Happy new year! During these long cold winter months you can find the Ingram family doing a handful of things. Taking things a little bit slower in the mornings, feeding lots of animals since they don’t have their typical grass this time of year…
Mrs. Rhonda might be found in the kitchen doing some canning and Mr Dean taking care of the goats and cows and fixing fences. At this time the mothers should be done having their babies and we will now have at least a hundred…
March As things start to warm up around the farm and the sun gets brighter we start to see life coming back into things. Some grass slowly starts to turn greener, and the strawberry plants begin to wake up from their long winter’s nap.…
April means spring has sprung. The spring cleaning that is completed in a home is very similar to that of a farm; it just involves a lot more dirt. To make sure that the farm is ready for visitors we work section by section…
May: Our favorite month of the year! Honoring mothers and the sweetest strawberries around. The Ingram family pulls together every May to make sure all the boxes are checked. Some days we pick strawberries, some mornings we are baking cobblers, some afternoons we mow,…
As the strawberries continue day in and day out, we allow strawberry pickers and their families onto the farm to pick until there is no more, or sometimes we say “until the fat lady sings.” These strawberries tend to be smaller, but sweeter and…
July This is when the heat turns up and the variety increases. As everyone gears up for the beach and summer cookouts they quickly stop by the county store to get their fresh goodies before they head out to enjoy themselves. You can find…
August All of June and July’ vegetables are still filling the tables in the country store as we open up mid-day for locals to come, visit and shop. Now that it’s so hot we think it’s a good time to mention the sweet treats…
September It’s officially grape season, dean has been watering and mowing the fields all summer long to ensure that there will be sweet grapes on the vine ready for picking. This is the second major crop that we allow people to come out to…
October is the perfect time to think full blown fall on the farm! We are talking pumpkins for picking, pumpkins for eating, pumpkins for chunking. October is the last month the farm is open for the season but it can be the second busiest…
November Grab your seat, because the family finally sits down to take a breath and cool down after a grateful season. You may occasionally find us at the Piedmont triad farmers market or open at the farm on Saturdays with our greens, eggs and…
December Not much to say but Merry Christmas. With the big season recently coming to an end, this is the time we enjoy the things we love and bask in the gratitude of good food (from freezing and canning all summer) and for a…