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We are not Amish nor have we ever been Amish or Mennonite in any way.
Anytime you go onto a website and look around and find a few things you like, you end up making sure you can trust the website owners. We want to assure the reader of our love and dedication to our websites as the owners and writers of this website. We also star in our own videos from the actual locations around the Ethridge area Amish community. We have expertise in the lives of the Amish people as we know many of them personally. This friendly context and background gives the website visitor our authenticity as people who would easily be called out as liers if they tried to fake their experience. We only type true and legitimate words here so that the visitor can have trust in us to tell them true and trustworthy sentences and if we don't know something, we write it in as something we don't yet know.
amish of ethridge tn group of boys getting hay
The Amish of Ethridge website is under the umbrella of The Progeny Adventure Group LLC who owns and distributes the content shown in this website. Mike and Josh are the main controlling members of The Progeny Adventure Group LLC and want to show the areas Amish people in a way that would attract visitors to come see them and have fun in Lawrence county and the surrounding area. This should make since being the "progeny" means kids and "adventure" and "group" mean the website companies under the umbrella all have adventure with kids as a central theme!
About our team
Mike Pilkinton
About the author - Michael Pilkinton
Mike is the main owner with a majority share in the company and all of the websites under the Progeny Adventure Group LLC . When his wife Tara had a 1 pound 13 ounce baby daughter Alana that spent 89 days in the NICU, he knew that parenting was a huge task and one not to be taken lightly. His passion turned into questions that led him to find answers from his 24 years of working in engineering to be applied to parenting with a purpose!
Josh Brown
About the author - Josh Brown
Josh is the only son of an Army special forces father who was on a mission to keep Josh in line. He had to miss several fun things with his friends to mow grass or paint for others. He was a janitor who decided he needed to be teaching rather than mopping the floor. So he went to Trevecca University and received a masters in business science. Josh's father died before seeing him walk the stage or see his son David being born and this makes him want to be a great father.
Growing up in Ethridge
So how do we know anything about the Amish in Ethridge? Mike grew up on 109 High Avenue across the street from his grandparents Henry and Louise Pilkinton and nextdoor from his uncle Donald that everyone called "Hopsing". Across from him was his great grandmother Lillian Wright who was a Dickson before she married. Mike would walk with his grandpa Henry to the Amish on Indiana Avenue and toward South Brace where the majority of Amish lived. They were friends with the Amish and Mike grew up around them. Josh would grow up in Lawrenceburg but befriended people in school who lived in the Amish community as English people. The Amish boys would also hang out with them so Josh got to know them as he grew up and out of school.
Henry and Louise Pilkinton Home.
High Avenue was beside a store and the Farmer Co-Op feed store . The Amish buggies would bring a constant clopping of horse hooves on the road that would make us look out to see them.
Mike's dad who was also called Mike but had a different middle name to avoid the senior and junior titles was a feisty youth who would play tricks on the Amish people. Along with his brother Hopsing, they had a race car and would drag race at what is now the Ethridge Motorsports Park just down from where they lived. They have many stories to tell about Ethridge and the mischief they got into. In a way this website was easy to write and explain since the places and features are just like it was years ago. Time doesn't move things along here and the most common response we get from visitors is "It seems like I went back in Time" when they visitors tell us of their journey.
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I did have some fans of my page tell me there were plenty of plants still available at 40 Long Road, 3490 Buffalo Road, and 99 Oaks road. These are almost within sight of each other and Mary at 99 Oaks road has herbs as well! She also has quilts and a lot of canned foods I don't find at other stands. For any wanting the best way to vacation here, then see my courses page - https://progenyadventuregroup.com/the-progeny-shop/ where I personally teach you about the Amish people and how to plan your vacation with the best information! #amishmennonitetn
I started this page to help the non Amish people visit the Amish community in the best way possible. I created a few courses and premium guides to help people further plan their vacations here in the best way. I also created a road trip course as many of you have expressed a need in this area. See my page here https://progenyadventuregroup.com/the-progeny-shop/ where you can see my list and choose the premium guide that could help you the best. I myself personally recorded each video in these lessons so it is is me who wrote this post who is asking you to look into these courses. I know they can help so please look into them and share this post with others who may need some assistance!
The Plowboy Produce Auction says it may have tomatoes coming to todays auction at 11am with bidding at 1pm. These greenhouse grown tomatoes are pretty good as they are fresh and may be found at their greenhouses. Be sure to go bid or look at their stands as I always say "To Amish is to hunt" and you never know what you may find. Friday and Saturday are the best two days in my opinion to visit as the Amish like to have a few really good days before Sunday worship. If you do get a deal on something then go by our local English owned restaurants and celebrate with a good meal. I will show a few in the gallery below. Bring a few kids with you on your Amish Adventure so they can learn a few things. In my courses I have a lot of lessons on how to use the visit to teach kids and have many print out materials you can use to teach them and keep them engaged during the car rides between homes. We can't sit back and hope someone else will teach them about a good home and farm lifestyle and work ethic so seeing the interchange of how the Amish people function is educational for kids to see. #amishmennonitetn
The wagon tours are going well and a good way to get introduced to the Amish community. The tours are first come first serve from the side of the Amish Welcome Center and can be requested at the Amish Country General Store on the corner of Brewer and South Brace Road. Be sure to bring cash money to spend at the Amish stands and a canvas bag to put your things in. The Amish wagon tour drivers will tell you what is expected and you can go out into the community anywhere you want. Do not dress like you're going to the pool, smoke and dip spit on their things, and try not to cuss like a sailor around the Amish people and you'll do fine. You would be amazed on what some of the Amish people tell me about the English nowadays. Get on the wagon and let them take you around the front section of the community to introduce you to the Amish people. #amishmennonitetn
To my course takers. Thrive Themes is who I use for my tech stack and they had an issue yesterday as you can see in the photo below ⬇️. If you had a problem logging in, it should be resolved now. Unfortunately I had a new person to buy my course yesterday and he was stuck in the middle of the update problem but I manually set him up so he can get in. Everything is ok now so you shouldn’t have any problems getting back in. Hopefully my courses will help you plan a trip of a lifetime here! If you are interested in my courses then see this page and click on the button to see the dedicated page! - https://progenyadventuregroup.com/the-progeny-shop/
Strawberries are the main question I get nowadays. Get out early and see where they are. 14 Long road, Old Military Road, Three Oaks Road is my places I usually find them but many have said that 17 Morgan Drive have some coming up. You may see signs by the road but look towards their stand as the photos below show in the top two photos. Strawberries are quickly bought up so be sure to ask the Amish people you see where to get them or when to come back as they will generally hold some for you. Some of them will not as some people are dishonest and never return to get their gallon. You may also see greenhouse grown tomatoes. They are starting to take shape and the Plowboy Auction is saying they may have some at Fridays auction. Green onions and other winter greens may be out at some stands. Look for the greenhouses and you may find a good selection of things as many will have wood heaters that keep the soil temps up and the warm sun can grow plants that are genetically made for cooler climates. #amishmennonitetn
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