Cedarmore Farm CSA: Saturday's Visit

Monday, March 18, 2013

Saturday's Visit

It has been a long time since I have been on the Farm. It felt great to be back at my happy place. I was greeted by Sim (the big black, not scary, watch dog) I opened the door and the guineas greeted attacked me. Not really attacking me, just running as fast as they could to the van door. The clucked (if that is what they do) and then were off to something else. I think they might have some ADHD tendencies!

But the greeting I got when I opened the front door made my heart really happy! All the kids, except the baby, came running! Chattering in Pennsylvania Dutch, of which I know very little, but I am learning, they attached themselves to my legs. I eat it up! Lizzie had five pair of black shoes lined up on the table and most of them had a spit shine. Tomorrow is church. She finished that and handed me Lovina. She has grown so much but she is still like a little baby doll. And I got a peek at her hair. It is pretty long and has a little bit of red in it. She must get that from Andy because his beard has a little bit of red in it. She wasn't feeling to well. Lizzie thinks that she has a earache. While I was holding her Lizzie got some medicine ready for her. First she got two of Andy's handkerchiefs and folded them into little squares, just the size to cover Lovina's ears. She then placed them on the stove to get warm. While they were warming Lizzie got a jar of menthol and camphor. Oh the smell was so 'clearing'...like smelling Vick's VapoRub. Lizzie then began rubbing it all around Lovina's little ears. Then she covered the ears with the warmed handkerchiefs and then she placed a little think cap on her head and safety pinned it on. It took less that 2 minutes for her to settle down and go to sleep. Thinking I could use some of this stuff.

Andy and I went out to walk around the farm...which you can read about coming up later this week.

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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.