What is Spinella Farm?

Welcome to the Spinella Farm blog spot. I will be using this space to update and talk about my activities on my farm here in Waterford Works, New Jersey. First, a little history.
Spinella Farm was started by my great grandfather Ciro Spinella and his wife Concetta in 1911. They moved from North Jersey to be closer to Concetta's family, the Lombardos, who were living in the area (and still do) at the time. Great grandpop Ciro was a big man and did a lot of work. Family legend says he cleared most of the 22 acres with a mule and a box of dynamite.
My grandfather, Samuel, followed by buying the farm from his father in the 1940s. Grandpop farmed just about everything in his lifetime. His biggest endeavor was his chicken business for which he built chicken houses and raised at one point 10,000 chickens for his egg business. He delivered mostly to his Italian customers in South Philadelphia. In the summer, Grandpop also grew tomatoes for sauce (or gravy if you prefer) and we picked wagonfuls of them until the 1980s when Grandpop passed away.
In the late 1990s, my father bought the land around the farm house from my grandmother's estate. It was 13.7 acres and that is what we farm today.
Although I have been around farming all my life, I don't think a day, month or year goes past without my having learned something. It is a beautiful thing to see your food grown daily and know what it takes in the scheme of life for it to happen.
Today, my father and I raise vegetables for two tailgate markets and a CSA. I am teacher as my main source of income but in my heart I will always be a farmer. The pride that I take is not only growing the food but watching people buy it and enjoy it especially when they comment that they have never tasted anything as good before!
I will be using this blog to share with my readers my experiences on the farm, with the CSA and with my customers. As a teacher I am always look to educate someone. Hopefully, my readers will find my writing both educational and enjoyable.
In the meantime please feel free to keep up with the goings on at Spinella Farm by going to my Facebook page at www.facebook.com/EdCuneo or on my Twitter account at @_cuneo or on You Tube where we will be posting video and pictures from time to time.