for a good crop.  Apples and cherries withstood the temperatures with cherries coming out of bloom and apples now in full bloom!