Where The Harvest and Hillsdale Meet — Sundays 10am – 2pm

We will return to the Hillsdale Farmers’ Market this Sunday, the first of August. The market hours are 10:00 – 2:00.

High summer is a frenetic blend of tending, harvesting and planting for the winter. In the tending department, staff spent four days thinning fruit in the vineyard. Last year, we neglected this task in [...]

This will be a good weekend to visit the Hillsdale Farmers’ Market. It takes place Sunday, the 11th of July, opening at 10:00 and closing at 2:00.

This will be our last market for the month of July. An unexpected event draws us eastward for the weekend of the 25th. We will be [...]

We will be selling fruits, vegetables and sundry dry goods at the Hillsdale Farmers’ Market this Sunday, the 11th of July. The market opens at 10:00 and closes at 2:00.

Farming is more than a pastoral activity; it also requires careful planning. As with any town or city, we rely on infrastructure such as water [...]

We are cleaning up our market trappings, charging the scales, and practicing our times tables for our return to the Hillsdale Farmers’ Market the Sunday, the 4th of July.

This spring has certainly tested the farmer’s mettle and humor. The Spotted Wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii), an Asian vinegar fly, has prompted a lot hand-wringing among [...]

We will be at the Hillsdale Farmers’ Market this Sunday, 21st of March. The market opens at 10:00 AM. This will be our last market of the season, and we will return in July when the cane berries start to ripen.
The new moon gets rather shabby treatment. For example, nobody gets excited [...]

We will be at the Hillsdale Farmers’ Market this Sunday, 7th of February. The market opens at 10:00 AM.

This has been the year of the rutabaga. The white rutabaga is delicious raw as well as cooked. Our friend Kathrine Deumling provided us with the following recipe.

Winter Slaw

This “slaw” was [...]

We will be at the Hillsdale Farmers’ Market this Sunday, 24th of January. The market opens at 10:00 AM.

What did big old Musquée weigh? That fine specimen was 47.5 pounds or 21.5 kilograms. Hope you all enjoyed sharing it with one another. Now for the winners. No one [...]

We will be at the Hillsdale Farmers’ Market this Sunday, 10th of January. The market opens at 10:00 AM, regardless of rain, snow or even overly bright sunshine. We were thinking it would be fun to celebrate our 100th market at Hillsdale. Trouble is, this will be the 120th time we have [...]

Hillsdale Farmers Market starts at 10:00 AM, and is located in the parking lot of Wilson High School.
As we have noted many times, we are field farmers and have no greenhouses. We grow en plein air because we believe the environment in a plastic tunnel is simply inadequate to grow excellent vegetables. There [...]

Hillsdale Farmers Market starts at 10:00 AM, and is located in the parking lot of Wilson High School. Our cheerful selves will be found in the middle of the market, even if it snows. The van has its winter shoes, plus 500 LB of roots, we are ready for the weekend. If there are [...]