About Bea's Ho-Made Products
Bea's Ho-Made Products is a family kitchen and shop on Highway 42 about half a mile east of Gills Rock, near the northern tip of the Door Peninsula. The Landin family has owned the homestead since 1884. In 1961 Linda Landin sold cherries from a picnic table by the road, then added extra beans and cucumbers and her grandmother's chopped cherry jam. Her mother, Bea, kept expanding the list, and in 1972 she built the kitchen and retail store that still stands today.
The shelves hold the result of decades of recipes: about three dozen jams, a dozen-plus jellies, fruit butters and sauces, cucumber pickles, pickled vegetables, salsas, relishes and fruit syrups. Chopped cherry jam is still a signature. For lower-sugar diets, the chopped cherry, raspberry and strawberry jams come in half-sugar versions, and the apple butter has no added sugar.
Pies are made here too, and they are a reason to stop in person, because Bea's does not ship them. The shop is open all year, with longer days from late June through October and shorter winter hours, which makes it a handy stop before or after the ferry to Washington Island.
Fragrant Isle Lavender Farm & Shop on Washington Island is reached by the car ferry from Northport, a few minutes past Bea's; allow about an hour including the crossing.
What to do
- Pick up chopped cherry jam, a family recipe
- Choose from dozens of jams, jellies, pickles and salsas
- Buy a pie to take home (pies are not shipped)
- Look for reduced-sugar jams and no-sugar-added apple butter
- Stop in on the way to the Washington Island ferry
Season, hours and prices
- Season
- Open year-round, with longer hours late June through October
- Hours
- May to the third weekend of June: Mon–Sat 9 a.m.–4 p.m.; third weekend of June through October: Mon–Sat 9–4 and Sun 10 a.m.–2 p.m.; November–April: Mon–Sat 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Tips for your visit
- Pies aren't shipped, so buy them at the shop
- Sunday hours run only from late June through October
- The store is close to the Northport ferry dock, so it works as a stop before or after Washington Island
Pair it with a lavender farm
Fragrant Isle Lavender Farm & Shop · about 60 minutes away
Fragrant Isle on Washington Island is a short drive to Northport plus the car ferry, about an hour all told.
Getting there
Questions
Is Bea's open in winter?
Yes, Monday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. from November through April.
Do they ship pies?
No. Pies are sold at the shop; jams and other jarred goods can be ordered online.
Do they have sugar-free jam?
No sugar-free jam, but three jams come in half-sugar versions and the apple butter has no added sugar.
🗺️ Part of the guide Things to Do Near the Lavender Farms of Door County, Wisconsin
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