All Farm BBQ, Market Days, and Pretty Plants

The Tilian Barn cleans up pretty well!

Wednesday 8/17: It's Melons Time!

"True Carrot Love"

Bunches of onions ready to go

You can look forward to these pumpkins in your fall share, they are now curing in our hoop house.

Nate and Jill at the Stand 8/10

Green Things Fun: A Volunteer Outing!

Sometimes farmers just need to a pause from working the land and take a moment to enjoy this beautiful planet we like to call earth. As Michigan Farmers, we thought it important to visit the Great Lake named after our Great State, Lake Michigan, before the summers end.  Upon the request of some of our more consistent volunteers/friends we threw together an impromptu volunteer appreciation day in Saugatuck MI. The outing was a rejuvinating, beautiful, and a great bonding experience for us all. Special thanks to Jill's grandparents Dick and Alice for hosting and cooking a great dinner! Enjoy the pictures and next time we will be sure to advertise ahead of time!

Sancho loving the view!

Here volunteers Justing L and Nick W are strengthening 

their harvesting muscles by flying a 4.9 meter kites Tandem.

Heres the group enjoying a local harvest from the west side of the state!

Oren B strengthens his creative muscles with  sandcastle play!

Fall Shares Now Available

We are now accepting Fall members! Shares are limited so sign up while you can. Shares begin the second week of September and will include the end of the summer fruiting vegetables like tomatoes and peppers and will transition towards leafy vegetables, squash, and potatoes.

Here's what's in the share this week! Beans

Kale

Cucumbers

Tomatoes

Zucchini

Eggplant

Cabbage

Jalapeño Peppers

New Potatoes

Parsley

Onions

Broccoli

If you are free this Saturday night, come support Tilian by dancing and having fun at Barry Loniks over 100 year old barn! There is more information on Tilian's facebook page.

Our watermelons are getting BIG!! And oh so delicious.

Farmers Featured

We were anonymously nominated to be featured on the website Splashlife.com and the feature finally came out. You can check it out HERE!

Recent Happenings

In other news, we will be building another hoop house at Tilian July 2nd. It is part of Selma Cafe's 20 hoops in 20 days and going to be the first mobile hoop that Selma has built (on skids so we can move it each season for rotational plantings)! If you would like to volunteer to help build this or any of the other hoops in the upcoming weeks please visit this link. Thanks!

Here's what is in the share this week:

Bok Choy, Swiss Chard, Kale, Head Lettuces, Peas, Turnips, Kohlrabi (tastes like tender broccoli stems), Green Onions, and another Bag O' Herbs likely to feature Parsley as well this week.

Wondering how to eat turnips? This is a great recipe for cooking them on the grill. We like them raw or like chopping them up greens and all and sauteed.

Kickstarter has 8 days left!

The kickstarter is getting so close but we only have 8 days to go! If you support the local food movement, please consider donating to Tilian to help new farmers.

Click HERE to donate