handmade https://www.thebatavian.com/ en https://www.thebatavian.com/themes/barrio_batavian/images/thebatavian_logo.png handmade https://www.thebatavian.com/ Local Matters © 2008-2023 The Batavian. All Rights Reserved. Tue, 30 Apr 2024 06:57:23 -0400 https://www.thebatavian.com/themes/barrio_batavian/images/thebatavian_logo.png Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:41:00 -0400 Dale and Mary Jacobs of Darien weave and grow locally https://www.thebatavian.com/blogs/howard-owens/dale-and-mary-jacobs-darien-weave-and-grow-locally/8640

Today, Billie and I drove around Genesee County a bit just to look around.  After lunch at the Darien Cafe, we spotted a roadside fruit stand, and upon looking more closely, Billie saw a woman in the barn just behind it sitting and weaving, so we stopped.

Dale and Mary Jacobs sell their handcrafted blankets, towels, shoestrings and place mats from their barn -- all the items are handmade from locally grown material.

They also sell vegetables from their garden -- everything organically grown.

"I was a weaver already and Dale was a gardener, so when we retired, we just expanded on what we already did," Mary said.

Dale, is, in fact, a master gardener through the Cornell Extension.

They've had their business about 10 years.

Crooked Creek Farm is located at 1438 Broadway Road in Darien Center.

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https://www.thebatavian.com/blogs/howard-owens/dale-and-mary-jacobs-darien-weave-and-grow-locally/8640#comments https://www.thebatavian.com/blogs/howard-owens/dale-and-mary-jacobs-darien-weave-and-grow-locally/8640 Aug 15, 2009, 8:41pm handmade Dale and Mary Jacobs of Darien weave and grow locally Howard Owens <p></p> <p>Today, Billie and I drove around Genesee County a bit just to look around.&nbsp; After lunch at the Darien Cafe, we spotted a roadside fruit stand, and upon looking more closely, Billie saw a woman in the barn just behind it sitting and weaving, so we stopped.</p> <p>Dale and Mary</p>