Brad, Brandon, Amy and Sarah Chapman relax as they eat homemade peach ice cream at Gregg Farms in Hollonville.
Peachy keen in Pike
Pike County peaches are weighing down the limbs at orchards across the county. Gregg Farms in Hollonville has provided Pike with peaches since about 1960 when Patsy and John Gregg planted their first trees. Visitors to Gregg Farms can pick their own peaches from the orchard by the bushel or can buy already picked peaches and enjoy some homemade peach ice cream.
“I really think it’s important for young people to visit farms these days,” she said. “We have people now who came as children. Now they’re bringing their own children and even their grandchildren because we’ve been in business for a long time.”
English Farms on Highway 18 outside of Zebulon offers several varieties of peach including the Harvester Peach, a free stone peach. The Englishes encourage Pike residents to go directly to the source for fresh fruits and allow visitors to pick their own peaches from the orchard or buy them already picked. “It’s more fun to come pick your own peaches than to go to Wal-Mart and buy them,” Robert English said.
For more on this story, see the 7.21.2010 print/e-edition of The Journal-Reporter.
English Farms on Highway 18 outside of Zebulon offers several varieties of peach including the Harvester Peach, a free stone peach. The Englishes encourage Pike residents to go directly to the source for fresh fruits and allow visitors to pick their own peaches from the orchard or buy them already picked. “It’s more fun to come pick your own peaches than to go to Wal-Mart and buy them,” Robert English said.
For more on this story, see the 7.21.2010 print/e-edition of The Journal-Reporter.
I might go for some today yummy to my tummy!