Cherry Republic
Up North Blog
Up North Blog
- All articles
- #leelanuacurlingclub
- #puremichigan
- #traversecity
- $9.95 shipping
- 10 reasons to give cherry republic
- 2013
- 2016 recap
- 2017
- 2020 Top Workplace
- 2021 Black Friday
- 2021 Cyber Monday
- 2021 Small Business Saturday
- 2021cherrycrop
- 2022 Cherry Crop
- 25th Anniversary
- 30th Anniversary
- 31 Day of Christmas
- 31 Days of Giving
- 31daysofgiving
- 4th of July 2022
- 5loaves2fishnmi
- @cherryrepublic
- @crosshatch
- @michiganlcv
- @renewableenergy
- @sandbarfarmgoats
- @seedstc
- @solarenergy
- @titletrack
- Activities
- AIR Foundation
- Alan Trammell
- alfielogogear
- alfredo
- All
- Alligator Hill
- Ambassador
- Ambassador Mix
- Americana
- Amy Eaton
- Anderson's IGA
- Ann Arbor
- APO
- appetizer
- apple
- apple crisp
- apple sauce
- apples
- apples and cherries
- april fools
- army
- Art's Tavern
- Autumn
- Autumn Recipes
- bacon
- Bake A Cherry Pie
- baking
- Balaton
- Balaton Nouveau
- balsamicvinegar
- Banana
- banana bread
- barbecue
- barter
- Bay to Bay Hiking and Kayak Trail
- bbq
- bbq rub
- bbq sauce
- beach
- beaches
- bear
- beavers
- Beer
- best scone recipe
- big red lighthouse
- Bike
- biketheusforms
- biking
- bison meat
- bison recipes
- Black Bears
- Black Friday
- Black Friday 2020
- Blu
- blue cheese
- boardmanlakesailing
- Boating
- Bob
- Bob Sutherland
- Bob's Blog
- bobsblog
- Boomchunkas
- Boomer
- brand
- bread
- breakfast
- breakfast recipes
- Brewery
- brickwheels
- brine
- brunch
- Brussels sprouts
- businessgifts
- butters
- cake
- camp
- Campus
- canoeing
- Careerline Tech Center
- carrots
- celebration
- ch
- charitablegiving
- charity
- Charlevoix
- Charlevoix South Pier Lighthouse
- Cheese
- chef tony
- cherries
- cherrish michigan
- Cherry
- cherry almond butter
- Cherry Ambassador Mix
- cherry appetizers
- Cherry Artisan Mustard
- Cherry BBQ
- Cherry BBQ Sauce
- cherry berries
- Cherry Blossom Lemon Cake
- Cherry Cheer
- Cherry Chili
- cherry cinnamon rolls
- cherry cookies
- Cherry Creme Honey
- cherry desserts
- cherry farmers
- cherry fudge pumpkin cherry cake pops
- Cherry Fudge Sauce
- Cherry Horseradish Sauce
- Cherry Industry
- cherry jam
- Cherry Jelly
- cherry lemonade cupcakes
- Cherry Maple Syrup
- Cherry Mimosa Conserve
- cherry nut mix
- cherry orchards
- cherry parfait
- cherry pepper jelly
- Cherry Picking
- Cherry Pie
- cherry pie filling
- Cherry Preserves
- Cherry Public House
- cherry recipes
- Cherry Red wine
- Cherry Republic
- cherry republic cherry salsa
- Cherry Republic Experience
- cherry republic fall recipe contest
- Cherry Republic Gift Boxes
- cherry root bear
- cherry sale
- cherry salsa
- cherry salsa recipes
- cherry scone mix
- cherry scones
- Cherry Soda Pop
- Cherry Summer Sausage
- Cherry Turtle Brownies
- cherry wine
- Cherryaki
- cherrypublichouse
- cherryrecipes
- cherryrepublic
- cherryrepublicemployees
- cherrywood smoked sea salt
- chicken
- chili
- chili recipes
- chocolate
- Chocolate Cherry Jam
- chocolatecherryblondies
- Christmas
- christmas 2020
- christmas lights
- Christmas Tree
- chutney
- circle of blue
- Citizens of the Republic
- CLASS OF 2022
- climate change
- coffee cake
- Cold Water
- Colebrook
- coleslaw
- color
- comfort food
- community
- Community Impact
- conotext
- conserves
- contest
- corporate gifting
- Cory Woessner
- covid-19
- cream cheese
- cross country skiing
- crosshatch center for art & ecology
- Crostini
- crystalriveroutfitters
- Culinary Students
- cupcakes
- customerrelationshipmanagement
- Cyber Monday
- Cyber Monday 2020
- D. H. Day Farm
- Daniel Stupmf
- Dark Chocolate Covered Cherries
- dennosmuseumcenter
- dessert
- desserts
- Detroit Free Press
