October & November are traditional months for Amish weddings- usually held on Tuesdays & Thursdays. Weddings usually go from  – 9am ( oh yeah) – worship service, wedding , then mid day meal – dinner – then afternoon worship & then ‘visiting & singing’ the singing goes on for about 3 hours – you better [...]

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Hail has been our nemesis this week – it took out the beautiful bumper crop of peaches, it shredded the lettuce & destroyed the blackberries. We are still reeling from the damage – fortunately – we still have ‘maters. This week the boxes may be varied – we will have plenty of corn & bean [...]

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We had some ‘hail-like’ precipitation – we can tell by the torn tree leaves, etc. Those pesky tomatoes – we won’t know for another 24-36 hours – you folks hopefully won’t see it – we will just have a gazillion tomatoes to make into sauce, juice etc. This is the second MAJOR set back with [...]

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The week of July 14, 2008 we got zucchini, cucumber, Swiss chard, head lettuce, onions (fresh – keep in the fridge), Sweet corn, Beans, APRICOTS, and tomatoes. Here is what Farmer Pam advises about our bumpy cukes. You will notice that this old fashion variety does have little bumps on it, not like those smooth [...]

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Years ago we had a friend who was an animal trainer. She received a call from someone wanting to ‘rent’ some chickens and turkeys for a movie shoot. She was a dog person, but knew we had birdies, so she referred that person to us. We ended up ‘renting’ our birds to the movie folks [...]

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Well – we woke up to see the birdies diving in the cherry trees – a sure indicator that the cherries are ready IF it does not rain – we might have cherries again next week – we are also hoping for some zucchinis – something more for the grill. This week was an entertaining [...]

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Last Thursday night –late- a car full of people drove thru the farm of one of our workers – they threw out – 7 young dogs. The dogs were frantic, running around, chasing the livestock – raising a ruckus. The dogs are all about 1 year old, in good health and really cute. We are [...]

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Pam writes, “Now it is too hot – now we are hooking up the overhead irrigation to have ‘evaporative’ cooling for all the leafy greens – they are calling for mid to high 80’s this week – I sure don’t want it ‘messin’ wid ‘ my lettuce crop – good for the tomatoes though.” Not [...]

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Here is a little idea of our work day – which is 7 days a week – I get up at 4a (earlier on some days) – 4-5a is my quiet time- I have a cup of tea , review the weather reports, go outside to confirm the weather report, then revise the plan of [...]

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Work at the farm continues – 10-12 hours a day – it has been a great spring – this heavy rain & wind tho is a challenge – the fields are so muddy it about sucks the boots right off your feet. We have been putting down cypress boards between the rows so we can [...]

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