Cedarmore Farm CSA: April 2014

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Sunday Afternoon Drive

Mark and I were out for a little Sunday afternoon drive and somehow ended up at Cedarmore. All the way there I was trying to figure out if it was a church day for the Andy's. (The Amish only hold church every other Sunday). And as you could probably guess, it was a church Sunday and no one was home. But that was okay. I was able to drop off the last of the CSA boxes and things from the last delivery of last year. And a letter that I had written earlier and never got around to mailing.

I found a new puppy! Can't wait to hear all about him. He is very sweet.

The work horses were close to the house just eating way on the fresh green grass.

I stuck my head in the greenhouse closest to the house and saw these vegetables growing. Most everything else is either in the larger greenhouses or already in the fields.

I noticed that the fields were covered in all sizes of hoop houses. I'll be sure to ask what is there next trip out. The garlic looks great and Lizzie's berries are growing. I also noticed a few rows of strawberries. Everything is looking good to this half Amish/half English, don't really have a clue want-to-be-farmer. Looking forward to our first box next week!

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Great News From Andy

I got word that the Spring and All Season Shares are sold out! That is awesome! And everything that has been planted looks really good. I don't know about you but I an stating those veggies now!

Visit The Farm Day for 2014

Mark your calendars for Saturday June 28th for the annual Cedarmore Farm

Visit The Farm Day

Lizzie's brothers farm, Highland Haven Farm, will also be having their visit the farm day also. Highland Haven is the farm that has the dairy products, meat chickens, and turkeys. They are only 1/2 mile down the lane from Cedarmore.

We Will meet at Highland Haven Farm at 11;30 and have a pot luck lunch at noon. If you would like to eat with us at Highland Haven we ask that you bring along a dish to share. It could be a desert or another side dish. At 1;00am there will be a special speaker, Dr. Renee Norton. She will be speaking on nutrition.

If you would rather wait and join come to Cedarmore at 2:00pm that's fine too. We will be touring Cedarmore Farm at 2:00pm until 4:00pm. Andy and Lizzie will be showing you around the farm, answering your farming and CSA questions, and giving wagon and buggy rides.

We hope to see you at the farm!

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.