Yockey Farms Greenhouse

      this is going to be the official name of  the new greenhouse. it is a family operation managed by myself and owned by the family. i will be selling landscape supplies as well as plants to what extent is still being determined . but will plan on trying to sell vegetable and flower starter plants in early spring. would like most of business to be in potted trees as well as shrubs and perennials. i also plan to sell used hand tools and assortment of new hand tools. 

       plan on having landscaped plots  in a walk through garden demonstrating the use of landscaping with materials yockey farms has to offer. 

       and you must be asking why yockey farms? this is in honor of my grandpa and grandma as well as their parents who represent the third and fourth generation farmers who represent our family and it was my grandpa who in 1942 moved my grandma and my mom and aunt fran to this farm. at the time there was no electric or well or much of anything except an old log cabin with a whole in the ground where the furnace sat in water.  a well was dug and an addition was added to the cabin and after world war 2 , when wire for rural electrification was released electricity flowed into the farm this was around  1946. this is how the story was told to me by mom and dates are approximate. 

       grandpa worked at herculese during the war as well as grandma did to. a regular rosie the riveter but really all she did was move material at that time. they both continued to work and eventually were able to pay off the farm and grandpa had a chance to build a barn which was recently removed as it was in poor condition. grandpa and grandma continued to work on this farm improving it  till they had a chance to buy our other farm in 1955 from u.s. corps of engineers as part of a land sell off. they continued to hold this farm and eventually passed it on to my mom and dad. and it has been in our immediate family since then.

       since dad has passed as well as my grandpa and grandma , mom is the sole owner of both properties. 

      after discussion we decided to honor our grandparents and revive the yockey name . i will have more information on it as it becomes available as to what we will have and when we will  be open officially.

an owl i carved at algonquin needs painted