Cedarmore Farm CSA: A Request From CSA Member

Thursday, July 11, 2013

A Request From CSA Member

I received an email a week or so ago from one of the CSA members.

'My name is Judy and I am a member of the Cedarmore CSA now for two years I just love the program and I find your blog entries for them are very helpful and fun. I would love to know 'storage' information for some of these wonderful veggies that we get. I rec'd two boxes this week due to vacation last week, and now I find myself with too many beets and probably too many onions. I would love to know the correct way to store some of these veggies so they don't spoil before I use them. I read that if I cut the greens off of the beets and store them whole in a plastic bag they will last longer in the fridge. Not sure if the onions can be stored in dry storage or they have to be kept in the fridge as well.

Just a thought, if you know any of this type of useful information, you should include it now and then in your blog.'

So far this is what I have come up with. But I will be sure that Andy gives us some storage answers.

Beets: To store beets, trim the leaves 2 inches from the root (kind of give them a buzz cut) as soon as you get them. The leaves will zip the moisture from the beet root. Do not trim the tail, Store the leaves in a separate plastic bag and use within two days. The root bulb (the beet) should also be baggies and can be stored in the refrigerator drawer for 7 to 10 days.

Onions: Store in a mesh bag in a cool place.

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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.