- Detroit River Lightstation
- Detroit Tigers
- DH Day Campground
- didissweetsandtreats
- dinner
- dinners
- Discovery
- donate
- donation
- donations
- DOWNTOWNTRAVERSECITY
- Dr. Nikki Rothwell
- dressing
- Dried Cherries
- dried cherry recipes
- driedcherries
- drink
- Drive
- Dune Climb
- earthday
- easyappetizers
- Empire
- Empire Bluffs
- employment
- enchiladas
- entree
- Environment
- events
- Events and Happenings
- exercise recovery
- Expansion
- Fall
- fall baking
- Fall Color Tour
- Fall Colors
- family
- family farms
- family fun
- fantasy football bet
- farm
- farming
- festivals
- Film Festival
- fire
- fire at Cherry Republic
- fireworks
- Fishing
- flag design
- Flagship
- flooding
- FLOW
- flow for love of water
- food
- Forgotten Harvest
- Fourth of July
- FPO
- Frankenmuth
- Frankfort
- french toast
- friends
- Friends of Sleeping Bear
- friends of sleeping bear dunes
- frosting
- frozen cherries
- Frozen Popsicles
- fruit smoothies
- fudge sauce
- Fun in the Republic
- Fun Run
- fundraising
- gardening
- gift boxes
- gift giving
- gift giving perfected
- Gift Guide
- gifts
- ginger bread house
- give away
- giving
- glazed carrots recipe
- Glen Arbor
- glen arbor arts association
- Glen Arbor Athletic Club
- Glen Arbor Restaurant Week 2022
- Glen Arbor Storm of 2015
- Glen Haven
- Glen Lake
- Glen Lake Association
- glen lake chamber of commerce
- Glen Lake Community Schools
- glenarbor
- glenarborplayers
- glenarborwines
- going green
- goinggreen
- golden ticket
- Good Harbor
- Good Harbor Bay
- Grand Cafe
- grand opening
- grand traverse lighthouse
- Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy
- grandtraversebay
- Grass River Natural Area
- great lakes
- Great Lakes Business Network
- great lakes lighthouses
- Great North Fruit Mix
- Green Cherry Salsa
- Grilled cheese
- grilledsalmon
- Grosse Ile North Channel Front Range Light Station
- ground breaking
- groundwork center for resilient communities
- GTBayYMCA
- GTDyslexiaassociation
- halloween
- Halloween 2021
- Halloween 2022
- Hallstedt Homestead Cherries
- Hard Cherry Cider
- harvest
- Hawthorn
- health care workers
- heart health
- Hide and Go Seek
- Hike
- hiking
- hockey
- Holiday
- holiday appetizers
- holiday bark
- holiday dressing
- holiday fruitcake
- Holiday Races
- Holiday Recipes
- holiday traditions
- holidays
- Holland
- honey
- honorable mention
- horseradish
- horseradishrecipes
- hosting
- hot
- Hot Cherry Salsa
- Humane Society
- ice
- ice caves
- ice cream
- ice skating
- inflammation
- Italy
- job fair
- jobs
- Joy Of Giving
- kabobs kicken' hot sauce
- Kayaking
- King Orchards
- Kristin Hurlin
- labels
- lacrossfarms
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- landscape photography
- LCN
- Leaf Day
- Leaves
- LeBear
- leeks
- Leelanau
- Leelanau Christian Neighbors
- Leelanau Coffee
- Leelanau Conservancy
- leelanau county
- leelanau vacation rentals
- leelanaucounty
- leelanaufruitco
- Leland
- lemon
- lemon chiffon frosting
- lemonade
- Lemonade Stand
- Leslie Science & Nature Center
- Leslie Science and Nature Center
- letter
- Life Liberty Beaches and Pie
- Life Liberty Beaches Pie
- Life Liberty Beachs
- lighthouses
- limnotech
- line 5
- line5
- Link
- Little Traverse Lake Association
- Locations
- love
- LPVN
- luckyjacks
- LVR
- M-22
- Make A Northern Michigan-Inspired Cherry Chantilly Cake
- mama mary's cherry pie
- Mamma Mary's Cherry Pie Filing
- Mamma Mary's Cherry Pie Filling
- Manitou Gold
- Manitou Islands
- Manitou Passage
- maple glazed carrots
- maple syrup recipes
- maplesyrup
- march moments of kindness
- MAWBY Sparking
- meat balls
- meeting
- melatonin
- memorial day
- Michigan
