Cedarmore Farm CSA: April 2015

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Everything Is Coming Up Beautifully

We made a trip to the farm way back in March and I just realized that I hadn't written anyting about it. And there are lots of things to tell.

John has all the green house up and running...meaning there are plants coming up in every one and the chickens have been doing their thing in the other.

Plantings include...

two plantings of tomatoes

sugar snap peas

kale

Swiss chard

cabbage

three kinds of lettuce

Chinese cabbage

zucchini

broccoli

This month in April the plantings will be...

more tomatoes

onions

spicy greens

green beans

radishes

rhubarb

The boys wanted to grow some corn. So they did, one kernel.

This is the water tank on the inside of the greenhouse that is closest to the house.

This is John's version of 'The Germinator'.

I am looking really forward to eating some of these snap peas!

Also I just got word that the Spring and Summer Shares are SOLD OUT. Not to worry is you still want to be a part of the CSA there are Summer and Fall Shares still available.

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.