You'll find us at the Liberty, NC Farmers Market (423 W. Swannanoa Ave.) most Saturday mornings from ca. 8:30 to 11:30 am. OR contact us at ancientspringfarm@protonmail.com or 336-639-4314 to order products and set up a pick-up day and time. (Please, no drop-bys without prior scheduling.) See below for more information about what's available each month.
A review from happy customer Harriet O: "I give her produce 5 stars!"
October: Salad greens, cherry tomatoes, poblano and jalapeno peppers, cooking herbs, cut flowers, loofah sponges, house plants, decorated grapevine wreaths, local honey, Flying Dragon Citrus marmalade, and more.
We decorate our homegrown muscadine vine wreaths with ribbons and all kinds of natural materials from the farm including dried flowers, herbs, seed pods, and feathers. We take custom orders! Contact us to make a request.
It's the time of year for making one of Ancient Spring Farm's unique offerings: Flying Dragon Citrus marmalade!
Four years ago, we discovered flying dragon citrus growing on the farm. Also called trifoliate orange and bitter orange, it's the hardiest kind of citrus and was brought to the U.S. as root stock for other citrus. While the latter died out, the former remained and grows wild in many areas. The golf ball-sized fruit is uniquely fuzzy and tastes citrus-y but also different from any other citrus. Each small fruit contains at least 15 seeds and the skin is extremely sticky when cut so processing the fruit for marmalade is quite a chore (and leaves a lasting impression on all equipment!).
The resulting product is an English-style marmalade that's more on the bitter side than the sweet side, with a rich, spiced flavor due to the unique fruit and its slight caramelization during cooking. $6 for a half-pint jar and $12 for a pint jar.
November: Salad greens, beets, tea blends, herb sachets, decorative greenery, loofah sponges, house plants, decorated grapevine wreaths, local honey, Flying Dragon Citrus marmalade, and more.
Fainting Goats
As adorable as they are, we can't keep all of the fainting goats (myotonic goats) that are born here. We ideally want you to purchase them as pets, companions for other animals, and herd starters, although they're also excellent meat goats. We have just two bucklings still available. One boy with excellent muscling (Dino) remains intact and is ready to breed now. The other boy (Fabaceous) is wethered and would make a great pet. The bucklings' parents are 100% myotonic goats listed on the Myotonic Goat Registry, Dino is being listed, and Fabaceous is eligible for listing. Contact us at ancientspringfarm@protonmail.com or 336-639-4314 for more information about goats!
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Males:
Dino (son of Aon); very friendly and great muscling, intact $250
Fabaceous (son of Fabulocity); good size, wethered $200
