Comments on: Schramm Farms

By: monkeyboy

monkeyboy — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:07:28 +0000

Great weekly organic produce delivery from some fantastic people up around Zelienople:

http://www.kretschmannfarm.com/

They also make chicken and beef from some of their neighbors available occasionally.

Not for everyone, but it nice to not have to go grocery shopping all summer long… and also nice to always be eating with the seasons.

By: Rory

Rory — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:22:14 +0000

I’ve lived in Penn Township m whole life. Not only does Schramm’s have great fresh produce, but the girls out there are pretty darn good looking. Woowee!

By: april

april — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 02:08:13 +0000

Thank you for posting this. Whole Foods sold out of Spys far too quickly last year, and I’d much prefer to buy them from a local farm. Too bad about the unpasteurised cider – I thought it was just hard to come by, not actually illegal. Is this strictly a PA law, or is the FDA responsible? I’ve only had it once, at an apple festival in upstate NY about 5 years ago.

By: zp

zp — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:10:59 +0000

On the isolation of town and farm . . . more back and forth might have correlated to a broader suburban sprawl. (But I don’t know whether more back and forth would have CAUSED suburban sprawl, or been a RESULT of it . . . ) In any case, I’m often impressed with how quick and dramatic the transition is between town and farm. You can “get out” of Pittsburgh more quickly than Philadelphia, where you have to wade through New Jersey suburbs, or the Main Line or Delco or King of Prussia or . . . Clearly this is a question of when and what kind and how much economic development the city sustained . . . And if we like it, it’s something we might want to be conscious of and preserve. I frankly have no idea if Pittsburgh has any sprawl legislation, as Portland OR does to promote dense growth in city or county limits . . .

PS. What about produce delivery???!!

By: Amos the Poker Cat

Amos the Poker Cat — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 02:38:18 +0000

“fool Bagginses”. Ha. I like that. Except Baggins returned, and this ain’t no Shire.

By: OGHC

OGHC — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 14:28:45 +0000

Man, I love a good orchard. I used to live downtown, and I can say there are reasons some folks never make it there from the surrounding country, not least of which is the giant alligator infested moat around the golden triangle with ungodly traffic over its bridges and tunnels from the south side that are only open and uncongested when the local transportation departments feel generous.

I used to drive down to Bridgeville to go to the movies. Getting back depended on luck.

Now I want APPLES.

By: Shelby Davis

Shelby Davis — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:12:31 +0000

Now is when I do a Nelson-like “ha ha” and tell you that there’s a cider mill that sells unpasteurized cider only 10 minutes from me.

And that I have a friend who will give me a bushel of non-commercially sweet apples that I can feed into a juicer (I don’t have a cider press, but my wife’s yoga instructor has what is basically an industrial juicer). And then I’ll have a good mix for making hard cider.

Now I laugh at your Pennsylvania ways and decree that Upstate NY rules.

By: Tim F

Tim F — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 12:57:42 +0000

Your ‘far’ definition actually reaches as far east as State College, where I lived for a few years. A little funny, considering the place owes its existence to tens of thousands of individuals who come from around the world. When I announced my intention to pull up stakes and move to the Chicagoland area, where 15 miles still falls within ‘near’, I was ostracized as one of those fool Bagginses for daring to acknowlege a world beyond the Shire.

We had Way’s Fruit Farm out there, similar to Schramm’s. Not being a connoisseur I would typically just get a bag of Golden Delicious and take the kids on the hayride to get pumpkins. And throughout the summer, we would stop at many a plywood sign indicating the sale of “bushel sweet corn” and “strawberry’s”.

I assume the same thing goes on to a lesser extent here in IL, but without the tilting against coal trucks throught a maze of twisting roadways, all alike, it’s not the same.

By: Mike Collins

Mike Collins — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 03:38:44 +0000

With all due respect, Pete, you have people who have lived and worked in Squirrel Hill for a decade or more, and who never go downtown.

factoid of the week, by the way, Pittsburgh has the second and third largest urban areas in PA (Philly has the first).