Cedarmore Farm CSA: Surprises

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Surprises

The weather on the farm, like other places in Ohio, is starting to feel really fall like. Which is nice because it is nicer to have to do work outside on the farm. Produce seems to be growing very well. In our boxes this week there is a bag of spicy greens, some Chinese cabbage, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, purple peppers, and strawberries! This variety produces in the fall instead of the spring. I have had to hide mine so I can have them later. I did taste one and it is so sweet and yummy! I could take an entire CSA box filled with just strawberries!!! They were a very nice surprise!

I also got some soap. Lizzie's Mom makes the soap and it is wonderful! Smells so good and makes your skin sooo soft. I'll have to ask her about 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.