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07/06/2024

We have made the decision to start a new page after our previous page was hacked. We hope you will continue to follow Holcroft Acres over here at our new spot!

07/02/2024

We are still Holcroft Acres! Many of you have noticed that our page was hacked. We are working to get full access (we still aren’t able to change our name back), but we are still here! For now, enjoy the puppies experiencing their first puppy food!

06/28/2024

Weight checks! Purple is our smallest and such a sweetheart 🥰

06/24/2024

🐝 A little late in the season, but these hives are strong. Excited to have bees again! 🐝

06/21/2024

We have gotten lots of questions about the puppies and so here’s some helpful information:

They will be ready to go to their new homes July 24.
You can see pictures of the individual puppies still available here: http://Puppies.com/premier/holcroftacres

Pictured are parents Holcroft’s Willow and Re*****on Raizin Cayne.
Both parents have been health checked including OFA hips and elbows. They are family dogs who do great with kids and other dogs.
Dad is a proven hunter and holds AKC titles in dock diving.

06/19/2024

Auntie Aspen has been a great aunt, being with Willow through her birthing and keeping tabs on the puppies. This weekend she decided to help Mama Willow carry the feeding load and her milk came in!

06/14/2024

Starting to get more active!

06/12/2024

It’s the time of year where we have all kinds of baby animals around here!
Here is what we currently have available:
🦃 blue slate turkey babies (and other colors)
🦆 runner and pekin/runner mix ducklings and juveniles
🐓6 month silkie roos
🐱 2 black and white kittens
🐶 AKC lab puppies, ready July 24th

06/09/2024

2,000 grafts was an ambitious project. Not sure I’ll do that many again. Though today I finished my locally collected scionwood, the final remaining grafts of the season! Now I’ve still got to get those grafts in pots or in the nursery…

06/08/2024

Set up in Alanson next to Keiser Family Homestead LLC. Hoping to sell some plants and trees!

06/05/2024

Arkansas Black. Was hoping to take these to the homesteaders conference, but was late getting my grafting done. One of the most popular varieties at my grafting classes.

Arkansas Black is an heirloom with good disease resistance. A late apple good for baking that can store 6-8 months! Actually improves in flavor in storage.

I’ve literally got 100 of these bench grafts on MM111 potted up, enough for you to start an orchard!

06/03/2024

William’s Pride is highly rated for flavor and disease resistance. It ripens in August and is one of the best of the early apples. It has good keeping quality for an early apple. The medium-sized, red fruit has a sweet, rich, spicy flavor.

The tree is very productive with strong, well-angled branches. Immune to apple scab and resistant to mildew, cedar rust and fireblight, it's also an early season bloomer with unusually long-lasting blossoms.

I’ve got lots of these available as potted bench grafts!

05/30/2024

Life is like a box of puppies… Mama Willow has delivered 9 healthy pups! Everyone is doing well and Auntie Aspen is not far away in case her assistance is needed.

05/28/2024

Turkeys are funny. This morning one of the older birds got out of its brooder to say hi to the ones currently hatching. A couple days ago one that hatched last week was missing. Found it inside its feeder!

05/25/2024

Rhubarb is amazing. We don’t even have our garden planted yet and this patch is ready for its second picking!

I planted it around the rocks near the well so I don’t have to w**d whip. I do use rabbit p**p as fertilizer. Honestly half the reason we have rabbits is for their p**p! 🐰💩

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Levering, MI
49755

Website

http://www.holcroftacres.com/

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Trailer packed with baby apple trees for this weekend’s conference! Mitten Homesteaders - Michigan #mittenhomesteaders #michiganhomestead #appletrees #homesteading #puremichigan #homesteaders #apples #holcroftacres

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Apple trees are amazing. Plants have this desire to keep living even when the odds are against them. #resilience #appletree #appleorchard #oldhomestead #abandoned #abandonedplaces #homesteading #holcroftacres

I’m collecting the old homestead apples and grafting them for my orchard. Saved this one just in time! #apples #orchard #homesteading #history #holcroftacres

Storing scionwood after collecting is important. #applegrafting #scionwood #applescionwood #holcroftacres

An old tree on a friend’s property. Not sure the variety. Not sure if it’s named or came up wild. Going to graft to keep it going. #appletrees #applegrafting #oldtree #homesteading #holcroftacres

When collecting scionwood from old trees, sometimes the available scionwood is less than ideal. Thankfully it doesn’t take much to graft a new tree. #appletrees #applescionwood #applegraft #holcroftacres