Cedarmore Farm CSA: Sweet, Sweet Strawberries

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Sweet, Sweet Strawberries

Strawberry season is at it's peak. And that means that we will be getting two quarts in our boxes!!!! Thank heavens there are a few other organic growing Amish farmers in the area that want to help with the CSA. When Justin and his son unloaded the delivery van I noticed that several people took advantage of ordering extras. There should be extras to order again next week so if you are interested just email cedarmorefarm@tdisp.com with your order. They are $4.00 a quart or $3.50 a quart if you order 10 or more. Andy hopes that we will get one more quart in our boxes next week before the strawberry season comes to a close.

These are scapes. Lizzie uses them in stir fries or just about any other way you can use green onions. They actually grow out of the tops of the garlic plants. If they are pruned off the top it actually helps the garlic grow bigger and then you get nicer garlic bulbs. A lot of farmers throw them aside not realizing they can be eaten.

The kale (green ruffly leaves with purple stems) is a little bug eaten. That is good and bad. Remember that these vegetables at Cedarmore Farm are grown organically. There has been a problem with flea beetles. The leaves are totally fine to eat. They just don't look so good. Andy hopes you understand that there just isn't anything that he can do about it at this point.

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UnknownJune 5, 2013 at 8:06 AM
The strawberries were soooo good they barely made it home last night :)
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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.