Ron and Linda Sheldon

One place that I visited was a husband and wife that grew produce. Ron and Linda Sheldon live in McKee, Kentucky which is about 40 minutes away from Berea, accompanied by many curvy roads. They recently moved from Connecticut to McKee, so this was their first year farming in Kentucky, and, selling at a farmers market. They also grew back in Connecticut, but only the stuff that was in their own garden. Linda told me that this year was a little bit of a struggle for them. They had a time figuring out what to grow, what not to grow, what they grew too much of, and some things that they don’t grow enough of. It was hard because the gardens in Connecticut are planted at different times than Kentucky, due to the different weather. They found out that they planted their crops later than they should have. Also, the things that were popular in Connecticut, people don’t really care for here in Kentucky. This year was a learning year for next year. They did, however, have a lot of luck growing their potatoes and their winter squash. They grew a lot of winter squash, maybe “too many of those”, but were successful with selling them also. At the end of it all, we got so caught up in talking, I completely forgot to pay Linda for my tomatoes. They were really good and tasty tomatoes.