Just wondering. My new neighbor Eli. Came down to get some copies of how to build a barn the other day. Brought me a loaf of homemade bread and a jar of apple butter jelly. any one deal with the Amish community. Grew up around them never new them though. He builds wood stoves.

Google it....lots of info/videos.

Yup.
House was built by them.
30 years and I'm STILL looking for the light switches....

Now that’s a good one!! Lol!!

Live near them and deal with them almost daily. Good people for the most part. Their skills for building are overrated though. I live in an Amish built house, I can testify. I would never buy another Amish built home, or treehouse for that matter.

The closest Amish to me are about 45 minutes. I wish I had some Amish close enough to hire some to work here. I know a fair number of Amish people and have not had any bad experiences with any of them. I buy a lot of birds, rabbits and produce from the Amish. In my experience, they have good values and work ethic.

Keith

Like everyone else, there’s good ones and bad ones. I live in Amish country and I’ve seen both sides.

I live amongst them lol. I deal with them quite a bit. Does your neighbor build cookstoves or just wood burners? I'm looking for a cookstove.

Yep Amish everywhere out these parts. Very agreeable people for the most part. Some smell like the south end of the horse in the middle of winter and some don't.

I'm surrounded by them. Don't have to worry about developments going up! Good people and neighbors!

We have some that run pole barn steel and ther was a dry goods and farm supply store. They closed the dry good store last time I was by there. The also run a puppy mill with small dogs. There is a small engine repair guy.

Last I talked to them its a relatively new group to out area and was about 10 families.

Now an hour and half west there is a large settlement. They have restaurants a multi ring auction house every Friday along with several business.

Like any group of people they have all kinds. I feel they are dishonest when they set up at the farmers markets and give the impression what they are selling was grown by the community. It's not it's purchased and resold. Nothing wrong with that that's 99% of retailers but to give the impression that is a home grown product without clarification does seem like lying by omission to me.

Sadly, wasn't meant to be funny.
A lot of stuff isn't where you would intuitively look for it.


Been around them all my life.
That said, some good, some bad, just like everyone else.

I will say that many won't think twice about pulling one over on us English.
And they almost always want something for nothing.
Or as close to nothing as they can get it.

Hmm, maybe I'm Amish???

Better watch what you say, they might be monitoring this thread!

I live near and know quite a few Amish. I’ve done business with many of them for decades. They are pretty good people and shrewd businessmen.

I’m glad they are in the area otherwise it would be one huge housing development around me. As it is it’s thousands and thousands of acres of farmland. That is due mostly to Amish and Mennonite farmers, the Dutch farmers sold out to land developers decades ago.

Also, I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve been turned down when asking permission to hunt or trap an Amish farm.

Nailed it.
I get a kick when they all go meet a tractor trailer full of out of season, out of state produce, off load onto.their wagons, then sell it at their stands.

One of the most successful doesn't really raise anything he sells.
He's honest about it though, IF you ask.

Makes sense to me. If people want to assume something why tell them differently?
There is an Amish buyer that comes to our fur auction every year. He buys a lot of fur and told me has a bunch of kids at home that put up all that fur so he has no labor cost in it.

LOL, I've had a few give me permission to hunt on land, THAT WASNT THEIRS.

Also, most are not shy about trespassing.
They hit a LOT of public land and push it hard.

Some here kill all their deer, log all their timber, sell the topsoil then sand and or gravel.
Then make furniture, pole barns, etc

Or move to Missouri/ Kentucky.

Like everyone else good and bad!

Oh, they DEFINITELY sell their brand well.

One I used to deal with a lot has a sign out on the road,
HAVE A HEALTHY, ORGANIC THANKSGIVING
( Now reads CHRISTMAS) FREE RANGE, HORMONE FREE TURKEYS.

On the front of his farm are 50-100 beautiful turkeys on lush pasture.

Out back, were thousands of filthy birds in a mud pit. His kids tossed dead and dying birds to the hogs.
Guess which one you're getting?

They started advertising in Spanish before I saw my first Mexican around here, lol.

Lived around them for 14 years when I lived in South Central PA. I do know as per a juvenile probation officer he had more Amish kids on probation percentage wise than any other segment of society.