G2N Farm

G2N Farm Dual Veteran owned farm focused on the best quality fruits, grass fed beef, & custom lumber / slabs.

We are licensed with Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development as a Nursery / Grower of fruit trees and bushes.

Let the planting begin!!!! Gonna hopefully get another 100 tomato plants in the ground today. These guys have outgrown ...
05/22/2026

Let the planting begin!!!! Gonna hopefully get another 100 tomato plants in the ground today. These guys have outgrown the greenhouse at this point.

The first 25 we planted last night to test out the new trellis method seem to be pretty happy so far.

Ok after tomorrow morning it’s looking like go time for the garden(s). Our primary garden is still pretending that it wa...
05/20/2026

Ok after tomorrow morning it’s looking like go time for the garden(s).

Our primary garden is still pretending that it wants to be a pond, but I’ve thankfully got three others that are ready to go.

Well it's still too cold to be in the garden, but one perk of the dreary weather we've been having here is that it has g...
05/08/2026

Well it's still too cold to be in the garden, but one perk of the dreary weather we've been having here is that it has given me a bit more runway to get the irrigation done for the new orchard. Today I managed to get the first 140 ft done, just 500 more ft of trenching go in order to get all the main lines run for the 4 separate zones. Then I just have to connect everything up and run just over 6000 ft of drip irrigation tubing and punch in about 800 individual emitters.

The greenhouse is keeping all of our plants ready to go for when I can actually get in the gardens.

So we've been kicking around the idea of putting a pond on the farm. This is absolutely not what we had in mind. Our g...
04/15/2026

So we've been kicking around the idea of putting a pond on the farm. This is absolutely not what we had in mind. Our garden area is currently under 2+ feet of water, we lost another tree where the whole root ball just turned out of the ground, and the green house will definitely require some cleanup. But so far we are not nearly as impacted as many others in lower lying areas, so we are thankful for that. Looks like we have one more blast of rain incoming tonight, and then I'm hoping our sandy soil can swallow most of this mess up.

Whew… WHAT. A. WEEK. Buckle up—this one’s a little long, but after the last 7 days, shortening it any more would be dish...
04/13/2026

Whew… WHAT. A. WEEK. Buckle up—this one’s a little long, but after the last 7 days, shortening it any more would be dishonest. The pictures and captions help, but they still don’t fully capture the chaos, progress, sore muscles, and what many would perceive as questionable life choices that happened this week. Best way to tell it is chronologically, so here goes.

Sunday 5-April
Yes, I know it was Easter Sunday, but with the week ahead, we just couldn’t afford a full day off. Honestly, we probably had more real fellowship working side by side than we would have otherwise. Main mission: sort and pot roughly 420 bare-root trees for sale, lay out the new orchard, and get as many of the 380 trees planted as possible. By 2 PM we declared victory on potting (we also ran out of our organic potting soil, so we didn't have a choice) and broke for lunch, thanks to Angie’s mom and sister keeping us fed before morale collapsed. By day’s end: all 140 high-density apple trees planted, everything watered in, first pickups organized, and temporary deer deterrents out. The extended family once again made the impossible possible.

Monday 6-April
Opening the barn doors felt like entering a botanical escape room—400 trees across 25 varieties covering nearly every inch of floor space. Huge thanks to the Hoffmans for helping Angie sort and alphabetize everything, which made order pickups much smoother all week. Meanwhile, I joined Angie’s uncle to haul our 3 steers to the butcher. Rookie moment: I expected drama from 1,200 lb cattle… they calmly walked right into the trailer like seasoned professionals. The rest of the day was pickups, orders, and trying to stay one step ahead of total disorder. Very thankful Angie had one last day off to help before the crazy week really kicked in.

