Cedarmore Farm CSA: Preparing For Winter

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Preparing For Winter

Another week has slipped by quickly. Even this late in the year there is still lots of work on the farm. Right now Andy is working on pulling up the drip lines and taking out the irrigation system. They are just in garden clean up mode for the winter. There are also hundreds of tomato stakes to pull out and put away. The best part about it all has been the weather. With the warmer, sunny says they have been able to get a lot accomplishes.

There is still a nice patch of Chinese cabbage coming on as well as some regular turnips and carrots. The cauliflower and regular cabbage might have been planted too late. It all depends on the weather if we are going to see any in our boxes in the coming weeks. Also in the greenhouse there is a batch of lettuce that has already been harvested.

onions, garlic, squash, 'special' radishes, Chinese cabbage

Moses Update: His hands are healing nicely. And he had very little pain. His left hand is pretty much back to normal. They keep his right hand wrapped up. It has to be redressed twice a day with B&W ointment and burdock leaves. All the redressing takes about 45 minutes each time. Moses really is not a fan. In the note I got from Lizzie today...the dressing changes use to take 60 minutes. I can only imagine how hard it was for them all. Lizzie's brother, Adam, helps with the redressing...which they are very, very thankful for.

This weekend I am hoping to make a visit to the farm and I will get more information on B&W ointment and burdock leaves, pictures too I hope. I have to be honest, I have been trying some new Amish remedies. I now swear by jewel weed for poison ivy. I am going to ask Lizzie what she uses for sinus infections/sinus pressure because I have tried everything that I can think of and I am miserable.

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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.