Current Days and Hours
Please note our current days and hours.  Check our website, FB, Google, for days and hours as needed.

9 am to 6 pm – Friday
9 am to 4 pm – Thursday, Saturday
9 am to 2 pm – Tuesday, Sunday
Closed – Monday, Wednesday
Transitioning from Spring to Early Summer

Strawberry season has started – we welcome our first fruit of the year!  They are delicious and will give you that perfectly sweet taste of spring!

Our asparagus and rhubarb are quietly slipping away until next season so be sure to get that last asparagus for dinner!  We hope to have it through the weekend, or until whenever we sell out.  Soon we will have other spring vegetables to offer you.

But exciting news of the season!  Beth enjoyed her first BLT this week with lettuce from Bankson Lake Farms, bread from our bakery, Cottage bacon from Jake’s Country Meats, and tomatoes from our greenhouse!!

And now you can join her as all of these will be on the market.
Celebrate National Donut Day with Us!

Friday, June 5 is National Donut Day.  This food holiday celebrates the delicious doughnut and honors the Salvation Army Lassies, who in case you didn’t know, are the women who served doughnuts to soldiers during WWI.

In honor of this special day and the start of strawberry season, we will be making Strawberries and Cream donuts this Friday.  Stop by and try this special flavor.  We will continue to make them into Saturday and Sunday, along with blueberry and buttermilk, unless we run out of strawberry.
Strawberry Update
We grow several varieties of strawberries that ripen at different times.  We are still working our way through the early berry harvest and the damage caused by the frosts in May at our farm, and are supplementing from another local farm.  Please be aware that most southwest Michigan farms had frost damage, limiting the berry quantity.

We are at least a week away from getting into the normal June mid-season berries.  Until they are more plentiful, we will not have 8-quart flats available.

We hope to have berries available by the quart and possibly some 5-quart boxes this Friday through Sunday.  Our quart pricing is $6, the same as last year. 

Berries are picked fresh each day (weather permitting).  Please give us until about 11 am to have them at the market, packaged, and ready to go.

Please watch for updates throughout the day before driving out as things may change.  We will primarily be using our Facebook page and our answering machine (269-244-5690) to communicate the availability of strawberries throughout the day and the season.  You can also check our website.  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.

Availability can vary each day as it depends on the amount picked.  Please note that we are not taking advance orders and have switched to “same day, set aside” orders only.  We encourage you to call us; we are happy to set aside berries until you can pick them up later that day.  If we miss your call, leave your name and phone number, and one of our staff will call you back as quickly as possible.

Strawberry U-Pick.  We have a small field and hope to have strawberries for u-pick when our late variety comes in, mid-June.  There will be a four-quart limit, our strawberry picking is mostly for the “experience.”  Please check back for updates.

If you want to pick larger quantities, we recommend River Valley Farms in Constantine once they open for strawberries.  Please check their Facebook page for information.   You can also check MichiganFarmFun to find other berry picking locations near you.
Fresh Produce on the Market
Asparagus and Rhubarb.  This is the last call for this true taste of spring!  You don’t want to miss having some!  Asparagus is much better when eaten fresh!

Bulk quantities are still available.  Please call ahead at (269-244-5690) if interested in 20 pounds or more so we can have it ready for you to pick up.  Buying 10 lbs. or more is discounted.
Tomatoes, first of the season from our greenhouse.

Lettuces, spinach, kale, and mushrooms freshly picked from Bankson Lake Farms, arriving Friday mornings.

Ice cold slushies – apple cider and strawberry lemonade.  A third flavor coming soon!

Plants
Hanging flower baskets – last weekend!
Basil – Three kinds of basil for you to plant in your own pot or in your backyard making it easy to grab basil whenever you need it!
Mini tomato plants – same tomatoes as many of you get every year from us but they are in smaller pots that you can transplant into your own pots and add a cage around them!
Bakery
Baked Goods

  • Assorted “take and bake” fruit pies, including rhubarb, which we only make in the spring
  • Assorted cookies, breads and muffins
    • Donuts—Saturdays and Sundays only—in buttermilk and blueberry flavors
    • Donuts—this Friday, Saturday, Sunday only, Strawberries and Cream
We are making shortcakes to go with your fresh strawberries!
Grocery
Many of the products you have enjoyed in the past are back for the year.  Stop by and peruse our assortment of chips, cheeses, jams, jellies, honey, maple syrup, meats, vanilla ice cream, gluten-free, and more.  Michigan grown!

Plainwell Ice Cream
Here every week stocking us with homemade vanilla ice cream for pies or strawberry shortcake.
Make your own Deli Sandwich
We have the fixins’!  Sliced turkey and ham available to grab with our cheeses, mustard, and breads for picnic sandwiches.
Alcohol Offerings
Spirits.  Find apple, peach, and pear brandy; vodka; and white whiskey.

Wines.  Nice assortment to choose from – dry, sweet and semi-sweet wines in whites and reds.

Hard ciders.  We are continuing to make more.  Available now are blueberry, cherry, maple, peach pear, and rhubarb.
Alcohol Tasting this Saturday from 11 am to 2 pm!  We will have sampling for our hard ciders and wines.  Find Shelly in the grocery and baked goods section of the market.
Gift Suggestions
We are expanding our gift offerings, so make sure to browse through them all! 

Show your appreciation with a heartfelt thank you and a gift.  We have a nice selection of gift items such as tote bags, honey, jams, and maple syrup, freshly made bakery treats, greeting cards, and many unique creations from our local artisans.  We have gifts for teacher appreciation, birthdays, pet/house sitters, and other occasions.  We also have an assortment of gifts specially designed for lakeside living.  Stop by and take a look at our collection.

Our NEW Modgy vases are collapsible for storage and travel, featuring Tiffany and designs by great classical and contemporary artists.  We have standing vases and smaller vases with suction cups that attach to a surface.

See some of our selection here.  Stop by the market and take a look!
Happenings on the Farm
Irrigate.  Irrigate.  Irrigate. 
We are irrigating like crazy with this dry spell going on.  The lack of water at such a critical time when our fruit is growing and sizing is very hard on our orchards and vineyards.
Finally! The tomatoes are coming!
Nice slicers and mini tomatoes!
The cukes (see one hiding in the center) are gaining size.
Saying Goodbye to a Community Treasure
At the end of the school year, Norton Elementary closed its doors for the last time.  The school has been more than just a neighbor; it has been an integral part of our farm family for decades.  We are truly saddened to say goodbye.  We will miss the staff, teachers, students, and their families.

Corey Lake Orchards stopped by with a luncheon treat for the staff on that bittersweet day.  Over the years, CLO staff and owners have attended Norton and are now proud Wildcat alumni!  Staff members and alumni serving lunch included Beth, Cay, Alyx, and Sophia, along with principal Lisa.
Thank you for your continued support and for buying local.
Everyone at Corey Lake Orchards wishes you a wonderful
start to your summer!
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