This year, thanks to God and the FDA, we are making and selling apple cider. Additionally, Guy's extensive hands-on farm experience enables him to pass along valuable firsthand information to callers and make value judgments about the accuracy and usefulness of information he counters from other sources. Named Summer's Garden, the farm offers an acre of a variety of cut flowers and vegetables. New this year is the farmstand, where already-picked items are available for sale. The farm opens each year around Memorial Day and closes at Halloween.
Customers usually live near the farm, in a growing section of Fayetteville.
The amount of business increased five-fold from the first year to the second. This encouraged Lane to increase her initial half-acre plot to a full acre. Location is key to her operation, since her farm is located on a busy highway. Just getting ready for the growing season involves a lot of work, like growing your own plugs and scheduling holiday events well ahead of time. It's encouraging to be able to use my training in horticulture to do something I love, and I'm hopeful I'll make money at it some day.