Tuesday 7-April
Another 200 trees went into the ground, leaving only tart cherries to finish planting. The weather gave us all four seasons throughout the week, sometimes before lunch. I also checked in on the steers—the butcher said all three looked fantastic with an average weight of just under 1,200 lbs. I'll consider that success for my first time finishing off steers. Can't wait to taste them and decide which variety we are going to build a herd of. We wrapped up the evening getting inventory ready for my annual Michigan Department of Agriculture inspection, because nothing says relaxation like paperwork.

Wednesday 8-April
Inspection day. We had paperwork, invoices, inventory, and processes ready… and it paid off. SUCCESS. After about an hour reviewing everything and inspecting each tree, the inspector’s final words were: “Everything looks fantastic. Good job. We’ll see you next year.” By afternoon I had our certificate in hand. Best possible outcome, and a great validation of all the preparation behind the scenes. I also got the final trees planted before sunset—right before executing a very high speed chase with my side-by-side against a herd of deer sniffing around the new orchard. They apparently had gotten the memo about the upcoming fencing project and were just trying to keep me honest.

Thursday 9-April
With planting complete, it was time for fencing. Last fall I thought 35 posts was a solid start… turns out it wasn’t even close. The new orchard now has more than 120 fence posts and 2,300 linear feet of fencing around it, with room left inside for another 330 trees next spring. That evening I finally took a breath, prioritized the remaining tasks before the rainy weather rolled in, and started checking on the original orchard with pruning season now calling my name.

Friday 10-April
Spent the day wrestling 330-foot rolls of commercial deer fence while also playing chauffeur for the kids. One of those days where dinner happened after sunset and could have almost counted as breakfast for the next day. About 1,500 feet of fencing completed, with plans to finish Saturday.

Saturday 11-April
WOW—that was fun. Angie and I started early with a tree delivery to Suttons Bay (always love that drive), followed by a real breakfast out as repayment for the early wake-up call. Then it was back home for pickups. Once the first vehicle pulled in, it was nonstop customers for nearly an hour. Honestly, that was one of the best parts of the week—seeing the idea catch on and hearing everyone’s stories. After pickups, I finished the fencing, worked in the greenhouse, pruned trees, and got equipment put away just before dark… just in time to wonder why I was so tired.

The Weekly Totals
- 359 trees planted
- 179 trees sold in week one (9 more than all of last season)
-- We had customers from as far south as Detroit and as far north as Mackinaw City
- Original orchard prepped for growing season
- Deer fencing up and functional around the new orchard
- Two backs requesting immediate PTO

Still plenty left to do, but I’m beyond proud of the progress. This coming week I’ll let my back recover while I talk engineering and geek stuff at Space Symposium in Colorado. We’re hoping to open soon for drop-in orchard and greenhouse purchases. Stay tuned—and thank you again to everyone who helped make this happen.

Doesn’t get much better than this. Looking out to awe inspiring sights like this makes all the hard work worthwhile. Bee...
04/08/2026

Doesn’t get much better than this. Looking out to awe inspiring sights like this makes all the hard work worthwhile.

Been a busy week so far! Expect a huge update this weekend.

Well my first tray of peppers has graduated from their starter trays and are off to the races. I could eat salads every ...
03/26/2026

Well my first tray of peppers has graduated from their starter trays and are off to the races. I could eat salads every day and not run out of lettuce. I go through a lot of lettuce and I refuse to buy it now till the first snow flies in the fall.

I managed to revive the tomato plants I thought I killed when moving them into the house last week during the brutal cold storm we had. They were doing wonderful in the greenhouse but I thought I would bring them in one night when it was cold and windy out. My mistake, because the short walk from the greenhouse to the house was all it took to nearly kill them all. So now I’ve planted some in 5 gallon buckets to try to get some early season harvest. I’ve got several more trays started in the house to get in the green house next week.

We are also trying to get some nice early season onions.

I was reminded yesterday that the first Farm market is just 10 weeks away, and we are going to start releasing trees to our customers in just 10 days so I’m starting to pick up the pace on the green house efforts.

