Mike Fink is a fifth generation of the Fink family to continue farming.  The family farm, Heidel Hollow Farm, Inc., is located along the southern slope of the Appalachian Mountains in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

Mike Fink started working with vegetables for 4-H projects at an early age. By the age of 18, he had over 25 acres of vegetables in production for wholesale and retail sales.

These 25 acres grew into what is today 300 acres of sweet corn, pumpkins, cabbage, zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, squash and strawberries.  The farm orchard also provides apples, plums, peaches and Asian pears.

In 2009, Mike and Melanie decided to expand the business at Heidel Hollow Farm and began producing bedding plants, hanging baskets and vegetable plants in 3 greenhouse structures at Heidel Hollow. Various types of annual flowers and bedding plants are grown for sale at Water Wheel Farm Market, and also in the farm store at Heidel Hollow.

Open Gate is October 16, 2011 from 1pm-5pm.The fourth and fifth generations of the Fink family invite you to Heidel Hollow Farm in Heidelberg Township. Energy to run the farm is from the new 200kw solar array. Farm products grown here could end up on your dinner table or be loaded on ocean vessels to feed horses and cows. Computerized big bale hay processing system will be demonstrated. Eight-hundred pound bales are reprocessed down into 40 or 80 pound bales. Mike Fink grows over 300 acres of vegetables—sweet corn, cabbage, zucchini and pumpkins for local stores. Mike will have vegetables, fruits and cider available for purchase. Take a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch to make your selection for Halloween. The children can do the hay maze, make a scarecrow, and test their knowledge with the Wheel of Ag. Lee Schleicher will have his observation bee hive and honey products available. The Rural Preservation Association will have a food court featuring locally-grown food and a bake sale.

Address: Heidel Hollow Farm, 7419 Saegersville Road, Slatington, PA 18080

Directions: Take Route 309 north to Pleasant Corners. Turn right on Bake Oven Road. Travel 1/2 mile to a “Y” and bear right on Saegersville Road. Follow Saegersville Road two miles through two stop signs. The farm is on the right.

Water Wheel will be closed on Wednesdays for the month of October.  

In 2011, we added a Solar Energy System at Heidel Hollow Farm to help with our energy needs here on the farm. These 896 Panels are mounted on 64 poles overlooking the farm. The system is expected to supply about 240 Megawatts of energy annually, which will either be used here on the farm or fed back into the power grid.

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