In July we took a day trip to Lancaster County Pa. This is a traditional trip for my family, and this time we decided to stop by my farmer's house to get a tour and visit with his family.
Here are his Dutch Belted cows that he sells to this restaurant (we also get milk/cheese etc from the same adult cows that is amazing) Usually the cows are pastured but since these are sold as veal they are kept in the barn.
This is a one week old bunny (and cute Simeon) that they umm...also sell to the same restaurant :(
This is Alvin Jr. He was so cute and just loved showing us around.
These are their baby turkey's that we'll be eating in a few months! We had one last year and it was so yummy. They keep them in this warmer shed until they are big enough to go outside.
This was the family dog nursing her pups. I have never seen a dog actually nursing so I had to document.
Yes the Amish do have trampolines!
They also go swimming in their own pond! (not pictured here are about 8 other young Amish girls in swim suits that Simeon and Alvin were spying on!)
These are the cousins of the Stolzfus' who live just down the road...I couldn't resist, they are so sweet!
I know I have said this before but I love the Amish people! I get to chat with David and Miriam (who are the son and daughter) when they deliver the food every month and they are just so interesting to talk to and so happy to answer all of my questions about how different foods are made etc. It was really fun to see Miriam on her own turf. She is 17 and is so sweet, she was excited to show us around her farm and it was so nice to see where my food is coming from. When we got there they had just finished killing the chickens, I was a little disappointed but kinda glad because I think the kids may have been traumatized :)
The next stop was Roots Market. We had gone last year and I remember it being really fun but this year we sort of saw it for what it was. A glorified swap meet. As evidenced by the following pictures.
Sweet 300 sharpies for $1!!
Oh wait, those are Skerples.
Nevermind, here is another pack of authentic Sharpie Markers for $1.
Dang! Wrong again, these are those blasted Shoupie Markers.
OK, these are really the actual Sharpies and good thing, b/c $1 is a great price for 10 markers.
Dag nabbit, I guess we're outta luck.
Yes there are Amish vendors there but they sell fruit that is sprayed 3x a week and there wasn't one organic or at least unsprayed vendor. There were even people selling Dole stuff, like they went to Costco and brought it to the farmers market...very strange. But they do have an auction and its always cool to see the auctioneer at work.
They also had the best hand dipped ice cream which usually means they scoop it out of the bucket by hand, but this one was actually homemade by a local Amish family, we asked so its gotta be totally true.
Either way you can't beat the prices and it was seriously good and the kids dip was like a double adult size, huge!
E, Hyrum and Nee Nee
The next stop was Hershey's chocolate world. They have a free tour that takes you through the chocolate making process. I have been coming here for so many years and E loves it. But not L, he was pretty freaked out.
"Woo hoo, I get a job working with Chocolate!!"
"Its in a factory? Crap."
"This job sucks, no foolin"
This was the family dog nursing her pups. I have never seen a dog actually nursing so I had to document.
Yes the Amish do have trampolines!
They also go swimming in their own pond! (not pictured here are about 8 other young Amish girls in swim suits that Simeon and Alvin were spying on!)
These are the cousins of the Stolzfus' who live just down the road...I couldn't resist, they are so sweet!
I know I have said this before but I love the Amish people! I get to chat with David and Miriam (who are the son and daughter) when they deliver the food every month and they are just so interesting to talk to and so happy to answer all of my questions about how different foods are made etc. It was really fun to see Miriam on her own turf. She is 17 and is so sweet, she was excited to show us around her farm and it was so nice to see where my food is coming from. When we got there they had just finished killing the chickens, I was a little disappointed but kinda glad because I think the kids may have been traumatized :)
The next stop was Roots Market. We had gone last year and I remember it being really fun but this year we sort of saw it for what it was. A glorified swap meet. As evidenced by the following pictures.
Dang! Wrong again, these are those blasted Shoupie Markers.
Yes there are Amish vendors there but they sell fruit that is sprayed 3x a week and there wasn't one organic or at least unsprayed vendor. There were even people selling Dole stuff, like they went to Costco and brought it to the farmers market...very strange. But they do have an auction and its always cool to see the auctioneer at work.
They also had the best hand dipped ice cream which usually means they scoop it out of the bucket by hand, but this one was actually homemade by a local Amish family, we asked so its gotta be totally true.
The next stop was Hershey's chocolate world. They have a free tour that takes you through the chocolate making process. I have been coming here for so many years and E loves it. But not L, he was pretty freaked out.
"Woo hoo, I get a job working with Chocolate!!"
3 comments:
I always love reading your posts! Hopefully you weren't to desperate for an authentic Sharpie! The whole time you lived in Balmoral I had no idea you were such a naturalist! You're awesome I learn something new all the time. I wanna go visit an Amish farm!
You are so funny. I love reading about your visits to your farmer's house, how fun. And dag nabbit about those Sharpies!
I can't find anything as far as info on your Amish farmer. I thought I did but I didn't so can you send me the info how you sign up to shop this market. Are you going to go shopping with me this week?
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