About Us

My Finnish great grandfather's home sits high atop the Hatches Corners Ridge. In 1850, the old farmhouse was originally built by the Tinkers. The Tinkers were metal workers whose claim to fame was their super strong steel and the first roadside filial mower. Through the years, the farmhouse became a stagecoach stop along the Penn-Ohio turnpike. All before 20th century, the farm had been a church, store, bar, and home to the Hatch family, of which the name Hatches Corners Road came from.   

The old grain farm eventually became a dairy farm when my great grandfather, Isaac Aho, purchased it shortly after the turn of the century. My great Uncle Bill continued the dairy farm tradition. I have fond memories as a child spending my summers playing in the hay barn, planting vegetable gardens, catching crawfish in the creek and taking long sauna baths. My Great Uncle Bill and his neighbor Eddie were the first to teach me how to drive a tractor and a car when I was nine years old. The farm continued to be productive through the eighties, then laid vacant until I found myself back on the farm in 1996. I grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland and became a weekend farm warrior, like my mother, her brother and her parents had throughout their lives. I graduated from OSU in psychology and philosophy. Worked in an advertising firm for a number of years only to find myself back on the farm cutting the fields. Struggling to find a way to live on the farm, I started a certified organic fruit, nut, and vegetable farm. I quickly realized that Mother Nature loved to grow tomatoes and grapes.