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This Saturday, September 4th, in honor of the Labor Day holiday we will be having a sale on our chicken. You will find us at the Hartland Farmer’s Market from 9 AM to 1 PM. They will be $2.25 per pound. The birds are whole, frozen and weigh around 4 to 5 [...]

…and much much more!
We are ready for the Hartland Farmer’s Market tomorrow.
Bring a cooler and check out our meat products. We have cuts of pork,
whole turkeys, chickens and rabbit. I will be glad to tell you how to cook
any of it.
Some of the produce is slowing down while others are gearing up.

We have:

tomatoes

peppers (sweet & [...]

The meat of the Muscovy is unlike that of the other domestic ducks. It is not greasy and is much more like veal than like poultry. Turk Farms raises free range Muscovy ducks that have fresh tender meat at about 4 pounds dressed. They are available now. Try one for dinner!!

Ingredients

1 four-pound Muscovy duck
Salt, if [...]

We will be at the Highland Farmer’s Market again today. We are located on a portion of the closed Livingston Road from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. A great musical concert will be happening in the park across the street from us. Provided by the township-FREE for you!! We have all our cuts of pork, well [...]

All the vegetables are now planted and growing. The gardens looks great. The rains we have been getting have been timed well. Now the weeding will be taking a lot of our time.
We want to be able to keep you updated with our products. It looks like the most efficient way [...]

Saturday is here again and so is the Hartland Farmer’s Market. Since it is the third Saturday there will also
be garage sale vendors to visit. We have a lot of our pork products and the produce is starting to come in.
Our market will have our honey friends along with a few new vendors.

Our family has signed up to walk at the Cystic Fibrosis Great Strides walk. Friends of ours have a family member with this awful disease and we feel we want to do what we can for them. We will have a bake sale at the Farmer’s Market to raise funds this Saturday.
The Hartland Farmer’s [...]

November is not the only time to have turkey for dinner!
We are raising a small summer flock of turkeys. They are the same price as last year, $2.79 per pound. We are taking orders now. They will probably be in the range of 18-20 lbs., however, we CANNOT guarantee the size. Raising [...]

It’s spring and the Bees are very busy. So are we.
The bees have been bringing in pollen for about eight weeks now.  We have checked that the queens are laying eggs, and we are getting equipment ready to make divisions.  We make divisions to keep the bees from swarming. A swarm is when the [...]

The wait is over! This Saturday May 1, 2010 the Hartland Farmer’s Market will be open. It runs every Saturday from 9am-1pm (rain or shine). Enjoy spring and come out!
The Market is located on M-59 just west of US 23 - 9525 Highland Road. (the old Hartland High School) Lots of easy parking. [...]

The longer days with a little more warmth has made our hens very happy. They are giving us more eggs now and they are available to you for $2.50 per dozen at our farm. Simply call us to arrange a pick up time. Roeske Farms of Hartland 810-632-5737 The eggs from our hens are a [...]

Some of you may recall the chick that our flock hatched last August. We kept an eye on a clutch of 12 eggs safely nestled in a grassy nest near the grain bin on our farm. A few different hens took turns sitting on them getting them ready to hatch. Out of [...]

We knew our precious mouser Molly was expecting kittens. This is her fourth litter and we have never been able to predict when she is due. We all celebrated St. Patrick’s Day a little different than most of you. We are proud to present Kenny, Patrick and Carley.

Molly is a great mom!
Patrick, the [...]

Farmer Eric, Patty and Jessica took a short trip away from the farm. The purpose of the trip was to visit Lake Superior State University where Jessica plans to attend in the fall. They visited Sault Ste. Marie and Paradise, MI. It was a beautiful time and a great break. While at the “Soo”; as [...]

Patricia spent a day at Herbruck’s Farm in Saranac, Michigan, where an Organic Seminar was held. She met some nice people and learned about weed and insect control among other things…