Better Be Ellerbe Peaches

Better Be Ellerbe Peaches Two extension agents find out first hand the challenge and rewards of raising peaches. We love 'em, we're having fun; we just hope we don't go broke.

Nothing is better than a tree-ripened peach. In order to get the ripest peach, a customer needs to find fruit grown within a hundred mile radius of his home. We have worked with Sandhills peach farmers for nearly twenty years. These growers are a dedicated, but aging, breed. When one frustrated farmer decided to lease his orchard, we tried to find other growers to tend the fifteen acre orchard. So

me were tempted, but finally said no. Finally, against better judgment, we decided to join them. Wish us luck!

Kristen did the bulk of our selling at the State Farmers's Market in Raleigh this year! Thanks, Kristen! But for you, th...
08/06/2014

Kristen did the bulk of our selling at the State Farmers's Market in Raleigh this year! Thanks, Kristen! But for you, this wouldn't have succeeded!

We picked our first 'Winblos' today. Freestones are here!
06/29/2014

We picked our first 'Winblos' today. Freestones are here!

06/27/2014

Wholesaling 'Clayton' peaches, and plums, at the State Farmers' Market in Raleigh. Larry Carter has been at the market more than 50 years.

Freestones are coming! We will begin picking 'Winblos' and 'Normans' this week. These usher in the best peaches of the s...
06/23/2014

Freestones are coming! We will begin picking 'Winblos' and 'Normans' this week. These usher in the best peaches of the season.

Want to visit a Sandhills Peach Farm? Come see our neighbors - Ken and Rhonda Chappell: http://www.ncpeachgrowers.com/s...
06/22/2014

Want to visit a Sandhills Peach Farm? Come see our neighbors - Ken and Rhonda Chappell: http://www.ncpeachgrowers.com/secrets/farmers/chappell.html..and Danny Bynum:
http://www.ncpeachgrowers.com/secrets/farmers/bynum.html

Meet Your FarmerKen ChappellMoore CountyKen Chappell is a fourth-generation farmer. Ken's great-grandfather began growing peaches in the very early 1900s when there was a booming market for North Carolina peaches in the Northeast. After the boom was over, Ken's grandfather picked up the family busin…

Did you know: Peaches may help reduce the risk of breast cancer? See this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gkA6CHUsX...
06/22/2014

Did you know: Peaches may help reduce the risk of breast cancer? See this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gkA6CHUsXM

COLLEGE STATION -- Lab tests at Texas A&M AgriLife Research have shown that treatments with peach extract inhibit breast cancer metastasis in mice. AgriLife ...

Jessica picking plums this morning, for markets at Chapel Hill Farmers' Market, Cary, and Raleigh tomorrow!
06/20/2014

Jessica picking plums this morning, for markets at Chapel Hill Farmers' Market, Cary, and Raleigh tomorrow!

An enthusiastic young peach customer at our stand Saturday!
06/16/2014

An enthusiastic young peach customer at our stand Saturday!

Wholesaling peaches with Larry Carter, at North Carolina State Farmers Market in Raleigh.
06/12/2014

Wholesaling peaches with Larry Carter, at North Carolina State Farmers Market in Raleigh.

A good day picking with Barnaby, Cristo, Fidel, and Fernando.
06/12/2014

A good day picking with Barnaby, Cristo, Fidel, and Fernando.

Plums and nectarines are coming in now...
06/12/2014

Plums and nectarines are coming in now...

Farm Labor is sometimes hard to come by. I have been picking and hauling peaches all week.
06/12/2014

Farm Labor is sometimes hard to come by. I have been picking and hauling peaches all week.

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Ellerbe, NC
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