Category Archives: Buggy Lane

Mahlon Miller, our resident Amish blogger, wrote out this e mail newsletter to his Crystal Valley Organics customers a week or so ago. Now that he’s busy teaching school AND overseeing his organic produce and meats business, we can barely … Read More »

The Sustainable Living Expo is coming up this weekend, and it’s going to be a big deal! A big portion of the event is renewable energy. But we also have sustainable food, sustainable crafts, sustainable healthcare (burn treatment), and others. … Read More »

Mahlon Miller, our in-resident Amish writer extraordinaire, can weave a story like a spider can weave a web: with perfection! Grab a tall, cool glass of lemonade or fresh iced tea, kick back for five minutes, and be entertained by … Read More »

The View from the Buggy Lane is written by Mahlon Miller. Mahlon has lived all of his 30 years in the Amish community around Shipshewana. His family (wife Marietta and three daughters) and work (Crystal Valley Organics and teaching school, … Read More »

Spring has officially come to the Crystal Valley once more! It’s still very early spring maybe, but it’s spring nonetheless. The red-winged blackbirds remind me of the rooster that thought the sun came up because of his crowing. They seem … Read More »

“Would you be interested in guest blogging for Shipshewana?” Melissa Troyer asked me earlier this winter. We had met several years ago when she was doing the marketing for a farmers’ market where we were selling our grass-fed meats and … Read More »