Cedarmore Farm CSA: Everything Is Looking Good

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Everything Is Looking Good

Produce is doing well but they could use a little bit of rain. The irrigation system is keeping the plants well watered. With what Andy see now he believes that the fall crops will do just fine.

More About The Growing Methods...

As I understand it, all plant minerals are either positively charged cations or negatively charged anions. To name a few of the important ones: Potassium, Calcium, and Magnesium are cations, while Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Boron are anions. If we have a P.H. of between 6 and 6.4 that means that we have a good balance of the cations and anions and we should have healthy plants. If the P.H. is low we are low in one or more of the cations.

Andy is still in the beginning stage of learning all about these things and he in no way thinks that he is an expert. But he loves to read and research about better organic growing methods.

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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.