Current Days and Hours
Please note our new spring hours for 2025.
Just check our website, FB, Google, or call us at (269) 244-5690 for days and hours as needed. If you need to get something when we are closed, please call…….and we will try to set up a time to meet you.
Closed Monday
10 to 2 Tuesday
Closed Wednesday
9 to 4 Thursday
9 to 6 Friday
9 to 4 Saturday
9 to 2 Sunday |
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| Welcome back to many of our lakeside customers! We enjoyed seeing you over the holiday weekend and look forward to seeing others soon.
We are wrapping up our Spring harvest season and are in the transition period between spring and summer. Over the next several weeks, more summer-like produce will become available, including strawberries!
We have many gifts, grocery items that are Michigan made and locally-grown, and increasing our bakery offerings. Stop by our farm market and peruse what we have for sale. |
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Asparagus and Rhubarb
The asparagus and rhubarb season is quickly winding down. Enjoy these fresh tastes of spring while you can! We hope to have it through the first week of June, weather permitting.
If you need larger quantities for freezing, canning, or pickling, now is the time to get it! Receive a discount when buying 10 pounds or more. Please check our FB page, website or call us before you come out to make sure it is available. We are happy to take orders at (269-244-5690) and we will call you when ready to pick up! |
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Strawberry Update
The strawberry season, the unofficial beginning of summer, is just starting. We will be picking a few berries as they ripen, available by the quart only. We picked some today (Friday) and will try to pick again on Sunday.
We will try to have strawberries available by the quart each day we are open.
With strawberries being in high demand as the season starts, we recommend you call us and have us hold some for same-day pickup. Please note that we are not taking advance orders and have switched to “same day, set aside” orders only. See more on our ordering process below.
Please watch for updates before driving out as things may change throughout the day. We know your time and the cost of fuel is valuable and we don’t want you to come for berries if we are sold out.
We will primarily be using our Facebook page to communicate the availability of strawberries throughout the day and the season. You can also check our website or call us (269)-244-5690.
We are growing a limited number of strawberries on our farm and will be getting most of them locally from River Valley Farm in Constantine as we have done for the past several years. We will offer limited u-pick; details coming soon. River Valley Farms also offers u-pick; please check their Facebook page for information. |
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What is on the Market
Here’s what we will have:
- First of the season strawberries, when available
- Fresh picked asparagus and rhubarb
- Greenhouse cucumbers
- Lettuces and produce from Bankson Lake Farms
- Potted mini-tomatoes plants for your patio
- Limited supply of lettuce bowls
- Assorted fresh baked goods including ‘take and bake’ fruit pies and strombolis
- Local maple products, honey, jams, jellies and salsas, Jake’s meats, milk, eggs, yogurt and ice cream
- Alcohol products – hard ciders, wines, spirits
- Alcohol Tasting on Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm
- Nice selection of springtime gifts made by our local artisans, perfect for teacher appreciation, birthdays, hostess, pet/house sitters, or yourself!
- Hanging flower baskets (limited supply)
- Fresh flower bouquets from Flowerfield Farm
- Ice cold slushies!
- U-pick herbs, chives only as the others are still growing
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| Our greenhouse cucumbers are starting for the season! |
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| This week we added new gift items – Katie Ladybug books: A Journey into Mindfulness, two designs of her Corey Lake stickers – all from local author, Kelly Wiseman. |
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Bakery
We are busy making assorted baked goods.
- Assorted “take and bake” fruit pies, including seasonal fresh rhubarb pies (frozen)
- Assorted cookies, muffins and breads
- Cinnamon rolls and cinnamon bread – take and thaw
- Donuts – Saturday, and Sunday in buttermilk, blueberry, and cherry flavors
- Moe’s “take and bake” strombolis
- We are also making our famous strawberry shortcakes again
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| This week we made fresh spinach mushroom and red onion veggie pizzamolis! |
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| The labor of love in making fresh rhubarb pie! |
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Grocery
We offer select grocery products like salad dressing, jam, jelly, salsa, fresh eggs, cheese, yogurt, fresh milk, vanilla ice cream, crackers, chips, meats, dog treats, and more. We focus on offering products from companies located in Michigan, to support Michigan-grown and Michigan-made!
Fresh Eggs from Hebron Farms in Cassopolis. These are pasture raised, non-GMO grain eggs. We have been partnering with this family farm for over 20 years.
Mao’s Pita Chips. Salted and unsalted, made in Michigan. |
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| Mozzarella Pearls. Available in the cheese section, great for caprice salads! |
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| Pop Daddy Natural Butter Popcorn. Non-GMO, made in southern Michigan from locally-grown, premium kernels. |
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Alcohol
We have a nice variety of spirits, wines, and hard ciders – most made on the farm using our surplus fruit and cider.
Stop by the market this Saturday between 10 am and 1 pm for our Alcohol Tasting! Sample some of our products and find your favorite! |
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| Somedays our Driveway Hill is Just too Much You need help carrying things to your car … you just had knee surgery … you have a shopping list so long it will take several trips … you have on the wrong shoes … you have a little one that just fell asleep … you are in a rush … it is pouring down rain … you are just tired. |
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| Whatever the reason, you are welcome to pull up and park closer to the market. However, kindly keep the driveway clear for thru traffic and market loading/unloading. |
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| Important Strawberry Ordering Information |
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Important Strawberry Ordering Information
1. We will accept same-day orders only. The quantity picked each day will vary depending on growing conditions and weather (such as not picking when it is raining).
2. Strawberries are picked fresh each morning and will not be for sale at the market until mid-morning. If you have reserved some, we ask that you arrive after 12 noon please. We need time to pick them, transport them to the market, and package them before they can be sold.
3. Once we have an estimate of our picking numbers for the day, we will accept “same-day, set aside” orders.
4. To have us hold some for you or if you have questions, please call us at (269) 244-5690.
5. We do not accept orders left on voice mail. If we miss your call, leave your name and phone number, and one of our staff will call you back as quickly as possible.
6. All orders must be picked up by that day’s closing time. When you place an order, please give us an estimate of about what time you are picking them up. |
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Ideas for Using Rhubarb and Asparagus
For ideas on using rhubarb and asparagus this week, check out the Rhubarb and Asparagus recipes posted on our website.
Rhubarb Roasted Salmon
This is a fast and easy dish featuring a ginger-rhubarb sauce over your fish fillets. It calls for salmon, but it should be adaptable to other fish fillets. The sauce is part tangy, part sweet. |
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Skillet Chicken with Rhubarb
In this savory skillet dinner, rhubarb, onions and garlic are simmered with white wine and butter into a rich sauce for browned chicken parts. You can use a whole, cut-up chicken or your favorite chicken part such as thighs and drumsticks. Serve with polenta or rice. |
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Thank you for your continued support and for buying local.
Everyone at Corey Lake Orchards wishes you a happy Spring!
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