Cedarmore Farm CSA: Boxes Are Filling Up

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Boxes Are Filling Up

More and more produce is ripening up. Tomatoes are starting to ripen in the greenhouse. Peas are still on the menu but just not quite ready yet. And it looks like the green beans are beginning to ripen as well.

In case you are wondering, as I was the first time those green curly things showed up in my box...the are garlic scapes. They can be used just as you would use you would a green onion. The dark green, purple stemmed vegetable is kale.

Just another reminder that Cedarmore Farm Day is coming up on Saturday, June 28th. An invitation is being extend to everyone that reads this blog. Highland Haven Farm (Lizzie's brother, Adam and sister-in-law, Iva's farm) will also have Visit The Farm Day on the same day. Highland Haven is the farm that has the dairy products, meat chickens and turkeys. They are only 1/2 mile down the lane. We will meet at Highland Haven Farm at 11:30 and have a potluck lunch at noon. They will be providing steak burgers and lemonade. If you would like to join them for lunch they ask that you bring along a dish of some sort to share. It could be a desert or some other side dish. Also please bring tableware for your family as well as folding chairs. Please take a moment to sign up to attend so Adam will know how many burgers to throw on the grill.

RSVP to www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0A4AA5AA2FA2F94-day/17798748

At 1pm there will be a speaker, Dr. Renee Norton and she will be speaking on nutrition, diet and good fats vs bad fats.

If you would just rather wait and come to Cedarmore Farm Day come at 2pm and that is fine. We will be touring the farm, and taking buggy and wagon rides. Andy would love to talk to you about the growing methods that he uses on the farm as well as the animals and the jobs the do.

Cameras are welcomed but please respect the Amish and their religious beliefs and not take any pictures of them. Anything else on the farm is perfectly fine to take shots of. And believe me when I say how hard it is to not get a shot of those sweet children that will be running around. Since there will still be shores to do on the farm we will need to say good-bye to our new friends at 4:00PM.

Mark your calendars and we hope to see you on Saturday, June 28th.

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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.