Cedarmore Farm CSA: Rain, Rain, and More Rain

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Rain, Rain, and More Rain

It sure is wet on the farm. I think they might have gotten more rain that we have here in

'the city'. According to Andy the produce seems to be doing fine...but the weeds are doing just as well! And that is not a good thing for anyone's garden. The real challenge now is trying to find the window to work where it isn't raining and not to muddy to work the fields. Hopefully in the near future the sun will come out and the winds will blow to help dry things out so more produce can get in the ground and time for Andy and crew 'to get after those weeds'.

The zucchini is ripening really well. I have had a few comments about how early we are getting the zucchini. I say, bring it on...you can never have enough zucchini bread in the freezer!

zucchini, zucchini bread, kale, green onions, lettuce, radishes, peach butter, and a dozen eggs

This week we have a bunch of kale. Yum! It is the purplish stemmed, long stemmed greenish stuff. Lizzie was able to get us a recipe for kale and chicken soup that sounds pretty good. We like to make kale chips also. Just google it or type it into the search box at the right...so easy and delicious! Does anyone else have a recipe using kale they would like to share with the rest of us?

The produce supply is picking up but Andy still feels that the boxes are still a little light. Since they have plenty of eggs to share...we all get to have some in our boxes. Nothing like a good organic brown egg! This could be the last week we see any extras in our boxes. It was great while it lasted. And what a nice gesture from Cedarmore Farm.

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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.