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A Week in the Life

Cherry Republic has two cherry trees in our gardens. And miraculously, our cherries are doing pretty well. I think this weekend, some might be ripe and ready to pick. Speaking of our garden, the roses are spectacular right now! After 7 years, Steph finally drove our tractor. Here she is moving a sandpile to our new sandbox. Cree […]

Forest Warriors

Continued from the 5/31 Orchard Report email newsletter ….I have to pull the leaves out from between his toes. The sky starts thundering and lightly raining. Before one of the boys asks to leave, I say “The animals can’t hear us in the rain, we’re sure to catch them.” The whole world is a feast to […]

A Golden Opportunity

This post was written by Alex Lowry. She and her family were Cherry Republic’s millionth gift box recipients. Inside this box they found our Golden Ticket, which automatically earned them a trip to Glen Arbor and a peek into the inner workings of Cherry Republic. Here are her reflections on their trip: I need to start […]

Puffball Cuisine

(continued from the 5/10 Orchard Report) ….Colebrook the loud one that doesn’t let anything go by without comment takes bite and spits it out so fast and says “yucky”. I start laughing loudly, which he takes as a green light to have some fun, so he grabs a stalk of buttered asparagus and whacks me over the […]

The Cherry Report

Here we are in the largest cherry growing region in the world where there are nearly 2 million cherry trees spread across the lands of the Cherry Republic. Each year, the cherries are harvested and pitted and flash frozen and then hundreds of millions of pounds are stored in freezers the size of football fields. […]

Free Shipping Top Ten

How many ways can you take advantage of our April free shipping offer? Let us count the Top 10 ways: 10. Get a 5# box of dried cherries for your cupboard and save the $9. 9. Make an early holiday order! Yes, Evelyn in California did this and has her holiday gifts for friends already done. 8. Give a […]

What's Next for Northern Michigan's Best?

It could be that a doctor’s prescription might simply say “visit Leelanau.” Actual scientific data now supports what we here inNorthern Michigan already know. The Leelanau Peninsula is not only a wonderful place to visit, to dine, to have fun, but it is also physically good for you. A study conducted by the University of Wisconsin and Robert Wood […]

Tees, Please!

Cherry Republic has been working hard on t-shirts for summer 2012. We have some designs that our staff and I created, one came from a customer and a few from experts across the country. Take a look and tell us what you think and maybe even get in the summer spirit at the same time. […]

Happy Birthday, Boomchunka!

Cherry Republic’s first food product– the first Cherry Boomchunka Cookie was baked 20 years ago. For two decades, we have been baking, packaging and selling this dynamite mixture of chocolate, cherries and oatmeal. Here are some fun stories of our most famous of all the products we make: The name Cherry Boomchunka didn’t come to me overnight. […]

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Up North Blog / Bob's Blog

A Week in the Life

Forest Warriors

A Golden Opportunity

Puffball Cuisine

The Cherry Report

Free Shipping Top Ten

What's Next for Northern Michigan's Best?

Tees, Please!

Happy Birthday, Boomchunka!