Nestled on the outskirts of the Uwharrie Mountains in Southern Davidson County, Seven Sisters Farm stewards 25 acres with a prime view. Little did the Fine Family know of the challenges the terrain and rocky soil of the Uwharrie Region would produce when it came to fulfilling their dream of running a small vegetable farm. Utilizing intensive growing techniques, protected culture and strategic landscape and water management, they have turned 6 acres into a highly productive year-round, market-style farm. Growing over 50 varieties of produce and serving regional farmer’s markets, an on-farm stand, and small local retailers and restaurants.
Our hands are in every management aspect of the farm, and Michael Fine has built and designed 100% of our infrastructure and landscape himself, often with salvaged materials. We are always experimenting with growing techniques, plant varieties, and marketing strategies to serve our customers as efficiently as possible. Permanent bed production, composting, increasing perennial crops, cover cropping, high tunnels and time intensive weed management techniques have improved the soil structure, fertility and growing conditions on our farm to help us continue to move away from pesticide and synthetic fertilizer usage. These techniques contribute to our overarching goal as a farm entity to “continue to improve our farmland while providing products viable to the well-being of our community."
We love food. We love growing food, talking to our customers how they use our food in their kitchen, and how they can grow their own! We believe locally grown food is a building block of community security and health, and often host educational tour groups with schools, homesteading groups, or aspiring small-farmers, usually over-loading them with the information 10 years or trail-by-error farming has provided us. Michael has also been offering consulting and building and design services to those looking to improve their small farm business, infrastructure or homestead landscape.
Farming is a family affair for us. It is how we spend time with our children, teach them that your livelihood can enrich your life, and what work and dedication can produce; both monetarily and intrinsically. They are our right hands and you will often see them when you visit the farm-stand, either working alongside us or just being curious kids!
If you are wondering where to find us when we are not farming, we don’t get out much. So it is probably on the back half of our property checking on the pasture we are working on building-up to raise more animals, or watching the kids swim in the pond we are hoping one day to be able to share through on-farm events and farm-stays.
Thank you for supporting local agricultural families. We hope to meet you soon!
Sunday:
In-depth guided tours at 2:30pm, 4:00pm, and 5:00pm.
Discussing farm history and development, layout choices, products, growing methods and tips, infrastructure decisions, and future plans. Discussion on challenges with our property, and how our processes and products have changed to conserve and improve our farmland, and serve our markets.
Strawberries (if still in season)
Pick-Your-Own Flowers and Bouquet Building
Pick-Your-Own Sampler Bags
Build-Your-Own Planters
PRODUCTS:
Cut Flowers
Seasonal
Produce
Eggs
Nursery Plants
Farm Merchandise
Children’s Activities:
Bubbles
Chalk
Scavenger Hunt
Coloring Pages
