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Welcome to the beginning stages of the Sawmill Hollow website. We will be adding more information as time allows. We’re busy harvesting right now – once we’re done expect a lot more information.
Welcome to the beginning stages of the Sawmill Hollow website. We will be adding more information as time allows. We’re busy harvesting right now – once we’re done expect a lot more information.
The place is BEAUTIFUL and the people who run it are fabulous! Take some time and come to the Festival on September 5th and 6th. You’ll be SO glad you did!
This place has to be seen to be beleived. This has to be Iowa’s best kept secret. God bless the Pittzs’ for making the decision to open it up to the public so everyone can enjoy Sawmill Hollow. Take the time to come up to the Festivil.
Sawmill Hollow Aronia Farm is a gem buried in the heart of the beautiful Loess Hills of Iowa. You feel as if you have gone back in time to the pioneer days. Nature abounds with all kinds of wildlife, pondlife and the peaceful orchard. Good old-fashioned fun goes hand-in-hand with fishing, fruit picking, hiking, exploring and more. You will have a memorable day for sure.
would like to know where a person could get some plants
My son in Iowa City sent us a news article about your organic choke cherry farm. I found it to be especially interesting because my
grandparents, William/Pearl Unmack farmed and lived in
Saw Mill Hollow until about 1949. I well remember sitting on a cream can in the back of their car as we slipped and slid our way down the
dirt road to go to town to do “tradin”. There were deep ravines on either side of the road and I was always glad when we reached
old hiway 75. Many memories of picking wild gooseberries there.
Thank you for the web site. I will keep watching.
darlene dix bowers atlantic,iowa
Dear Sawmillhollow, I read an article about you and your fabulous berries in the Des Moines Register (at a friend’s home) and I am hoping that your berries may be purchased frozen? Or are they all sold after your harvest? I would really like to try these and maybe some recipes that you have used. Thank you for any info.
Debbie Lyman
Hope you are all having fun today! (Nov. 29, 2008)
Ken,
The “opossum haw” is almost certainly the plant Viburnum lentago, also known as “nanny berry.” It looks a lot like Aronia, but is not related.
I am looking forward to seeing you all february 28th!! I can not wait!! I hope that it is ok if i bring my MOM.
Sincerely,
Kebra
(Logan, IA)
Read your article and wonder if you sell your plants. Live in central Florida and would love to plant some.
What a treasure you are sharing with others. Thank you for your wonderful hospitality.
I am excited about my new discovery. I want to visit!