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There is an Amish farmer in Etheridge, TN who grows Hickory Cain. He goes out and picks it while you wait. Talk about fresh! Sells it by the dozen ears and throws in several extra for good measure. Don't remember which road he lives on but you can drive around and he has a sigh posted on the highway where you turn to go to his farm. If you have never been to Etheridge, you are in for a treat. I got beautiful tomatoes last summer for fifty cents a pound!
Actually he has a "sign" posted, not a sigh. I need to correct my spelling before the "Spelling Nazi" gets on my case. And it is Hickory Cane, not Hickory Cain. But, no matter how you spell it, it is excellent field corn. If my recall is correct, you can find his farm by going into Etheridge on Hwy 43, turn west off Hwy 43 and wind your way over to Buffalo Road. His sign will be posted on one of the roads going west off of Buffalo Road. There is also a farm on Buffalo Road that grows acres of cabbage. Good for making kraut. They cut it fresh while you wait. I have seen restaurant owners from the Shoals up there buying cabbage.
On our way back, from a trip to Daytona, through Columbus, GA ran across a roadside stand that had Silver King corn ( I hadn't heard of this before).

After asking he brought out a box full of Silver Queen, great looking ears, corn and I got it for $4.00 a dozen. Too bad it's about thirty minutes south of Columbus, GA.
The general area is take 43 North out of the Killen area and go through Leoma past Story and Lee, then Lawrenceburg and when you get to Etherige and start seeing the Amish stuff you can turn left or right off of 43 and start finding thier homes with the little signs out by the road of what they have to sell. I could spend all day driving around and looking for goodies.
The Amish sell everyday except Sundays. I want to say their corn last year was around $2.50-$2.75 a dozen but my memory could be wrong but I know it was less than $3.00 a dozen. Girlzzz...is correct in the directions. We always find more by turning left off of 43 then by turning right. You will see a big store after passing Ricks BBQ that says Amish Country Store. After you pass this store there are two buildings that sell Amish items. The road in between the two buildings will take you out to the Amish homes that have things for sell. When you turn down this road you will come to a stop sign turn right and just follow that road and just keep going...there will be signs telling you what they have for sell. You will never see nicer folks but do take cash as someone said they don't have a debit card machine. Wink I hope all of this makes sense. If not you can stop at Ricks BBQ and they can give you directions that is always our bathroom stop before going off of the highway. Big Grin
OK, I'm back. Wonderful trip to and through Amish Country! Brought home sweet corn, new potatoes, squash, small salad cucumbers, tomatoes, chow chow and pickled okra. The corn was $2.50 a dozen. Don't remember what the lady called the corn but when I got home and peeled back the husk, it is peaches and cream. Green beans are starting to come in. There was an abundance of sweet onions and cabbage besides what I bought. Well worth the trip. Can't wait for peas to come in....
Glad you found what you needed/wanted. When my mom came back last Friday she had much of the same as you plus a homemade pecan pie and homemade fried/baked pies. The pecan pie was to die for! I think the price on it was $5.00 but as delicious as it was I would have paid $10. LOL My mom goes so often she knows most of them by name now. There is one lady that I go to every year that has a neat little building built out by the side of the road where she sells her jams/jellies. She has the best blackberry jam. She was so amazed one summer when I called my sister on my cell phone in Florida to ask her what kind of jelly she wanted. She said you mean you called her all the way in Florida about MY jelly? My sister has to go visit her now every time she comes in and buy jelly.
When I first started going some 15 to 20 years ago, all the roads were dirt and everyone sold from their front porch. Now just about all of the roads are paved (or at least have a layer of black top) and most of the farmers have built little houses (booths with 3 1/2 sides) in their front yards and sell from those. Most booths are managed by teen-age daughters. Very sweet girls. I noticed most gardens were being picked by the women and the younger children were using wagons with high sides to bring produce to the booth. Saw many young men plowing and hoeing the gardens and fields. I love to observe their lifestyle.
Yes, oldgreymare, it is a simple life to observe. Once you start going on a regular basis and they get to know you you learn a lot about them. There are several families that we buy from every season and love to keep up with what has happened with them through the winter. The child that died last summer was one of the families that we have bought produce from every summer and that my mom bought our porch furniture from several summers ago. When she had a baby a few summers ago my mom and her aunt were invited in just a few hours after it was born to see the baby and it was already dressed in it's little dress and bonnet. Wink

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