2017 - Dutch Country General Store

5th Anniversary & Fall Festival

The weather is startin' to change which can only mean one thing -- fall is upon us! And that also means we are celebrating our 5 year anniversary of owning Dutch Country General Store. My wife, Erica, and I bought this place believing that we could help our family (and yours!) by providing great products and that old-fashioned kind of service we don't see much anymore. It's been a long journey -- and we still have a ways to go -- but we always enjoy seeing you all at the store, talking to you on the telephone, or even emailing through our website. (The website part isn't that old fashioned...we know.) To celebrate the arrival of fall and our 5th anniversary we are offering 25% off everything in our online store for the entire month of October! (Except our Amish Made Poly Furniture -- you'll have to call me and try to talk me into that!) But, hey, they say it's never too early to start your Christmas shopping so get a start on it now! The kids will love finding some Melissa & Doug toys under the tree this December. It's all 25% off when you use the code '5YRS' at checkout. Of course, we've also got our best selling Amish jar goods, bulk items, old-fashioned candy, and more so take a look. We appreciate your support and we look forward to serving you for another 5 years and beyond. Many blessings to you!

October 5, 2017

By Levi Good, proprietor of Dutch Country General StoreBlog25% off, Fall Festival0 Comments

Over the Post #2

Howdy! This summer must have wings because it’s just flyin’ right by! Here we are in August and we’ve sold a ton of peaches, sweet corn, and poly furniture and we’ve given away a lot of watermelons in the store. Nothing says summer like that combo, right? I also got a wild hair one day and picked up an order of kayaks. Now, I’m no mermaid (or merman, would it be?), but I’m definitely sure that you can picture me floating on the open water in a bright blue kayak. It’s gotta be something I try sometime. Maybe by Labor Day I’ll do that... Now speaking of Labor Day, it’s coming right up, and I do plan to relax a little with my family. Hopefully you get time to do that, too. Time goes by way too fast, and you’ve got to enjoy yourself a little. I see my little girls growing up and I don’t want to miss a moment of that. I’ll sit down with my sweet tea on my favorite poly chair - made by our Amish craftsmen right here in southern Iowa - and tell them some tales of days gone by. I’ve got a lot of stories, including how I used to sneak into the fair every summer… but I better keep my mouth shut on that before my mother sees this! See y’all soon at the store or online!

August 14, 2017

By Levi Good, proprietor of Dutch Country General StoreBlogKayak, Poly Chair, Summer0 Comments

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Howdy!

Man, what a week. Yep, ever since the weather started warming up we have been busy trying to keep up with our outdoor furniture website (amishmadepoly.com). We sell Amish made poly Adirondack chairs all over the country! I thought I had finally figured out a way to speed up our production by buying my guys some cordless DeWalt tools and an inverter for them to charge their batteries and man it was slick! Well, until they got caught anyway. Turns out the Amish Bishop didn't appreciate my English engine (or however you spell it). He prefers the Yankee screwdriver over DeWalt, now that's kind of hard for me to take coming from Virginia and all, but don't worry we'll get it figured out. You just sit there and drink your glass of sweet tea and I'll keep selling chairs. Sweet tea really is the best but of course I'm a teatotaler so I might be a little biased! Peach Tea is a close second right up there with a Coke.

Speaking of peaches, I heard the peaches are going to be scarce this year: both of the Carolinas got froze out (I almost said ‘plum’ froze out I don't want to confuse you). About one half of Georgia got froze out, too, but we will still be getting some in. They are saying that the quality is just as good as always but they will be smaller and a lot fewer. We will be only able to get them for 5 weeks and come the middle of July we will be plumb out of Georgia peaches :) That being said, we’ve decided to make June Dutch Country Peach Month! Now I know what you are saying “Levi, August is National Peach Month!”. Well, smarty pants, yes it is but with the frost and all we’re going to go ahead and celebrate early while we have peaches in the store. Now, since I can’t ship these all the way to timbuktu I’m going to do something special on the website. All our peach related items are 50% off! We’ve got Peach Gummi Rings, Peach Jam, Rhubarb Peach Jam, Peach Salsa, Vanilla Peach Halves, No Sugar Peach Jam, and 2 jar sizes of Peach Halves (16oz and 32oz). Hopefully things will be peachy for you and yeah, if you're looking for a set of DeWalt tools I may have a set for sale...still working on that.