With temperatures fluctuating this spring, Steve Tennes is racing to finish pruning at Country Mill Farms in Charlotte while keeping a close eye on the forecast to protect the family’s apple, peach and blueberry crops.
Tennes, whose last name is pronounced like the sport “tennis,” owns the 213-acre farm with his wife. The couple, both military veterans, run the operation full time.
“We’re about 20 minutes southwest of East Lansing, and we have 213 acre family farm here, with about 40 acres of apples and a couple acres of peaches and blueberries and pumpkins and pears and all the good stuff,” Tennes said. “We invite families out to our farm in the fall for harvest with a little family fun on the farm, little agrotainment.”…