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2454 ORCHARD LK. RD.
just west of telegraph
KEEGO HARBOR
SUMMER PICKINGS
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beyond Pine Knob via the Sashabaw
or Clarkston Road exits of 1-75. Al-
though the farm sells homegrown
sweet corn in August and U-Pick
pumpkins in the fall, it's the dairy de-
lights that attract customers from
near and far. The dairy specializes in
very rich and creamy ice cream,
chocolate sauce, buttermilk and
chocolate milk, all made on the
premises.
The ice cream store adjacent to
the dairy barn has "drive-thru" win-
dow service for customers who rou-
tinely stop by for milk and
prepackaged cartons of ice cream.
But most people prefer to come in-
side for an ice cream cone and linger
over the choice of some 20 flavors.
Among the favorites are butter
pecan, strawberry, Mackinac Fudge
and Oreo Cookie. Two exotic flavors
recently introduced include Bear
Claws, a double chocolate ice cream
infused with caramel sauce and
chocolate-covered cashews, and
Moose Tracks, vanilla ice cream with
swirls of fudge and chocolate-covered
peanut butter truffles.
Dairy barn tours for groups of 10
or more are available by reservation
at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. for $2.50
per person. The ice cream store stays
open all summer from 9 a.m. to 10
p.m.
U-Pick Farms
When the Michigan strawberry
crop is ready to harvest, usually from
mid-June to mid-July, many people
like to pick quantities for freezing,
jams, desserts and just eating fresh.
Middleton Berry Farm, north of
Rochester in Lake Orion, Long Fam-
ily Orchard and Meyer Berry Farm
in western Oakland County and
Wiard's Orchards in Ypsilanti have
strawberry patches.
Middleton's Berry Farm
Middleton's, with 20 acres devot-
ed to strawberries, is one of the
largest pick-your-own farms in south-
eastern Michigan. During strawber-
ry season, Chinese pea pods and
garden peas also are ready for pick-
ing, and broccoli is cut fresh every
day. Later, red and black raspberries,
tomatoes, green peppers and pump-
kins are available. No matter what
crop is in season, kids love to come
to the farm for the wagon rides and
petting farm.
Berry pickers are transported by
tractor-pulled wagons to the fields
and assigned certain rows. If you
don't sample too many berries while
picking, your cartons will be full of
plump, luscious berries in hardly any
time at all. Then you hop on the next
wagon back to the check-out area
and have your berries weighed.
Cherry Orchards
You don't have to go to northern
Michigan for cherries. The sweet and
sour cherries at Spicer Orchards in
the Hartland/Fenton area at US 23
and Clyde Road are usually ready for
picking in early July. According to
Marie Miles, they are easy to pick
and will cost about half the price of
those in the grocery store. The farm
operation includes a place for visitors
to wash and sort the cherries and
have them pitted. The pitter is from
a cannery and goes through a 10-
pound pail in about a minute.
Spicer's also has raspberries, blue-
berries and apples in season. Cider
and donuts, ready-picked fruit and
gift items are sold at the farm store.
Harvest Hints
U-pick farm operators recom-
mend wearing sturdy shoes and old
clothes. Especially for berry picking,
some pickers like to bring a garden
kneeling pad to make the job more
comfortable and help prevent dirty
knees or stained pants. Picking in or-
chards is easier because it is done at
standing level and even small chil-
dren can reach the fruit on lower
branches.
Before leaving on a farm outing,
call ahead to check availability of pro-
duce and hours of operation. Due to
weather and supply, growers warn
that picking times can be erratic. CI
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