Rich and Edie Landis inherited the family farm with barn and farmhouse at 4 Little Beaver
Road, Strasburg from Rich’s parents in the 1990s. Their first project was to clean out the farmhouse and update this late 18th Century 2-story log house so it could be used as a Bed & Breakfast for visitors to Lancaster County. The Homeplace at Trailcrest Farm opened in October of 2003 and closed 13 years later when Rich and Edie’s oldest son and his wife moved into the farmhouse to raise their growing family. Soon after this move, it was decided that the old, worn out 18th century barn needed to come down before it fell down. But what should be done with all that beautiful old wood? The family’s friendship with David Abel took care of that question when he sent a crew to take down the barn to use in his Star Barn project in Elizabethtown PA! Today, Rich and Edie’s children and their spouses have expanded their herd of Black Angus cattle to share its goodness with more than their family. Click the tabs below to meet their children and grandchildren and enjoy some lovely
farming views.