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WE’RE CLOSED!

We are CLOSED for the year! Persimmons have come and gone. We had Giant Fuyus and Chocolate Persimmons. If you missed out this year, make sure to pay attention next fall.

New Fields!

We’ve got even more fields of blueberries!

What’s Happening Right Now

We’re pruning back the blueberries to waist height. All of this season’s berry producing blackberry canes have been pruned out as well.

WILDLIFE SIGHTING

The Winter and Spring have been amazing. We’ve seen muskrats doing their dance in the lake. There have been beavers who have kept us as busy as them! The turtles have begun to lay their eggs as well so get ready to see them trekking through the fields. The Anoles are busy as well, eating bugs and making friends.

Raspberries

The new planting of Raspberries is coming in. 3 rows!

FARM STAFF

HOURS OF OPERATION

Season can go from early June to early August. Open Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from Hours to be announced SOON!.

DIRECTIONS

We are 8.5 miles west of the intersection of US 40 and NC 210 at exit 319. We are also 2 miles northeast of the intersection of NC 210 and NC 55 in Angier. More detail.

BERRIES FOR HEALTH

Berry Important Info

2022 WAS A BERRY GOOD YEAR! WILL 2023 BE BETTER?

 

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Hours of Operation

Season can go from early June to early August. Open Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 8 AM to 4 PM.

Directions

We are 8.5 miles west of the intersection of US 40 and NC 210 at exit 319. We are also 2 miles northeast of the intersection of NC 210 and NC 55 in Angier. More detail.

About Us

Dr. Young’s Pond Berry Farm has been selling pick-your-own berries since the late eighties. Originally we were quite the prickly endeavor. The berries were gigantic, but the thorns matched. It took patience, cunning, (or a reckless abandon) to pick in the old days. But no more! Over the years the Trustmans’ have found better and better thornless blackberries. And its not just blackberries. Few blueberries hold up to those that you’ll find on the farm. 

So who are the Trustmans, and why are they running Dr Young’s Pond Berry Farm? Also, why do they make their whole family work on the farm?

Well the story begins with a man named…you guessed it…Dr. Young. The pond (which is actually a lake) was once owned by Dr. Young, and was known for decades by the locals as his pond. The good doctor died a long time ago, however. 

An important note about Dr. Young… he never grew berries. The property itself is quite storied. It has acted as a trash receptacle for one owner. Another took advantage of the dozen natural springs to run some liquor stills in the dry county. The lake was home to countless baptisms as well as an alligator for a couple of years. And, on few occasions, a car has found its way over the railing and into the deep, dark waters.

In the late 1970’s Stan and Betty Trustman took out the trash, brought in the berries, and along with them, a unique experience to Angier! 

In the summers you’ll meet the whole family–three generations of them! Betty and Stan believe that  hard work is good for making you tired, and wants rowdy kids running roughshod all over the house? So off to the fields the kids go!

The other good thing about having kids working on a farm is that they learn no job is too small. Also, working on a farm teaches that no matter how gross it might be, if you want it done you better learn to do it!

Our Products

Blackberries, Blueberries, Raspberries, Japanese Persimmons,  Garden Vegetables, Blueberry Plants

Check out an article about us in Raleigh’s the News and Observer here.

Want to learn a little something about berries? Read “Blueberries—The World’s Healthiest Food” by William Faloon
and Berry in Black Makes Comeback by Frank Mangano,
and be sure to check out these little-known Ten Blackberry Facts.

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Directions

We are 8.5 miles west of the intersection of US 40 and NC 210 at exit 319. We are also 2 miles northeast of the intersection of NC 210 and NC 55 in Angier. More detail

Hours of Operation

Berry Season can go from early June to early August. Open Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 8 AM to 4 PM.

Blueberry Plant sales begin in the early spring and run until late fall.

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Contact

Dr. Young’s Pond Berry Farm
Betty and Stan Trustman
10865 NC 210 N
Angier, NC 27501
HARNETT County
Phone: 919-639-6360
email: bettytrustman@gmail.com

 

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