It’s the time of year to buy local fruits and vegetables! Find our list of farmers and markets local to Summit County.
Carl Harp Nursery is a third-generation owner of the nursery. His grandfather Carl C. Harp moved the nursery to their current location in the early 1960s, focusing on the popular plants of the time, mainly taxus shrubs. After taking over the operation in the 80s,...
The Winery at Wolf Creek was founded in 1980 by Andew Wineberg on his parents’ (Melvin and Harriet) property. It was initially a 10 acre vineyard with another two acres planted on the hill just south of the winery. The cellar was blasted into the hillside where the...
Dayton Nursery was started in 1956 by Del Dayton. He began planting Christmas trees on his property and harvesting and selling Scotch Pine Christmas trees on land that now belongs to Wolf Creek Winery. With his brother, Gene, he expanded to include a nursery and...
It’s that time of the year when we all get to enjoy the fruits (and vegetables) of the local farmers’ labor. Be sure to remember to BUY LOCAL by visiting, often, one of our local farm markets. ENJOY the summer deliciousness! Bassak’s Bird Farm 4989 W. Bath Road...
By Carol Bessemer I can’t believe that we have another cold wet spring! They say it is going to warm up and then that prediction gets changed one day at a time. We were looking at 5 days of dry weather and now it is changed to a week of rain. Then you...
Oh my, here we go again with all this cold and wet weather. Yes, it is another hard spring for our area farmers to get started. I know of several of our local farm market farmers that have managed to get several plantings of sweet corn and peppers...
BUY LOCAL at our Summit County Farm Markets By Carol Bessemer It seems like we’ve had no spring this year. Yes, the calendar said that spring had arrived, but the days were still cool or cold. Then we had those spring showers. Now, we have gone straight to...
Oh my, what a wet May this has become! In my travels around the state in the last few days, I have seen crops that don’t look too bad, ground that isn’t even planted and ground that is flooded. It has gone from one extreme to another. It is so sad because I...
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