Cedarmore Farm CSA: Something Interesting

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Something Interesting

Hot and humid describes the weather the last few days. The ground has been drying off, so need less to say they have been very busy working the soil and getting stuff planted. They have been trying to work late at night and early in the morning so that they can rest the horses during the hottest time of day. They are planting sweet potatoes and regular potatoes at the time being. They are hoping to get some more tomatoes and melons out as well.

strawberries, onions, Swiss chard, Chinese cabbage, lettuce, zucchini and a mix of spring greens

scapes...when I was visiting last time Andy showed us these little wonders. I am so glad he did because I would have never even known where to look to figure out what they are. (I will share the recipes I mentioned above on the following post)

I love being surprised every week when I open the box...not only with the variety of vegetable but also something from the canned food share that we participate in. This week we got two different kinds of butters. (because we didn't get our surprise last week) We haven't tired them yet but the peach butter smells like a homemade fresh peach pie.

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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.