Cedarmore Farm CSA: Second Box...YUMMMMMM

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Second Box...YUMMMMMM

I haven't gotten a chance to talk to Justin and his helpers yet...I am always away from where I can look out the window when they come. I am going to try to catch him in a few weeks when the yahoos aren't here. Again, my box makes me smile this week!

The weather in Hillsboro has been fairly warm lately with a good bit of rain, much like our areas around Cincinnati. This seems to be good growing weather...but just a bit on the wet side. I know my flowers and grass are loving it! And the yahoos are loving all the puddles. As you probably remember, last winter was rather warm. Andy said that he talked to one old timer and he said that it is the warmest winter in this part of the country that he has seen in his lifetime. Saying all of this to let you all know that this crazy weather will affect the crops on the farm this summer...both positive and negative. On the negative side, Andy and Lizzy had planted some lettuce and some other types of greens last fall and because of the weather they started to bolt back in March when the weather was so warm. They ended up losing over half of those crops. And then on the positive side, the warm weather in March got all the plants that were planted this spring off to a good start. Which is good for us because there will be a bunch a produce in the next few weeks, especially lettuce and Andy's favorite, spicy greens. (I am in search of a way to use these spicy greens in a recipe or find a dressing for them) Andy always looks on the bright side of things..because things usually balance out and work in the end. He thinks things are looking up for the upcoming CSA season.

Our boxes are filled to the brim yet again! The large green oblong vegetable is Chinese cabbage. There is asparagus, green onions, butter head/butter crunch lettuce, a bag of spicy greens and a bag field greens and some radishes.

I am trying the Recipe Of The Week for dinner tonight. I'll let you know what the food critics at my house think of it.

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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.