Blue Skies' Cottage Garden

09/11/2020

Paul will be in the Copper Country September 17-19 and can bring up fresh baby Ginger and fresh turmeric roots.

$15 lb.

Please order by this Sunday 5pm for our Monday Sept. 14 harvest.

We will mix if you'd like.

We remove the tops, so you are getting only the roots.

Baby Ginger and turmeric have no thick skin -- think new potatoes. They are also not stringy.

08/03/2020

I'll have about 40 pounds of tomatoes at the Wednesday Tori market in Hancock. $3 lb for slicers, $3 pint for cherry mix.

12/18/2019

Our Houghton location will close in 2020. The property is for sale and I expect it to sell this spring. Blue Skies Cottage Garden will continue in Wisconsin as an extension of Blue Skies Farm. I'd like to Thank You to everyone who made us a success in the Copper Country.

12/18/2019

09/04/2019

I am coming to Houghton today for Thursday September 5 to attend a funeral, but I am bringing 24 pints of cherry tomatoes with me. If someone would like a couple of pints they are $2.50 each. Text me at 608 335 7825.

07/29/2019

I did not take into account the time change. I will be in town after 730 this evening

07/29/2019

I will have approximately 10 pounds of tomatoes available after 7:00 p.m. tonight in Houghton. I will also have 4 pints of freshly picked raspberries from Wisconsin that a customer could not take in Eagle River Wisconsin. If anyone is intrested stop by at 606 Portage street. Or text me I will be there roughly at 7:00 p.m.. $4 a pound for the tomatoes and $4 a pint for the raspberries

07/24/2019

I will have tomatoes next Tuesday, July 30. Mostly cherry, but some large tomatoes. Heirlooms and red traditional.

06/20/2019

When tomatoes start ripening we will take orders for delivery. Growing conditions are about 2 weeks behind average, so expect to hear more in late July. -- Paul
Cash, check or credit card

09/03/2018

I will be at Tuesday's Downtown Houghton Farmer's Market with tropical ginger and tomatoes. This will be the last time I attend the Market this year. I'll be available rain or shine.....unless there's heavy wind and downpours. Paul

08/21/2018

Back one more time Tuesday, August 21, at the Downtown Houghton Farmer's Market, 4 to 6, with heirloom and artisan cherry tomatoes. I'll also have potatoes, kale, basil and cilantro.

08/14/2018

Tuesday at the Downtown Houghton Farmer's Market heirloom and cherry tomatoes and sweet corn. 4 to 6 next to the library.

08/07/2018

I'll be at the Downtown Houghton Farmer's Market today with lots of beautiful heirloom tomatoes, basil and lots of sweet artisan tomatoes. We'll also have kale, cucumbers, sweet o ions and a small amount of corn.

07/23/2018

We will be at the down town farmers market in houghton Tuesday at 4 o'clock with French beans, onions, cukes, basil, zucchini, fewer tomatoes and NO sweet corn until July 31.

07/16/2018

Last week's field work that kept me from attending the Downtown Houghton Farmers Market is all completed. Here are some photos of our farm. I will be coming with sweetcorn and more tomatoes. I will also have plenty of zucchini and cucumbers some fresh onions some raspberries which are now trellised for picking. I will also have French beans again. See you Tuesday at market.

07/09/2018

HI Folks, I am sorry but I will not be available at Tuesday's Downtown Houghton Farmers Market this week. We have a severe labor shortage here at the main farm and the raspberries need to be trellised. Sixteen, 200-foot rows and it takes someone like me (with experience) to tie them up correctly. So I'll see you next week and I'll make it up to you with raspberries and more tomatoes!

07/02/2018

Many of these vegetables will be on my table Tuesday at the Downtown Houghton Farmer's Market. These photos are from this morning at my main growing location in Brooklyn, Wisconsin. We've had plenty of rain and warmth. Tuesday I'll have French Fillet beans, zucchini, blossoms, onions, tomatoes, kale, charf ,cabbages, garlic and a variety of fresh herbs. We primarily are a raspberry farm. The long rows are 200 foot raspberry rows. Chervil our dog hunts the vegetables and raspberries every morning for mice and bunnies. Due to the heavy dew here all tomatoes are grown in open hoophouses.