- Michigan cherry farmers
- michigan cherry industry
- michigan climate action network
- Michigan CSAs
- Michigan cuisine
- Michigan Environmental Council
- Michigan Humane Society
- Michigan Land Use Institute
- michigan lighthouses
- Michigan Montmorency Dried Cherries
- Michigan Sunsets
- Microbrew Festival
- microbrewery
- Mild Cherry Salsa
- military
- Miller Hill
- millionth gift box
- MLCV
- mojito
- Momma Mary
- montmorency
- montmorency cherries
- morels
- Mother's Day
- MSU Horticulture Research Center
- muffin
- murals
- National Cherry Month
- National Wine Month
- nationalwritersseries
- new
- new products
- new store
- new wine
- new years
- North Bar Lake
- Northern MI
- Northern Michigan
- northern michigan cooking
- northern michigan farming
- Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference
- northern michigan spring
- northernmichigan
- northernmichigansailing
- Northport
- northportpubandgrille
- Nouveau
- Nouveau Balaton Jam
- nurses
- nut mix appetizers
- old mission lighthouse
- Omena Cut Flowers U-Pick
- operation cherry cheer
- orchards
- organic farming
- Original Cherry Salsa
- Original Salsa
- Otter Creek
- Outdoor Discovery Center
- Outdoors
- paddle to school
- Paddling
- Patagonia
- Peterson Park
- Philanthropy
- photo contest
- Pie
- Pie Eating
- Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive
- Pit Spitting
- Pizza
- Platte River
- point betsie lighthouse
- pork
- pork chops
- Port Oneida
- Port Oneida Community Dinner
- potatoes
- potatosalad
- Pottery
- Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear
- preserves
- pumpkin
- Pumpkin cherry cake
- Pure Michigan
- Pure Michigan recipes
- puremichigan
- Pyramid Point
- quickappetizers
- re-arb
- re-arbor
- ReArbor
- recipe
- recipe contest
- Recipes
- red ladder
- renewable energy
- renewableenergy
- Renovation
- Republic TV
- restaurant
- review
- Ribs
- ruby red freeze dried cherries
- Ruby Red Morsels of Joy
- RURALAGRICULTUREGRANTS
- Safety
- Saginaw River Rear Range Lighthouse
- Sailing
- salad
- salmon
- salsa
- Sauce
- Savory
- Savory Cherry Fig Jam
- School
- seasonal help
- selfie
- servicemen
- servicewomen
- Shane Greene
- sharing by the shore
- Sharing Pie
- Ship From Store
- Shut Down Line 5
- Side Dishes
- Signs
- Sleeping B
- Sleeping Bear Bay
- Sleeping Bear Dunes
- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
- Sleeping Bear Gateway Council
- Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail
- Sleeping Bear Point
- sleepingbearheritagetrail
- slow cookers
- Small Business Saturday
- SMALLBUSINESSDEVELOPMENT
- Smokey Cherry Barbecue Dressing
- snow
- Snow Fun
- Snow Storm
- snowshoeing
- snowstorm
- solar energy
- solarenergy
- solarpanels
- soup
- South Fox Island
- South Manitou Island Lighthouse
- Sparkling Wine
- spicy
- Spicy Cherry BBQ Sauce
- spindance
- spread
- spring
- Spring Break
- spring grilling
- spring sailing
- spring wildflowers
- spritzer
- squash
- staff
- stand
- store
- stores
- stories
- Storm
- stream
- stuffing
- summer
- summer 2022
- Summer Bucket List
- summer grilling
- Summer Photo Contest
- Summer Recipes
- summer road trip
- Super Cherry Fruit Topping
- surfing
- survey
- sustainability
- sutherlands
- suttonsbaybikes
- Sweet & Spicy Nut Mix
- sweet and spicy nut mix
- sweet cherries
- swim
- swimming
- tailgating
- Talent Show
- tart cherries
- tart cherry benefits
- TART Trails
- tartcherries
- tartcherryrecipes
- tax day
- TCrestaurantweek
- teriyakisalmon
- thank you
- Thanksgiving
- Thanksgiving 2020
- the home
- The Joy Of Giving
- Things to do
- tinkerstudio
- top 10
- top 12 gift boxes
- topworkplaces2022
- tours
- towel
- trade
- Travel
- travel michigan
- Traverse City
