Cedarmore Farm CSA: First Box Of The Season Arrives This Week!

Monday, May 5, 2014

First Box Of The Season Arrives This Week!

I am so excited that I will probably be waiting on the porch for the drivers to drop off the boxes. I know that Andy and Lizzie are always concerned about the contents of the first few boxes. So this week we get an extra little treat...a small jar of maple syrup that is harvested and cooked on the farm. It is a unique process. If you search the blog you will be able to read about the process.. If you haven't tried it yet you are missing out on a really sweet little treat. We love it in our house. So much so I have to sort of hide it so it will last longer. And there will be some organic puffed corn as another little added bonus. I never had it but I am up for the challenge. The puffed corn is grown and processes by Monroe Stutzman on his farm in Holmes County, Ohio. The Andy's eat it just as you would any other cereal. But they use a little maple syrup as sweetener.

Andy and Lizzie and their helpers do everything that they can to grow enough produce for the start of the CSA but with the colder days that we had, the produced slowed when growing. Once the warm weather sets in our boxes will be hard to close. So enjoy the little extras this week.

Lizzie usually attaches a recipe with each newsletter. But I am guessing that with four little ones and the new CSA starting this week, she simply ran out of time. I am sure there will be something next week. If you should have a recipe that you would like to share, that would be great. Just email it to me (itsahoot24@aol.com) and I will pass it along the next week.

Thanks for joining us and enjoy the boxes!

-----The shipment of puffed corn did not arrive in tome to get in this weeks box.

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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.