April 27, 2011
BBNPhoto/Heidi Dahms Foster
Gary and Sharla Mortimer are in the process of revitalizing the former Young’s Farm. They will put sweet corn and pumpkins into production this year.
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When "Farmer Buzz" Fournier fired up the vintage John Deere tractors at the former Young's Farm this past Friday afternoon, it signaled a rebirth of the Dewey-Humboldt land that has been vacant for nearly five years.Gary and Sharla Mortimer, owners of Mortimer Nursery and Landscape Center in Prescott and Ash Creek Ranch in Dewey, recently secured a long-term lease on the property, and with astonishing speed, have cleaned up and prepared the neglected fields for planting this spring under the name Mortimer Family Farms.