- Traverse City Store
- Traverse City Wine
- traversecitytourism
- tree
- Trick or Treating 2022
- trifle
- Triple Cherry Granola
- troops
- trout fishing
- turkey pardon
- turtle
- university of michigan hospital
- Up North
- Up North Blog
- Up North>Activities|Up North>Outdoors
- Up North>Bob's Blog|Up North>Events and Happenings
- Up North>Events and Happenings
- Up North>Events and Happenings|Up North>Fun in the Republic
- upnorthblog
- Urban Ecology Center
- USDA
- vacation
- Valentine's Day
- vanilla
- villanova
- virtual test kitchen
- Walk
- walk to school
- warehouse
- water
- White Chocolate Cherry Peanut Butter
- White Linen BBQ
- Wildlife
- wine
- Wine and Art Festival
- wine month
- wine sale
- wine tasting
- wings
- Winter
- winter breakfast recipes
- Winter Caravan
- winter orchards
- winter slow cooker recipes
- woodturners
- woolandhoney
- XOCHITLTORRESSMALL
- zucchini bread
Paddle to School
Last fall, The boys and I decided to switch the year’s walk to school up with a different form of travel – paddling to school. It was my idea for this fourth annual event, and the boys were against it at first. Colebrook wanted to run the seven miles to his classroom. “And let’s do […]
Read more
CR, LVR Vacation Giveaway
Thanks to some very generous help from Leelanau Vacation Rentals, Cherry Republic is offering a four bedroom South Beach Condo at the Homestead Resort on Lake Michigan. The week will be prime time summer– July 10th-17th. This is a $3,700 value. We’d love to give this to the perfect family. Which could be you! To enter: Please write […]
Read more
Cherry Ambassadors
Meet a few of our cherry Ambassadors from our Glen Arbor campus. Starting from left to right, this is Larry’s first year on the cherry ambassador team, his favorite summer time food is BBQ ribs (with Cherry BBQ sauce of course!). Mallory and Molly are seasoned summer ambassadors and both love a good grilled burger. Evan is […]
Read more
From Trees to Bowls
Northwestern Michigan Woodturners Club joined residents on the patio at Cherry Republic Tuesday night. David Watt, pictured on the right is one of the woodturners and helped organize the event. The bowls pictured above were donated by woodturners for people to purchase by simply writing a thank you note and making a donation to the “Re-Arbor Glen […]
Read more
Weekend Vacation Gift
Sheri Chestnutwood and her family will be enjoying a beautiful weekend in northern Michigan this September. Here are some photos of her family This contest is closed. Thank you everyone for entering we got an overwhelming response, look for the winners in the next Orchard Report. Going to miss summer in Glen Arbor? Ugh. Well, here’s […]
Read more
New BBQ sauce
We hope you can help us WELCOME! our two new barbecue sauces, Manitou Gold and Smokey Cherry Barbecue Dressing . Eric from Grand Rapids, Molly from St. Louis and Tyler from Boston stopped by the store on their way to the airport and were excited to try out the new barbecue sauces. I spent time with Chris and […]
Read more
Changes in the Republic
We are excited to share with you all we have been working on this spring. We hope you enjoy the photos below. Above is a birds eye view from inside our NEW Frankenmuth store. Our staff worked hard to get this store up and running just a few weeks ago, just in time for the famous […]
Read more
Red Ladder Sneak Peek
The original t-shirt! I start this blog with the original Cherry Republic t-shirt, which was this odd first product that had nothing to do with the 190 cherry food products we are known for. But we have now come full circle, and have a home and complimentary line of products for this iconic shirt. That […]
Read more