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Farm Happenings at Strawberry Hill Farm
Hooray for Cooler Weather!
We’re thankful for the cooler weather that came in the end of last week. Our crops, however, are still suffering the aftereffects of high heat, humidity, pounding rain and wind. We were lucky that we received only one-and-a-half inches of rain from Hurricane Ida, but wind blew down sunflowers1 read more »
Heat, Rain, and Tomatoes
It’s been a hot, humid week, and now we’re getting days of rain. The combination of heat and dampness has been causing problems for several crops, including tomatoes, especially the heirloom varieties. Lettuce is struggling too, with the heat. We have new salad mix rows planted, but it1 read more »
Summer Heat
Whew, it's hot out there! Kids are back in school and it seems like fall should be coming, but we have the heat of midsummer at the farm. That means lettuces aren’t doing well, but tomatoes, raspberries, peppers and green beans are ripening fast.
This week we have those four items, plus red b1 read more »
We Have Tomatoes!
Our tomatoes are finally ripening in earnest, and we have a good selection on the farm stand this week. We have an especially large amount of Brandywine heirloom tomatoes, and they are delicious.
Also this week, raspberries are back! It’s the larger crop of the year, just getting started, so1 read more »
Rain at Last!
Our gardens have been suffering from lack of rain and high temperatures, but we finally got a good soaking today (Tuesday). Drip irrigation keeps things alive, but rain helps crops thrive. (The chickens enjoy the new growth of grass, too!)
We have our first few large tomatoes for sale this week, pl1 read more »
Waiting for Tomatoes
With the past two weeks of dry weather, we have actually begun irrigating the gardens, but are still dealing with the effects of the previous two weeks of rain. We offer the very first two half-pints of cherry tomatoes this week. The tomatoes are about two weeks behind schedule because of the cloud1 read more »
New Potatoes and Blackberries
Lettuce may be done for a while, but we have some new items for the farm stand this week. Ron has been digging potatoes, and we have four varieties available right now. German Butterball has deep yellow flesh and is good for baking or mashing. Carola, a smaller potato, also has yellow flesh, with a1 read more »
Drowned Garden Plants
Relentless rain the past few weeks (with almost an inch of rain many days) has been hard on our crops. Lettuce and root crops have suffered most, but others are showing damage, too. We even almost lost some kale plants! And kale has been our most reliable producer over the years, in both wet and dr1 read more »
Rain, Rain, Go Away!
We’ve been having too many rainy days recently and not enough sun. The lettuce and zucchini seem to like it (Ron says our zucchini plants are the biggest we’ve ever had!), but it’s been hard on some of our other crops. Most of our garden soil has a lot of clay in it, so it t1 read more »
About the farm
We are a family farm near Coshocton, Ohio, that grows USDA Certified Organic strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, heirloom tomatoes, garlic, and a variety of other vegetables and greens. We also offer eggs from our flock of laying hens on pasture and a limited amount of grass-fed beef, plus local honey from Mullet Apiaries. Our farm family includes Ron and Mary Meyer, our son Chris and daughter-in-law Erin, and their two young sons, Carsten and Everett.
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