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Ken Folks Farm

Ken Folks Farm is a small family farm operated by Ken and Vernice Black. We use resources on the farm to produce maple syrup, jams, jellies and breads.

Everything is very small batch, hand-produced and labor intensive. But the results are delicious!

08/12/2026

We are going to miss this week's market. Even though we are "retired" we've been too busy the last few days to restock our products. But we'll be back next week with your favorite jams, jellies and quick breads, along with some new fall flavors. We've gotten requests for apple butter and for sugar free blackberry jam, so we'll try to have those. We also plan to have Vernice's famous persimmon bread, made with our own maple syrup and a bit of Four Roses bourbon. You'll want to stop by for a sample. Let us know if there is anything else you want and we'll do our best to have it for you. Have a great week!

P.S. Here's a picture of one small branch on our persimmon tree. It's absolutely loaded with fruit. Obviously these won't be ripe until fall, so we'll be using persimmon puree that we froze last year.

P.S.S. If anyone nearby will have pawpaw fruit for sale, let us know. Our trees aren't bearing yet and we would love to see what we can do with pawpaws.

08/06/2026

It's almost time for the next Old Pioneer Farmer's Market. The market may be a little different this week. It's the start of the US 127 world's longest yard sale. Some of our regular vendors will be set up on the sale. It's also the elementary school's open house for the start of the school year. That could affect some of our vendors and shoppers. But... We will be at the market with our usual supply of jams, jellies and breads. This week we will have two of your favorites - blueberry bread and lemon bread. We hope to see you Thursday from 4 to 7 pm in the library parking lot at the corner of US 42 and 4th Street in Warsaw.

08/01/2026

Here's an update on the little log cabin. As you can see, it's fully reassembled. The roof is on and a new front porch has been added. The ceilings and gable ends are beautiful, reminding you of a cathedral. The new lumber is all from a local lumber mill. The logs are nearly two hundred years old. It's amazing that, while these cabins were built using primitive hand tools, they were so skillfully done that they are still functional two centuries later.

The next phase will be the chimney and fireplace. Then will come the porch floor, windows and door. Last will be the chinking between the logs. There's a lot to do before winter, but we couldn't be happier with how it is turning out. Current plans are to set it up as a little farm/antique store next spring. We'll see what happens!

07/29/2026

We are busy getting ready for tomorrow's Old Pioneer Farmer's Market. We try to use fresh local ingredients whenever possible, so this week you'll see an emphasis on peaches. We'll have a new batch of our bourbon peach jam. Vernice has been experimenting in the kitchen and this week's result is peach almond jelly. And don't be surprised to see peaches showing up in some of her freshly baked quick breads. Of course, we'll have a lot of your other favorites too, including strawberry rhubarb jam, blackberry jam, blueberry bread and chocolate zucchini bread. Sadly we are sold out of our maple syrup for the year. But we do have just a few of our sample packs left, with small bottles of maple syrup, shagbark hickory syrup and Crigger Farm honey. We hope to see you Thursday from 4-7 in the library parking lot at the corner of US 42 and 4th Street in Warsaw.

07/27/2026

Last week we took a short trip to Amish Country in Holmes County Ohio. While there we stocked up on canning jars and baking supplies that we will need for the second half of the farmer's market season. We first visited Holmes County over 40 years ago and since we retired we try to visit at least three or four times a year. In all those visits we've learned a lot about the traditions and beliefs of the Amish, but this trip we learned something new. If you've spent any time among the Amish you've heard them speak to each other in Pennsylvania Dutch. What we didn't know until this trip is that Pennsylvania Dutch is an oral language only. Amish children grow up speaking Pennsylvania Dutch, but learn to read and write in English and German! At a local thrift store we purchased this New Testament, written both in Pennsylvania Dutch and English. When it was published in 1993 it was the first time that Amish people had seen their own language in written form. It even came with a booklet explaining how to read Pennsylvania Dutch. We haven't learned to read it, but we've included a familiar passage that hopefully you will recognize.

