See The Farm

Star Hollow Farm is nestled two valleys into the Allegheny Range of the Appalachian Mountains in southern Pennsylvania. We’re in what’s called the ridge and valley region of the state, a good two hours west of Lancaster, which is where most people think of when they think of farms in Pennsylvania (and no, we’re not Amish). In our valley, farms are cut out of the woods; one ridge to the south the farms are larger, flatter, and have better soil. Oh well, the land there sells for about three times what we paid. Our farm is bordered on three sides by Sideling Hill Creek. Our 15 acres of fertile bottom land are irrigated by the creek when it’s dry and flooded by it when it overflows — something that has been happening all too frequently lately — we got nailed by Hurricane Irene and lost all our crops in those lower fields. The creek eventually joins the Susquehanna River and empties into the Chesapeake at Havre de Grace, Maryland.

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The closest towns that anyone has heard of are Chambersburg or Gettysburg, each an hour or so southeast of us. Hagerstown, MD is a little over an hour south of us.  Being in the middle of the state, we’re closer to DC and Baltimore than Philly or Pittsburgh. It’s about a 3 hour drive from here down to DC on Saturday morning.

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High tunnel (an unheated greenhouse).

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