Cedarmore Farm CSA: Lots Of News

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Lots Of News

Lots of exciting things happening on the Cedarmore Farm and in Andy and Lizzie's family. They are getting ready for Farm Day (more information coming tonight on the blog) and Andy's twin sister (that I forgot he had) and her husband are beginning to build a house on a farm in the community. It will take a while to get the house finished so they plan to move from Wayne County, Ohio within a year. Andy is not only working the farm and doing all the regular chores but he is helping his sister and his brother-in-law whenever he can. In the Amish community the whole community usually comes together and helps with the build. The first step is to dig (with a regular shovel) out a hole that will be used as a basement. Andy says that this is the hardest part. About 8 to 10 horses and 6 to 8 guys can usually get this part done in five days. That is if the digging goes well and they don't hit rock (like they did when they were digging his basement.) After that the house needs to be built and that takes around 3 weeks. One week for excavating, one week for the basement, and one week for the framework and the roof. All this is done usually by the entire community. Then there is all the finishing work on the inside.

All of that and we still get great boxes like the one we got this week.

Chinese cabbage, lettuce, zucchini, yellow squash, Swiss chard

I want to say that he things that look like green onions are leeks but I am checking in on the farm for that answer.

Got the answer...and yes I did learn something from researching 'unknown vegetables to me'...they are leeks.

Completing the box with a jar of Lizzie's dill pickles. Yum!

I would highly recommend that you try the granola bars. I have a good critique...I sliced the giant square into four rectangles and shared one with Mark and Michael, Michael immediately said, "Mom, I'm thinking that next time I should get a whole big square all to myself. These are awesome!" And there you have it from a 10 year old who knows what he likes!

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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.