Cedarmore Farm CSA: Second Box and Surprises

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Second Box and Surprises

     The sun has been shining all day today. It is really needed. Hopefully it will clear off now and the farm will see more sun and some less rain. Either way they will be short handed this week and probably next week too, although next week looks better than this week. They have hopes that things will be even better the week after next. Of course it all depends on the weather too.
     This week we have garlic, wild ramsons, a bag of mixes greens, and a bag of watercress. Some CSA members have radishes. If they don't reach around to you this time , it will be made up to you sometime in the rest of the growing season. They try to give us all the same amount as near as they possibly can. Because of the low yields they are including a jar of Sorghum Molasses this week. This Sorghum was grown by some neighbors.
     They are going to try to include a canned goods sheet in our next box, which will have Maple Syrup and Sorghum Molasses listed. That way you can purchase some of these products and pick them up at your pick up location.

Our second box..This was my first pick-up. Thank heavens for GPS. I'll try to remember to take my camera so you can see the set-up. And just so I know what I will be fixing for dinners this week I will try very hard to identify the ingredients in our boxes. (Since I have already identified green garlic and ramsons I won't do them again)

parsley

mixed greens

watercress

our surprise canned good...sweet pickled peppers

sorghum molasses...I have no idea what to do with this

1 comment:

AnonymousMay 14, 2011 at 5:56 AM
My wife made your cookie recipe last night and they were yummy!

-Josh in Milford
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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.