Amish greenhouses

For the last several years Ma and I have made a run to the St. Charles area to shop the Amish greenhouses. We drove over today and didn’t come home disappointed I got my usual 20 tomato plants even if I swore I’d only get a dozen. With my 4 pack of bell peppers I spent $9.00 for plants every bit 12″ tall with real nice solid stalks, nothing leggy about any of them. Ma really did well on her bedding flowers. In the 8 stops we made we ran into a few others from Rochester shopping there.

There is one stop that always has fresh baked goodies for sale. Today I got 1/2 of an angle food cake for $2.00 that Carole and I tore chunks off from to snack on while driving between stops. I bought a huge loaf of bread for a buck and a half. Last year I lucked into a loaf of wheat bread that was so far out of sight good it did not last the trip home….no butter or anything, we just chowed it.

Most all of these places and homes have gas engine driven well pumps but the horse and buggy and no electricity stuff can boggle the mind. These people can sure bake some outstanding breads and cakes along with an uncanny ability to grow things. If anyone is looking for a fun day with the kids, drive down to the Amish greenhouses and snoop around. Real interesting people.

The Amish is a cool bunch. My fiancé lives in Rochester (as will I in the coming months) and she has them build some amazing furniture for an outstanding price. She’ll go to the Slumberlands and Hom furnitures, etc. finds styles and designs she likes, and brings pictures to the Amish. Talks it over with them and they do their thing. 100% real wood, no cheap press wood. For instance, she bought a solid oak dining room table with 4 leafs, and 8 chairs. Paid $2000. At any other furniture store she would have paid at least $5000 probably closer to $7500-10000, and gotten press board in some pieces.

I’m very good at spotting imperfections in things and can’t find a single flaw in their items. They are items that will last a lifetime and will hopefully be passed down for years.

Amish flowers–great
Amish furniture–usually great
Amish homemade food–not for me

Their hygiene is not the best so I stay clear of it.

munchy wrote:

The Amish is a cool bunch. My fiancé lives in Rochester (as will I in the coming months)

When you get settled here Munchy, send me a PM and we can get together for an evening. I’d enjoy meeting you.

I forgot to mention the Hummingbirds in this one particular Greenhouse, the Yoder one on Fremont Road. I could not count the Hummers in the several different connected greenhouses. There had to have been eight or ten. They move around so darned fast… The hummers were actually quite friendly and entertaining. Kids should love those birds. And just when I thought this was about as cool as it could get here sits an American Redstart on one of the overhead irrigation lines. This too is one beautiful little bird.

Will do Tom!

15 minutes Munchy…..and I’ll have you making your own plastics.

Tom Sawvell wrote:

15 minutes Munchy…..and I’ll have you making your own plastics.

That sounds dangerous….for my checking account!

lol

Just curious, maybe one of you guys know. 20 years ago I bought our oak dining table and chairs. I should have bought 2 more chairs. I wonder if the Amish could make a couple of chairs to match if I dropped off a sample to work off of. Our chairs are no longer available and a couple more would come in handy.

No idea Dutchboy, I haven’t had any dealings with the wood end of things. They do amazing work.