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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.
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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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The Amish Country Store might not be owned by the Amish but has good quality foods you can find inside their store. They have a freezer section with local meats from Able Acres and a few other meats. Their deli meats and cheeses are a true delight. They also give free samples of their deli meats so you can try a few of them. They also have grains with a mill and many other things. Get Bend Soap and other goods here. I like to get a charcuterie tray stocked up and a sandwich before going into the Amish community. See their page here for hours, address, and days - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577949503460 - during your next Amish Adventure.
Here is a page like ours for the Chilton County Alabama Amish in Clanton. The Swartzentruber Amish are moving in slowly and setting up their stands. For those coming from mid Alabama can find a few things by watching this page below. Like and Follow them! - https://www.facebook.com/share/1M2bnythou/?mibextid=wwXIfr
I need to hear from you! A lady told me that her Amish friends say that they don't have as many visitors and that the sales are way down. I have no idea how to find this out but I will start asking more Amish people I know. So have you been going to the Amish more or less from last year? To be honest I have two CSA's that bring me produce to my home so I haven't been going near as much as I did. Do you also find that the prices are more or less than the box grocery stores we all know? I want to find this information to see what is going on as there are so many recalled produce right now and the Amish grow a lot of it without the large farm mechanisms that lead to the deceases we hear about in the news. #amishmennonitetn
This Friday and Saturday is the Crossroads of Dixie Antique Tractor and Engine Show at Rotary Park. You may see and increase in traffic in the community as many will visit the Amish before the event. This would be a great event to pair with your Amish adventure or have kids who would like to see an event after the Amish visit. See their page here - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064742434419 - so you can see what is involved.
I get asked about Amish meats a lot. The Amish here do not have electricity for refrigeration so we rely on the English to carry the meats. The area around Amish country has plenty of nice meat markets to choose from. Tag your favorite meat supplier in the comment section. I believe having good meats to with the Amish produce makes for the best meals! Do you agree? Tell us in the comment section below ⬇️ #amishmennonitetn
Do they still have corn, beets, tomatoes, can all be answered by going into the community and seeing what they have. I can save you a trip by showing you the Plowboy Produce Auction page here - https://www.facebook.com/plowboyproduceauction as their market reports are a great way to see the available produce and the going rate. The participating Amish bring their produce here so you could find the produce at a home as the harvest times are similar in other gardens. The auction also have tables that can be purchased without bids or you can get a free number to bid along with the crowd in hopes of winning some produce. They are open Monday-Wednesday-Friday at 11am with bidding at 1pm so go by and see how it works. Then go by the Amish homes to see what you can find! #amishmennonitetn
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