Cedarmore Farm CSA: And I Thought I Was Busy!

Monday, March 18, 2013

And I Thought I Was Busy!

I got this letter this afternoon in the mail...

Hello Jan,
Greetings from the farm. This leaves me Tuesday morning. Andy left for Hillsboro and our helper is pulling taps today. So that will be the end of another sap season. I made pumpkin pies this morning and the bread dough is rising. My baby is sleeping so I want to wash Anna's hair and braid her when I am done here. Anna and Dennis are carrying wood and I am holding Moses. I am hoping to do the laundry this afternoon. Last Friday we did a beef at Adam's and this week we made bologna so I need to stuff those into cans this week. Tomorrow is a quilting bee for the community woman so I want to go help with that. The children are looking forward to seeing you on Saturday the 16th. X-cuse my scattered letter.
Lizzie

I love the way she writes. I love that she takes time out of her very busy, jam packed days to take the time to write to me. I appreciated it more than she could ever know. When I read her letters I see what she is writing about in my head. I can see the helper with the horse and wagon in the woods behind the house pulling taps. I can feel the warmth of the house because of the pies in the oven. The the yeast smell of the bread...makes my mouth water. I know where the wood pile is. I can see Anna telling Denis what to do...she is such a good big sister. And the bologna is delicious! My ears perked up when I read quilting bee in the community)...got to get invited to that (might have invited myself to the next one) And all those sweet little faces with their caps and hats on. Nothing better than knowing they are waiting for me. Can you feel the love? I can!

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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.