Merrillville Farms

11/16/2025

We love the support team.

🔥 ALRIGHT LISTEN, LOWELL.
It’s Friday. We made it. Somehow. Against all odds. We survived another week of Mother Nature acting like she’s rebooting the weather system with a fork.

We’ve got warm weather for a hot minute — or until Mother Nature remembers she left the stove on and hits us with hail, sleet, or a swarm of locusts. Who knows. She’s unhinged.

We see you all out there, busting out the summer wardrobe like it’s 95°, even though last week felt like the sun died.
But go off, kings and queens. Live your “it’s basically summer” fantasy while the sky plots against you.

But while you’re out there being brave, confused, and seasonally delusional, we need to remind you: PLEASE drive safely.
And by safely, we mean:

👉 Drive like your grandma is riding shotgun with a lidless pot of chili, praying for your soul, and mentally drafting a 12-paragraph Facebook post about your behavior.

Here are your Nuclear-Level Savage Safe Driving Tips, brought to you lovingly by the Lowell Fire Department:

🚫 TIP 1: Put your phone down.
You’re not that popular. That text can wait.
If your phone is more important than the road, we promise nobody is shocked you make bad decisions.

💡 TIP 2: Use your turn signals.
This is not a guessing game.
Other drivers are not psychic.
This is not Hogwarts.
Your intentions do not magically reveal themselves. TURN. THE SIGNAL. ON.

🏎️ TIP 3: Slow down. Seriously.
You’re not training for NASCAR.
You’re late to Dunkin’, not a hostage negotiation. Calm down.

🥴 TIP 4: Stop tailgating.
Being close enough to read the expiration date on the other driver’s registration sticker will NOT get you home faster.
Back up before you cause a collision and a personality evaluation.

🎶 TIP 5: Volume ≠ Skill.
Your music being loud enough to rattle your dental fillings does not give you special driving powers.
It just makes you a mobile subwoofer with questionable judgment.

🙃 TIP 6: Stop acting personally offended that other drivers exist.
Yes, other humans use the road.
Yes, they’re in cars.
Yes, you must coexist.
It’s called society. We all hate it, but here we are.

Look — we adore you all, but please stop giving us new stories to tell in the firehouse with phrases like “you won’t believe what they did next.”

Stay safe, stay hydrated, and stay aware that Mother Nature is currently held together with duct tape and spite.

🔥❤️
— Your battle-weary, perpetually concerned Lowell Fire Department

10/28/2025

This is the last week Merrillville Farms will be open . I will close after Halloween by 3:00 pm for this season. Closed & only by appointment for anything especially Honey & Fresh hen or duck eggs . Tell your friends & family. The last of my sweet bells & banana peppers also hot pepper ( jalapeño, banana & Tabasco , few of everything else 🥵) done on Thursday. House will enjoy. Hours 10-5 , call or txt me. Sincerely, Ginger

10/23/2025

We can offer Pear picking this weekend. They say the pear is much better after a frost, so I have left them for you. Unfortunately our gardens have been picked down & in the barn market. Our last day will be Nov 1st. Any questions call . Hours 10-5. Accept cash or Zelle as payment. Sincerely, Ginger

10/20/2025

10/18/2025

I think I just found the easiest way to plant a bunch of bulbs at once — using egg cartons! 🥚

I laid the cartons right on the soil, dropped a bulb into each spot, and now all that’s left to do is cover them up. So simple and tidy!

Come spring, this whole area should explode with color — I seriously can’t wait to see it!

By: Mary Walker

10/13/2025

We don’t love what we do EVERY day. Some days are hard. We get tired. Maybe even think about quitting. There are definitely days we wonder - why do we do this?

Yesterday, was one of those days.

Not only are we struggling (but farmers across the country are that grow completely different products) and when we mentioned it on this forum we got lots of hate.

What those haters don’t realize is, farmers are a different breed. We don’t give up. Farmers are resilient and relentless. It’s in our blood. We were called to this way of life and despite the bad days, we are PROUD to be the backbone of society. The ones who are willing to risk everything to feed the world & feel blessed if we get the chance to work our butts off and risk it all over again next year.

Thank you all who do support farmers and are praying for us ❤️

10/13/2025

10/12/2025

We’ve got so many of these big “Hulk” pumpkins in the U-Pick Patch, and we’ll keep bringing them to the family farm stand whenever we can! 💚 $20 each.

10/12/2025

Merrillville Farms is having a Fall Harvest Closing Sale all month. Closing date Nov. 3rd. Before the frost , we will keep the gardens & pear trees open for U- pick. Sweet corn 🌽? & tomatoes, sweet & hot peppers, eggplants, kale cabbage ( green & red) & any melons. We also offer fall decorations ( pumpkins, cornstalk bundles & straw bales) This is the last farm standing & proud to provide for our family & community near & far. Hours daily 10-5 ( unless a rain day Haha) phone (219)-293-2492 for any questions. Sincerely, Ginger.

10/05/2025

🧡 October began not with words, but with a masterpiece across the evening sky. 💛