07/20/2026

We have decided to take this week off from the market as we replenish our supply of home made jams and jellies. It's always a difficult decision to skip the market because we know that folks count on us being there. But we need a short break as we gather supplies and make more goodies for the second half of the season. Everything we make is homemade in small batches. No factory mass production here! In the meantime we know you will support all of the other local vendors who work so hard to bring great products to the market. Have a great week and we'll see you in a few days.

07/17/2026

Yesterday's Old Pioneer Farmer's Market was REALLY hot, with "feels like" temps in the low 100's, maybe hotter on that black asphalt parking lot. The crowd was smaller than usual. Still, we had our best sales day of the year. We just wanted to take a minute to say "thank you" to our loyal customers who come to see us week after week. Today we were set up next to a first time vendor. Near the end of the day he said "You have a very loyal following. I'm impressed." And it's true. Your kind words about how much you enjoy our products are what keep us coming back. While we are sold out of our maple syrup for the year, we'll continue making the best jams, jellies and quick breads we can for as long as you want them. Thanks again! Ken and Vernice.

07/15/2026

The end is near! We are quickly running out of many of our seasonal items. Our wild ramp seasoning salt is sold out. We only have one small jar of dandelion jelly, four jars of red bud jelly, and four jars of mulberry jelly. When these are gone we can't make more until next spring. But the saddest news is that we are almost out of maple syrup! We have two of the 8 oz jars ($15 each) and five of the fancy maple leaf jars ($20 each). We still have a few of the 2 oz and 4 oz jars, and we still have a few of the syrup sample boxes with maple syrup, shagbark hickory syrup and Crigger honey ($15 per box). When the syrup is gone we can't make more until next winter.

The good news is that we will continue to make delicious homemade jams, jellies and quick breads using fresh seasonal ingredients. We'll have a little more bourbon peach jam and strawberry rhubarb jam this week. We still have apple cinnamon, a jar or two of blackberry jam, and a jar or two of the Christmas jam. Before you know it, grapes and apples will be in season. And our persimmon tree is loaded again this year. We'll be using all of these and more.

Vernice is baking three varieties of her quick breads this week - blueberry, apple zucchini and lemon. It's going to be warm, but don't let that stop you from getting the good stuff before it's all gone!

07/13/2026

If you've followed this page for a while, you may remember that last winter we bought a little log cabin at auction from the back yard of a house in Williamstown. That was in January and there were several inches of snow on the ground. After the snow cleared, we took lots of pictures, drew diagrams of how the logs were stacked, and tagged each log for reassembly. We hired local craftsmen Emory Yoder and Matthew Alexander to dismantle the cabin and move it to our farm. Then we hired Roman Troyer to install the foundation. Late last week, Emory and Matthew started rebuilding the cabin. Unfortunately, four months of rain and sun had erased many of our tags, giving us essentially a large very heavy puzzle. But since each log is unique and we had plenty of pictures, the guys were able to figure it out without too much trouble. Here is where it stands after three days of work. It will probably take another day to finish the roof and then they'll build a small front porch. After that Roman will be back out to build the fireplace and chimney. The final step will be to install the chinking between the logs. If all goes as planned, by next spring we'll be able to open this neat little cabin as a farm market stand.

07/08/2026

It's market time! After taking a short break last week due to the extreme heat, the Old Pioneer Farmer's Market in Warsaw will be open Thursday from 4-7 pm in the library parking lot at the corner of US 42 and 4th Street. We'll have our usual product line of maple syrup, shagbark hickory syrup, jams and jellies and fresh baked quick breads. Peaches are in season, so this week we've added peach jam and bourbon peach jam. Some of our early season items are nearly sold out. We have less than two dozen bottles of maple syrup left. We have one jar of dandelion jelly and just a few jars of mulberry jelly. When these are gone we can't make more until next year, so don't delay if you want any of these. This week Vernice is baking pineapple zucchini bread, chocolate zucchini bread and blueberry bread. We hope to see you at the market.

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800 Sayersville Road
Warsaw, KY
41095

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