In 1908 Jacob Scheeringa brought his wife and ten children to America from Holland, and settled in the Northwest Indiana area. One of those ten kids, William or "Farmer Bill", farmed and peddled his produce in the Whiting and East Chicago area using only his horse and buggy. In 1928 Bill married Gertrude Kuiper, (who was herself an immigrant from Holland), and they eventually had ten children of their own.

In 1940, the family moved into a farmhouse on Cline Avenue in Highland, Indiana (the present day farm house) where he continued to farm and peddle until 1967. That year, with the help of his son Don and daughter Loretta, they opened "The Farm Stand" basically consisting of only a trailer full of produce for sale in front of the farmhouse. Farmer Bill died in 1987.

Today, the farm is run by Don Scheeringa, his wife Barbara, and his three daughters Jeannine, Jennifer and Janille. The Farm Stand has since been moved from the front yard, and has flourished into a larger stand, and several large greenhouses where we grow all of our hanging basket and bedding plants.

 

 

 

 

The Old Days....
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- In Front of Farm House - 1947

Loretta Scheeringa Klar - 1951-

The First Farm Stand - 1967 -

- The First Farmers' Market

 

 

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