Cedarmore Farm CSA: May 2020

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

First Box Of The Season

John and Anna are working the farm really had to get as many quality veggies out as possible. This week they have onions, radishes, kale, baby bok choi, lettuce greens and asparagus.

The asparagus needs lots more sunshine to get really growing well. If you didn't get asparagus in your box this week they are hoping to get you some for next week's box.

Everything seems to be enjoying this warmer weather. Veggies definitely grow better in weather like we are having now. But those cold dips at night take their toll even with extra row coverings.

Strawberries are beginning to come on and hopefully in a few weeks they will have ripened and be ready to pick.

Enjoy your first box.

Recipe Of The Week: Garlic Bacon Kale

Garlic Bacon Kale

Ingredients:

3 Slices of bacon, chopped

1/2 cup of onion, finely chopped

1 bunch of kale, washed

2 cloves of garlic, minced

salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

Cook the bacon until done over medium heat. Remove bacon and set aside reserving drippings.

Reduce heat to medium-low and cook onion in drippings until tender, about 10 minutes.

Add kale and garlic stirring until cooked, about 5 minutes.

Season with salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with bacon and serve.

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.