When we put the addition on the farmhouse, Angie wanted a laundry room upstairs for when she gets old. My way of passive...
03/26/2026

When we put the addition on the farmhouse, Angie wanted a laundry room upstairs for when she gets old. My way of passively reminding her that she isn’t old “yet” is to monopolize the use of this room for starting plants instead. The combination of heat from the utility room and added grow lights and starter mat in this small space seems to work perfect. My germination rates usually exceed 95%.

We may be having a crazy wind / snow / ice storm, but the green house is staying toasty and warm inside. This has been ...
03/16/2026

We may be having a crazy wind / snow / ice storm, but the green house is staying toasty and warm inside. This has been a pretty crazy storm so far, and I'm just thankful I was able to make it back from Australia just before it hit... even if I did have to drive the last 4.5 hrs from Chicago after 27 hrs of flying and layovers Friday and Saturday just to make it that far.

So far we've somehow managed to keep power on and I can only see one big tree down on the farm. This one fell last night, and thankfully missed anything of value. It will now become additional paneling for the ceiling and next years firewood for the green house. While I was stoking the fire in the green house I could hear some others falling but it's too dangerous to walk through the woods to see where they are with all the ice hanging in the trees. Saying some prayers we make it through without too much damage. The wind is starting to kick up though, so time will tell.

I did enjoy having the day off with Angie to get some of our plant starts moved into some bigger pots. I'm ready to start getting this green house filled up. I've got 5 more trays started under grow lights in the house and the first tomato plants are ready to be moved into much bigger containers already. One way or another, we are going to fight this winter into submission!!!!

Well the sun has come out here in MI, and it's as though summer is right around the corner. Well, in my greenhouse, sum...
02/12/2026

Well the sun has come out here in MI, and it's as though summer is right around the corner. Well, in my greenhouse, summer is here! Temp outside is 26F, temp in the house is 70F, but the greenhouse is a sweat inducing 81F and climbing. LET'S GOOOOOOO! Don't mind that 18 inches of snow on the ground in the background 😁. That's just insulation for the 3500 bulbs of garlic waiting to come to life.

I've got the first 3 trays started under grow lights in the house, and I'll now have a steady stream of new starts making their way into the greenhouse. My goal is to have this puppy filled up with a couple hundred flats of an awesome selection of plants ready for home gardens in the area by the time we open up for tree sales in April and May.

Yeah it may be a little early yet, but I'm focusing on things that will either be taken to maturity in the green house, or plants that are cold tolerant and need to be put in the ground as soon as it's workable.

I'm also taking advantage of this early window to get all my asparagus started before I need the grow lights for tomatoes and peppers. Asparagus takes a full 2 to 3 years to go from seed to harvest, but we have to start somewhere!

If there is something you are looking for, for your own garden, be sure to reach out. We are now a distributor for MIGardener, so I plan to use only quality heirloom seeds and organic practices in the green house and I'd be happy to reserve flats, 6-packs or larger potted plants ready to go in the ground when outdoor gardening season finally arrives!

Well we are already 10 days into the new year, so it's about time I give an update on what is going to be exciting and n...
01/10/2026

Well we are already 10 days into the new year, so it's about time I give an update on what is going to be exciting and new for G2N Farm this year. Sorry in advance for the long post, but I'm taking advantage of the morning off from chauffeur duty for once since James skipped Ski-team to go to his robotics competition instead. Additionally there is so much hate on social media any more that this is my opportunity to dilute some of that with a message of community appreciation and hope for an incredible remainder of 2026.

First and foremost, we had so much fun at Kingsley Farmers Market last year, that you can expect to see us there again this year. We aim to have quite an expansion of offerings this year based on common requests we heard last year from all of our wonderful customers. We may try to branch out and hit a few other markets during prime season, but service to our home town will absolutely take priority!

I'm honestly not even sure where to begin with all of the other updates, so I guess I'll just hit them in order of when you will see more information about them in the season.

