Farm Works. Hickory Nut Gap Farm celebrates our resident artist Jessica Lynn, with an exhibition of her recent works inspired by the mountains of Western North Carolina and life on the farm. Opening Reception (all invited) at the Farm Store on Friday, September 3rd from 5-8pm. The show “Farm Works” which include 11 pieces done with oils on plywood will be on exhibition through the end of October.

Most farmers plant their corn in May with fresh sweet corn just around the corner and field corn rising above the average six foot man’s head at this point in the season. Our corn is just going in today as we hope that the ever lingering thunder and lightening may actually produce a drop or two of water to swell our seed into germination. Getting our corn in the ground in late June helps keep it nice and green as our maze goers find their way through the corn maze this fall. If all goes well the plan is green corn stalks until mid October just before the first frost.
We’ve opened up some new ground over in the Arrowhead Pasture which will extend the maze to be a little bigger than last year and get the ground ready for future crops. For now we are focusing on getting the corn and pumpkin seeds in the ground before the end of the week so we can all enjoy each others company this fall over a crisp apple and a carving pumpkin in tow.

We’ve been printing the same farm t-shirt for over four years now. There must be at least 2000 of them out there in the world with a critical mass in Asheville for sure. Sport your Hickory Nut Gap Farm t-shirt at Asheville City Market or the North Asheville Tailgate Market this weekend July 3rd and receive a free pack of ground beef. You never know when an extra neighbor may show up at your Fourth of July cookout! If you don’t have one yet….come on by the farm store, we’ll still give you a free pack of ground beef.

Over 250 visitors came by the farm on Sunday to see horses plowing, participate in cooking lessons, play in the shade of the creek, eat locally grown blackberry ice cream, ride on a pony, watch a blacksmithing demonstration and much much more. Many thanks to Park Ridge Hospital who provided chili, cornbread and hospitality for the event. Thinking this should be an annual event?

The Lords Acre, Fairviews Garden for the Hungry, hosts a Square Dance May 29^th , 5:00 – 10:30 (Rain Date: Sunday, May 30^th ) at Hickory Nut Gap Farm &The Historic Sherrill’s Inn in Fairview.

Silent Auction
Gourmet Dinner for Twelve at Sherrill’s Inn, Chartered Race-Cruiser Sailboat ride, Luxury House rental at Ocracoke Island, Dinners at local restaurants,Fly Fishing trips, Paddling trips, Hike with Gourmet Lunch,Horseback riding lessons and much more 

Potluck Bring a dish to share Refreshments provided.Pony Rides,Kid’s Games, House tours of the historic inn
Suggested Donation $10 an individual, $20 per family.

Before tractors everyone plowed their fields with horses a skill passed down through generations. This is your chance to experience history in action. See first hand  teams of horses plowing as we prepare our field for planting the corn maze and pumpkins. There will be sack races, egg toss, and other old- timey (as Cyrus would say) games for kids. As well as our famous in house face painter Jessica, see if you can stump her! Best of all admission is FREE and the food- ALL LOCAL (no 45 min wait this time) will be sponsored and offered by Park Ridge Hospital. Honor your father by bringing him home a grill pack free hand wrought steak turner while supplies last with each grill pack purchase! Y’all come.

Looking for a perfect, shady by the creek, mellow kind of place for your favorite youngins next birthday celebration. Try out our party shed complete with picnic tables and a roof, just completed, just in time. Cost is $50 to rent the space for your private party, parking directly nearby, and for another $50 you can “rent” our ponies for rides for all the kids-led and guided-of course. Let us know weekends are filling up fast!

1. Test the soil ph. Add lots of organic matter.
2. Be the inagural farm for the Crop Mob West. Over 20 “mobbers” showed up in an overcast post rainy day to donate their time and tools to help get 500 blueberries of seven different varieties in the ground. Shew, that was a weeks worth of work done in four hours.
3. Feed them well, steak dinner at the Big House, and get them warm and dry afterwards.
4. Receive the news that there just isn’t enough organic matter although we thought there was and that the plants aren’t going to do well without more. Stand up tall, swallow it, get up the courage to tell your employees we have to do it again.
5. Motivate your sullen employees that yes it’s true we have to replant 500 blueberries but its going to be worth it!
6. Add more mulch, till it in, plant blueberries, muclh the rows.
7. We did it! Cheers to blueberry cobblers and many happy u-pickers in the years to come. An investment in happy pickers and crossing our fingers bountiful harvests.
Thanks to all who made this daunting task possible. We love you all.