Cedarmore Farm CSA: Not A Banner Day For Me

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Not A Banner Day For Me

Today is the last Tuesday CSA delivery for the season. Because of conditions out of Andy's control the boxes are 'rather scanty' Andy's words! Love that! He always apologizes when the boxes are not up to his high standard. He only wants a good quality and a good quantity in our boxes. Like he ways 'you can't control the weather'...so he sends the best of what he has. Sometimes even dipping into the things that they have stored and put away for the winter.

He feels with everything that has happened this years things have gone well. With he cooler summer is was hard to grow plants that are heat loving like sweet corn, peppers, tomatoes and melons. There was plenty f moisture and some plants grew exceptionally well. One crop was potatoes. /they had a bumper crop of potatoes for sure. I know that I can't use them fast enough. But they will be good for the winter when I need to make some potato soup.

Here's the part of the newsletter that got to me. I know it is coming but I till am having a hard time with it...As we all know Andy and Lizzie will not be running the CSA next year. They are turning things over to John and Anna Zook (Andy's sister and husband). I know they have mixes feeling about the move and they are sad. But on the other hand it will be a good move for the family. He hates that he has to say good bye to all of us (and I dislike it VERY strongly). It is their hope that we will continue to support the CSA and John and Anna.. Andy promises that they will return to the area for visits during the coming year because they still have friends and family here. They will be glad to be able to visit with other families in the community also.

They look forward to their MO adventures and I will look forward to their visits. And I'm already planning to make a trip or two westward to visit with them. I'm truly going to miss them all. They are my little Amish family. Cedarmore Farm is still going to be one of my happy places.

Now to go and meet John, Anna, their right kids, and the new place for the CSA. I'll be blogging soon.

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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.