We are ready to graduate to a much larger orchard operation at this point, and we are taking every lesson learned so far and putting it into play for a massive expansion. With the exception of the pesky Japanese Beatles in 2025, our fruit tree orchard and nursery operation performed spectacularly. Even the late frost which got most of our peach buds, turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as the trees put all of their energy into growth vs fruit production last summer. We will be starting a 7.5 acre expansion of our orchards in the spring with better critter fencing, easier access for customers, and permanent in-ground irrigation. We are also already taking orders / reservations for trees that will be released in spring 2026, and its so exciting to see many repeat customers back who comment on how much better our trees performed vs those they bought from questionable origins from big-box garden centers. This year we will have an expanded offering of Apples, Pears and Peaches that are tailored to our unique growing climate, but we are also dipping our toe in the water on Nectarines and Cherries. In addition to pre-orders, we also plan to open the farm to drop-in customers on the weekends starting in April for tree and green house purchases.

Did I just mention green house??? Well we scored an incredible deal from a friend of a friend of a family member last summer with a free professional frame for a much larger green house... we just needed to remove it. It's been a work in progress when time was available, but it is now heated and ready to be put into operation in late February. On the super cold days over the last couple of weeks, it was actually fun to work in the 85-degree green house with just a t-shirt on. Last year we had such great success with all of the plants we grew ourself from seed, and much lower rates of success on plants we purchased from the big box nurseries or various other sales. So we plan to fill this sucker up with a huge variety of plants given every advantage with an awesome organic potting soil / seed starter mix from Morgan Composting primarily using heirloom seeds from MIgardener. We will be offering flats and larger potted plants for those who want to shop local and know where their plants came from.

Well if you've driven by the farm lately, you can't help but notice a massive new structure. Last year we lost most of our dining room and kitchen from June through October to produce processing once the harvest kicked into full swing. We didn't want to repeat that this year. Additionally, it was painful to see some of our haying equipment sit out in the elements all year long because I didn't have a building with wide enough doors to fit it in. I proposed to Angie that we build another 40x60 ft structure, but thankfully she talked me into a much larger 60x100 building (she knew me well and knew that I would be unsatisfied with a smaller structure). Thankfully Rob Bach came to the rescue and built us an incredible new structure in record time that I love more and more every time I walk into it. We didn't even make the decision to move forward with this project till July, and by end of October, it was complete. This year we will have an area for climate controlled processing and storage of produce. We have a place to organize all of our different supplies for the many different operations we have going on. We have a place to work on equipment and store everything of value under roof. We can now use the other buildings for much more deliberate purposes, and we are even in the early stages of planning to open up a custom beef box operation once our herd grows a little bigger to sustain a regular butchering schedule.

One of the other buildings will now also be purposed for hay storage and sales. We've had so much early success and fun growing a hay business that we plan to responsibly grow it with the resources we have available. Previously I tried to sell everything as quickly as possible as we didn't have the indoor storage, but this new structure allows us to re-purpose one of our other buildings to hay storage. Meeting people from all over the area on hay deliveries has been one of the highlights of my past two summers, and I really look forward to growing those relationships with many repeat and hopefully many new customers.

There is so much to comment on and talk about but this update is already getting long in the tooth. So in rapid fire succession, we will be installing a new field irrigation well and system in April, we are bringing a couple new fields into routine production offering a greater variety of hay for different customers, we are hopefully going to be having our first calves from the heifers we acquired in the beginning and so much more. In all of our time in the military, we moved so much that we never got to fully realize the value of support from our local community. Sure, we learned to rely on and provide support friends and community to some extent but it was just different. Getting all of this started just simply wouldn't have been possible without the support of Angie's family and so many more. From helping with picking, planting, packing, driving, staffing and so much more... it takes a village, and we are beyond blessed and thankful for our village. Here's to a spectacular 2026, and we hope to see you on the farm!

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3619 Jackson Road
Kingsley, MI
49649

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+16618783049

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