Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Pat and I have been away for a few days, visiting family in Jacksonville, Florida… and then we spent about a week at Disney.  While we were away, very special visitors came to the farm.

Coming last Thursday the 15th, Andy Pasztor from Tilsonburg, Ontario, Canada visited with John and Brandon at the farm.   Accompanying Andy were his dad and uncle.  Andy is rather famous on X (or at least the farm-related part of the social media formerly known as “Twitter”).  He is a farmer in Ontario and he gained fame as a guy who likes his equipment to be spectacularly clean.  He came to be known on X as #Andyclean.  He eventually turned this notoriety into a business, marketing a line of special soap through many John Deere dealerships.  You can read about his story at his website.  The Pasztor guys came through SWIN on their way back home from an appearance at the National Farm Machinery Show  (NFMS) in Louisville, Kentucky.

Andy’s Dad Arpad, Brandon, Andy, and John… here in our farm office

John and Brandon gave the Canadians a tour of the farm, and then took them to lunch at Pub ‘n Grub in Vincennes.  They had a very enjoyable time together, and Andy has posted many kind remarks about his time here on X (scroll down to his posts for Feb 15) and on Instagram (account:  iamandyclean ).

The sad part for me was that I was not here to enjoy this visit.  But I am hopeful that one day I will meet this talented and pleasant farmer in person!