06/26/2018

I'll be at this week's Houghton market with baby carrots, beets, greens, cabbage, garlic and a few tomatoes. Still too early for onions and beans.

06/22/2018

We will be at the downtown houghton farmers market Tuesday June 26th with beets, carrots, cabbage, and kale, chard, fennel and more!

09/30/2017

I will be at the downtown Houghton Farmers Market Tuesday October 3rd with ginger and turmeric. This will be for folks with pre-orders. And others who want ginger or turmeric guaranteed. The price is $15 per pound with a half pound pre-order minimum. I'll also have some red tomatoes, kale and chard, cilantro, shallots and onions, and freshly picked raspberries and grapes from Portage Street

09/19/2017

I will be bringing baby ginger to Houghton in early October. $15 lb. I'm not certain if I will be at the market, but if you are interested I will set aside baby ginger in 1/2 lb. or larger increments. Message me if you are interested. With Louise's hip surgery and my need to care for her I'm sorry I can not be more time specific.

08/29/2017

I will be at today's downtown Houghton farmers market for the last time this month and until late September when I bring in a load of ginger. My wife is having hip surgery in less than 2 weeks and I need to close things down on the farm and take care of her for a little while and hopefully we'll be up with the ginger. Today I will have shallots onions cherry tomatoes and raspberrie

08/21/2017

I expect to be at the Downtown Houghton Farmers Market this week -- August 22.

08/14/2017

I am sad to say that I will not be at Tuesday's downtown Houghton Farmers Market. We had such a turnout at the farm on Sunday for you pick berries with customers that bought tomatoes and raspberries and vegetables that we just don't have enough to do an extra Market this week.

08/06/2017

Tomatoes and raspberries are on my lineup for the Tuesday August 8 Downtown Houghton Farmers Market.

08/03/2017

August 8 I'll be back with more tomatoes, raspberries, fresh onions and shallots as well as fresh greens.

08/01/2017

I am loaded down with plenty of fresh tomatoes and raspberries today's market in Houghton, August 1.

07/24/2017

I will be in Houghton Tuesday with beautiful heirloom slicer tomatoes. Also I'll have sweet onions, kale, chard, collards, cabbage and sweet unsprayed apples.

07/18/2017

Sorry everyone but I won't be able to show at the market today. Too many things to take care of at the farm. Paul

07/07/2017

I expect to be at the Downtown Houghton Farmers Market on July 11 with among other things tomatoes, onions, garlic, cilantro, beets and wax beans. I'll have most of the other products you've seen as well.

06/27/2017

See everyone today at the downtown Houghton Farmers Market.

06/19/2017

Looks like I will be in Houghton for the 1st 2017 downtown Houghton Farmers Market on Tuesday. Produce will be from the main Farm in Brooklyn Wisconsin and I will have carrots beets cabbage fennel chard kale collards garlic and a few tomatoes. See you in Houghton next to the Portage Lake Public Library after 3 tomorrow.

05/09/2017

Louise and I have made the difficult decision to put The Cottage Garden into dormancy for this year and perhaps until spring 2019, when I am able to get Medicare healthcare.

Some people think that national politics doesn't affect individual decisions, but it does. Due in major part to the election of Donald Trump and now the Republican recent moves to overturn President Obama's American Healthcare Act and the effect the overturning will play on our healthcare costs, we are finding it prudent not extend ourselves too far if this American health policy changes.

To be clear, The Cottage Garden has been profitable but growing here in Wisconsin is easier. The added stress of running an operation in Michigan as well as Wisconsin only builds on the number of work hours I put in. With the potential of losing ACA healthcare I need to be more cautious about increasing stress that could affect my heart health further.

I continue to come to Houghton and will bring "early tomatoes" to Houghton's markets on my frequent visits to care for my mom and my rentals.

We are looking forward to opening the Cottage Garden again when we are able to feel more comfortable with politics, about stress it creates, and healthcare expenses. Paul

03/20/2017

These chard and kale are soon to begin a season of harvesting. First at our main farm in Brooklyn and in mid-May at the Cottage Garden in Houghton.

10/24/2016

We are closed for the season. See you next Spring at the Downtown Houghton Farmers Market.