THE DALLAS POST Sunday, September 8. 2013 ELIZABETH BAUMEISTER Ibaumeister@theabingtonjournal.com Bursts of color fill the small shop inside a barn at Darling and Sons Farms and Greenhouses, Dallas, where the Darling Family sells almost every vegetable that will grow in local soil. Green husks of corn, bright red toma- toes, white, yellow and purple onions, yellow, green and red peppers, green and yellow string beans and a variety of flow- ers and plants from the greenhouse are just a sampling of the products one may find there. As customers enter the store, Joe Darling, 46, greets them with a smile from his place behind the counter or among the tidy tables of produce. Outside, rows of crops line the fields, green mountains towering in the dis- tance. Darling said this scenery is one thing he appreciates most about location across from the Dallas High School on Hildebrandt Road. “The area is beautiful,” he said. “Especially the mountains.” The greatest benefit of the location, he MEET JOE DARLING Hobbies/Interests: Gardening, basketball. Favorite vegetable: Corn. Dream vacation: Italy. Favorite sports team: Penguins. The Dallas shop is open year-round, with flowers available in the spring for Mother’s Day and Easter, fresh veg- etables during the summer, pumpkins, gourds and Indian corn in the fall season and handmade wreathes and Christmas trees during the winter holiday season. JUNTAIN BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: DARLING AND SONS FARMS AND GREENHOUSES Darling Farms is a staple in the Back Mountain Joe Darling said business then slows down in January and February, when the joe Darling stands outside the small produce store on his family’s farm in Dallas. family begins preparations for spring. A day in the life of a Darling farmer is Darling said, “and it chang- never the same as the last. es from there every day.” “We usually start our day at 7:00,” Sometimes he’ll rotate picking whatever crops mm are ready on a particu- : lar day, sometimes he’ll work to maintain the greenhouses. He said the best aspects of farming of farming, no matter what the tasks of the day, are being outdoors all the time and eating the fresh vegetables from the land. “That’s the biggest plus,” he said. added, is the people. “They are nice,” he Elizabeth Baumeister ots | The Dallas Post said, “and there’s loyalty here.” Darling and his brother, Norman Jr., who is 10 years older than he, grew up on the farm. He said the property was purchased by the Darlings in 1931, but “The Next Best Place To Home” BACK MOUNTAIN DAY CARE « Infants - School Age Ciao TEE Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks i. 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