Cedarmore Farm CSA: More Veggies

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

More Veggies

    Farmers tend to like rain...but not as much as we are getting these days.. Whenever they possibly can the CSA farmers would like to put out some more potatoes, more tomatoes, more peppers, more kale, more chard, more beans, more red beets, as well as some sweet potatoes, cucumbers, cantaloupes, watermelons, and carrots. The sun is shining today, so maybe they will get a change in the weather here.
     Hopefully things will dry off and they will be able to get some plowing done, prepare the soils and get all of the above planted. With all the weather they have had things have really piled up. It does get a little overwhelming sometimes but if they can get about 3 or four days where they can get in the fields it will be amazing what they will be able to do. This week it looks like they have some lettuce, green onions, kale, broccoli, and Chinese cabbage.

UPDATE:spoken too soon about the weather drying up. Today they had some thunderstorms that put down a lot of rain and some hail. Thankfully they only had minor damage to the crops. If you do notice a scratch or two on the vegetables that is the season. One good thing, they did get part of the ground ready to plant that they needed to. It has taken everything they can do to get enough in the ground to have enough produce.  They are thankful for the opportunities they have had to get in the fields, and will continue to do the best that they can to provide good CSA boxes.

We can tell that it is looking better on the farm water wise...our boxes were filled to overflowing this week with lots of goodies! Kale and bib lettuce from last week with some new additions.

We love broccoli around here and were so glad to have two heads.

The onions smell so good!

Please don't for a minute think that this is how full our strawberry bucket was...we have a nine year old that was in charge of our CSA box on the way home...and he LOVES strawberries!

Just enough for zucchini bread

Could this be the Chinese cabbage Andy told us about? Somebody help out this city girl, please.

With our share we get a little something as a surprise...this week it is ketchup. Now if you are like me you are probably wondering how to make ketchup. Well, according to the label it contains tomato juice, tomato paste, ketchup spice, vinegar, and cane juice crystals.

If you need information about the CSA or you would like to place an order..just email

cedarmorefarm@tdisp.com

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In The Beginning

Andy and Lizzie have known each other since they were very small. Growing up in an Amish community there are plenty of opportunities to play and work together. They grew up in the same church but went to different schools. Several years ago they moved from Wayne County, OH to right outside Hillsboro, OH and established Cedarmore Farm. The farm got it's name very simply...in Wayne County there were very few cedar or sycamore trees . When Andy and Lizzie got here, they noticed an abundance of cedar and sycamore trees on the land. So they just merged the two names and Cedarmore Farm was born. They have worked very hard in the few years that they have been farming the land. Andy and Lizzie are in the process of building their house and hopefully they will be able to move into the upstairs this spring. We can only see good things in their future farming experiences. And we wish them well.

Not only is Cedarmore growing fruits and vegetables. The Andy's have a growing family. They have four of the most precious children! Anna, who is excited about going to school this fall. Dennis who follows Andy around like his shadow. Moses who is doing well after a little run-in with the pigs. And Lovina who is the youngest at 9 months.

Then there is a new season on the farm. In the winter (Jan 2015), the Andy's packed up and moved to MO leaving the CSA in the most capable hands of John and Anna (Anna is Andy's twin sister) Zook and there 7 children. They changed the name of their farm to Cedarmore Farm so we English wouldn't be too confused. So the work has begun to provide lush healthy vegetables for the CSA season 2015 which begins in May.