Re: Anybody in Mich. U/P?

Posted by jdemaris on April 26, 2005 at 06:00:18 from (209.23.31.236):

In Reply to: Anybody in Mich. U/P? posted by Jim@concordfarms. on April 26, 2005 at 05:12:23:

There's a tractor show in Alpena every year but that's a little bit a ride from Manistique, but worth it. I drive through the UP every summer, always trying to buy some rural land - but so far, it hasn't happened. It hard to come from green hilly-mountain land in New York State, and then go to Michigan and be surrouned by flat land and sand. About the only hill I've seen there is Porcupine Mountain. Some of the lakes are beautiful though, but the UP is filling up with people - just like the Adirondacks is here. I've come across many farms in the lower UP, but not the upper UP. I've been doing a lot of searching around Grand Marais and Paradise. One thing that seems counter-intuitive to me - there's a Polish town named Posen near Alpena. It's all potato farms - calls itself the potato capital of Michigan. And, as far as I can tell, the soil is lime base - everywhere. Now, here in New York, we have high acid soil which is great for potatos, but awful for grass crops and corn - so we have to spend a fortune on adding lime. I've always understood that lime ruins crops like potatos or blueberries. So, how come the potatoes grow in Posen?
My wife was originally, as I understand, a Michigan "Troll", that is, a person who grew up below the bridge by Makinac Island. Her parents, both auto engineers from Dearborn, retired in Alpena. So, we've been thinking of making a move to the UP - I could never stand living as a Troll below the bridge though.
One more thing - I don't know how well you know Michigan - but - and this is coming from a person who is not a typical museum person - go to the Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village - it is absolutey amazing. At least it was when I was there. I've heard it is slowly getting worse since it is run by college educated "experts." When I saw it a few years ago, it reflected the many interests of a rich smart guy that collected anything mechanical from all over world - that guy being Henry Ford and his pals Harvey Firestone, Thomas Edison, Harry Ferguson and David Brown. Seems once Henry had his fortune, he spent his entire life collecting "stuff", he even hired people to search the world and buy for him. It was/is the oddest and most fantastic collection I've ever seen. Cars, trucks, tractors, old kitchen appliances, old camping stuff, entire historic buildings moved there from all over the world - even the chair Abe Lincoln was sitting in when he got shot - and still covered with dried blood.

Follow Ups:

• Re: Anybody in Mich. U/P? willyz 05:29:27 05/01/05 (1)
  • Re: Anybody in Mich. U/P? jdemaris 07:21:21 05/01/05 (0)
• Re: Anybody in Mich. U/P? MarkB_MI 16:19:09 04/26/05 (2)
  • Re: Anybody in Mich. U/P? Paul in Mich 18:22:28 04/26/05 (0)
  • Re: Anybody in Mich. U/P? Hugh MacKay 17:12:42 04/26/05 (0)
• Re: Anybody in Mich. U/P? Easy 10:23:04 04/26/05 (0)
• Re: Anybody in Mich. U/P? Vern-MI 07:55:31 04/26/05 (1)
  • Re: Anybody in Mich. U/P? jdemaris 13:29:50 04/26/05 (0)

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