Welcome to the Amish of Ethridge Tennessee

Plowboy Produce Auction

Open April through October on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday starting at 11 am with bidding at 1 pm sharp. Call (931) 829-1114 or email plowboyproduce@yahoo.com

For everyone who wants to see a lot of Amish produce in one place, then Plowboy Produce Auction is the place to be! There is also locally grown non-Amish produce here, so you get the best of both farmers. The Amish have signs on the road telling you what they have, but sometimes they have things that are not on the sign. At Plowboy Produce Auction, they bring what they have for you to the same place. You don't need to track down the Amish people to see if they have what you are looking for. The Produce Auction is still an auction, so you have to go to their office and get your number to bid. This number identifies you as the winner of the produce when the auctioneer says the produce is sold to you, the buyer. Bidding is easy, and the auctioneer is not difficult to follow. Upon winning your produce, you can pay for it at the same office window you got your number. The auctioneer helpers will turn in the winning numbers to the office that indicates your win! Kids also love to hear the auctioneers talk, so bring them with you!

The auction report sets the value of the produce statewide and estimates the cost of each vegetable and fruit you can buy from a commercial produce stand. The auction amounts start with the bottom allowable price from the market report and rise as people bid the price up. If you are lucky enough to bid on individual produce with a lot of quantity, you might get a real bargain over the same produce from a standard grocery store that imports its produce from other countries. There is also a table of "first come, first serve" baskets of various vegetables and fruits you can buy right then at the Produce Auction. The amount of produce is often confusing to a non-auction bidder used to grocery store offerings. We will try to demystify the terms and amounts in the table below.

Common Auction Terms And Amounts 

The types of Amish gardening and seed propagation 

The Amish in Ethridge usually have two gardens. One for themselves and the bigger garden to sell produce to customers. The yard around the Amish homes is considered land that can grow vegetables, so you may see gardens grown right up to the front and back doors. The Amish have no use for play areas when work can be done. The home usually has many children who have daily chores to water and tend to the garden. When the harvesting begins, they will help pick and clean the vegetables for canning for winter. This is why they have so much additional produce at their stands by their homes. The money they get will buy more rings and jars for canning season and other items. Some of the Amish vegetables will be used for seed saving for future use. Many Amish families own greenhouses, so they start seedlings faster and get transplants in the ground quicker than the seed would grow on their own. Having the Amish come to Plowboy Produce Auction is a great way to see the best that they have to offer under one roof. 

The seasons of Amish fruits and vegetables in Tennessee

The Amish people's produce is not offered year-round like a grocery store that imports items from other countries. Their produce is grown within their season of growing. We will give you a reasonable estimation of when you can expect the produce you want to be ready for harvest. Remember that greenhouses can produce vegetables and fruits ahead of the growing season. You can find produce at Plowboys Produce Auction ahead of schedule, so call, email, or message them to see what is coming to the auction.