Olde Carthage Farm

08/28/2026

08/27/2026

08/25/2026

Certified organic muscadine grapes tomorrow at Olde Carthage Farm. Some of you grew up eating muscadine grapes and know exactly what a sweet treat muscadine grapes are. For many of us however, muscadines are a new experience. When you bite into a muscadine if you are expecting something similar to the Thompson Seedless green grape that frequents the shelves of your local grocery store with its thin skin and tame flavor you are in for a surprise. Muscadines are a grape built to handle the heat and humidity of our area. The skins of muscadine grapes are thick but delicious and packed with antioxidants. The meat or pulp of the muscadine is thicker and full of juicy goodness. The seeds of a ripe muscadine are easily separated from the pulp especially with a tongue that has been educated in the art of seed removal. Over the next few days we would like to share a few videos with you that describe the individual varieties of muscadines we have on the farm.
We open tomorrow at 8:30 AM and close around 2:00. See you in the field.

08/19/2026

We need to give the grapes a few days to catch up and ripen a bit after Saturday’s and Today’s picking. We are going to close the remainder of this week and reopen next Tuesday morning (8/25) at 8:30 AM. Maybe we can even get a little rain while we wait. I think it might help with the ripening. Thanks for your patience. We’ll see you in the field next week.

08/15/2026

Muscadine Grape season starts tomorrow 8/15. We will open at 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM Tuesday through Saturday. We also have pick-your-own flowers still available.

07/26/2026

Rain kind of ruined our end of season plans with wet weather on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week. Don’t get me wrong we were very happy to see the rain but we’ve also had a lot of folks hoping to pick blueberries one last day this season.
In response to customer requests… We will be open tomorrow Monday July 27th from 8:00AM until 2PM. Come pick blueberries 🫐 one last time in 2026. See you in the field.

07/21/2026

Officially the last week of the 2026 blueberry season. We will open this week from eight until 2 PM. We hope to make it through Saturday if the berries hang on for us. The weather forecast looks extremely wet and active this week but we will be open as long as it’s not raining. The farm will have pick your own flowers and blueberries. Sorry no pre-picked orders this week.

07/16/2026

The 2026 blueberry season is winding down. We will only offer pick-your-own blueberries for the remainder of the season. We will be open from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm through Saturday July 18th. We got an early start this year and it looks like it will be an early close. Come enjoy the last few days of the season.
See you in the field.

07/13/2026

RAIN! Getting some much needed rain at the farm this morning. If you’ve been to the farm lately you know the irrigation pond could use a little boost. We are fortunate to have enough water to keep things going in spite of the drought conditions and excited to see a little precipitation in the forecast.
We will be closed today, Monday July 13th while we enjoy the wet weather. We will be open tomorrow, Tuesday July 14th, through Saturday July 18th. We are open from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The 2026 blueberry season will likely wrap up in the next two weeks. Tuesday morning’s forecast offers a rare opportunity - July blueberry picking in the 70’s!
We will have pre-picked and pick-your-own blueberries this week along with pick-your-own flowers. The gladiolus are in their last week but the Zinnias and Celosias are coming on strong. See you in the field.

07/07/2026

We are open this week Tuesday through Saturday (July 7th - 11th) from 8:00 until 2:00 pm. We have certified organic blueberries and flowers. Our Zinnias are now ready to pick. If you would like to order a bucket of pre-picked blueberries please call Harvey at (919) 353-0179 or you can pick your own.
See you in the field.