Produce Farms near Ellerbe, NC

Ellerbe

Mabe's Strawberries grows strawberries off Mabe Lane near Ellerbe in Richmond County, in the North Carolina Sandhills. The spring crop usually comes in from April through early June, sold pick-your-own or pre-picked at the field. Weather sets the exact opening each year, so it pays to check before driving out.

Ellerbe

Ellerbe

Berry Patch is a pick-your-own produce farm on Cargo Road in Ellerbe, in the Richmond County Sandhills of south-central North Carolina. Growers work the sandy soil that defines this stretch, planting strawberries and summer vegetables. Hours track the harvest, so the picking window moves year to year.

Ellerbe

Wilson's Strawberries grows berries near Ellerbe, in Richmond County in North Carolina's Sandhills. The region's light, sandy soil suits strawberries, which usually ripen from April into early June. The farm sells fresh berries in season. Call ahead to check picking conditions, since a hard rain or a hot spell can shift the harvest by days.

Robbins

Sherri's Berries and Bushes grows berries and plants on Flint Hill Church Road in Robbins, Moore County. Small berry farms here open in late spring and summer as strawberries and then blueberries ripen. Call ahead for picking conditions and what's ready that week.

Carthage

Lakeview

Pick-your-own strawberries on Airport Road in Lakeview, in the Moore County Sandhills between Southern Pines and Carthage. Spring is the whole season here: most Sandhills growers open the fields in April and pick into June, selling both ready-picked flats and by-the-pound U-pick. A hard frost or a hot week can shift the picking window, so call ahead once the season starts.

Carthage

Pick-your-own strawberries, sweet corn, and a broad vegetable list — beans, cabbage, potatoes, squash, and tomatoes — from a barn stand on Bryant Road in Carthage, the Moore County seat. The mix means a long picking season, from spring strawberries through summer corn and fall vegetables. Sandhills soil and sun make this good produce ground. No phone or site is posted, so stop by during season to see what's on the tables.

Cameron

Norwood

Cameron

Pilson Strawberry Farm is a fourth-generation family operation near Cameron that sells strawberries, vegetables, eggs, and sourdough bread. Beyond the strawberry season, it offers CSA shares with weekly harvests and on-farm pickup, plus online ordering for retail and wholesale. The farm is a member of the North Carolina Strawberry Association. It sits on Cranes Creek Road in the Sandhills.

Cameron

Blueberries of Cameron grows pesticide-free blueberries for pick-your-own along US Highway 1 in Moore County. The field is usually open several weekdays plus Saturday mornings from 7am to noon during the season, which runs roughly mid-May through July in the North Carolina Sandhills. Call ahead to confirm the field is open before driving out.