Cedarmore Farm CSA: I Lost Another Week

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

I Lost Another Week

I need to apologize again for not posting last Tuesday. My mother-in-law passed away and we were with family in WV. So this week there will be two postings...last weeks and this weeks.

Andy swears that work on the farm has slowed down but there still is so much to do, they are busier than ever. There are a number of work projects going on in the community and they try to help out where and when they can. Two new houses are going up for families that have tight living quarters and need more space. A couple sheds are being built. One family is building a corn crib since their old one is no longer holding up.

Probably the biggest project for them is the pond that’s being built on John and Anna Zook’s property. They are the ones that will be taking over our CSA next year. The pond will be for irrigating their crops next year and in the future. For the project they are using 2 slip scoops. Kind of like what Paul Bunyan would use only they don’t have “Babe” the big blue ox to hitch into! They use 3 teams of 4 horses each for a total of twelve horses. One team each for the slip scoops and a 3^rd team for the plow. About 5-6 men are needed for handling the horses and equipment etc. The plow is used to loosen the ground . Then the slip scoops are used to scoop up the dirt and dump it out on the bank. We hope to have the project completed in three to four days. It takes a considerable amount of planning to have enough help lined up for each day. They have enough men and boys in the community to be able to rotate around and spread out the work load. Andy will give us an update on this project is finished.

They are harvesting turnips for the first time this fall which is later than normal, but it looks like a good crop. You can use them in soups and salads or slice them and eat them on a sandwich. Broccoli is also coming on pretty good right now.

I have no picture to post but I hear there were plenty of great vegetable for a few dinners last week.

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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.