Watauga County Farmers' Market

Hinckley Family Farm has taken organic growing to another level. The farm has been certified organic by the North Carolina Crop Improvement Association. Customers can be sure that the vegetables and herbs they buy here are free of any chemical residues and additives.

Brad Hinckley supplies shoppers at Watauga County Farmers' Market with vegetable starts at planting time and later brings the produce from what has been planted at the farm. The harvest will be a little bit of everything, including squash, zucchini, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, collards, kohlrabi, Swiss chard, peppers and tomatoes. Brad will also sell organic broccoli and cabbage by the acre. If gardeners want to grow a crop that is not among the transplants that Brad offers, he will start anything for anybody at any time. The edible fare is rounded off with eggs from free range chickens that are antibiotic and hormone free.

Brad also has organic cutflowers for the table, including snapdragons in a rainbow of colors.

Visitors are welcome at Hinckley Family Farm. The farm is located in Vilas, North Carolina. Take Highway 421 west toward Mountain City past the Highway 321 split. Go 2 miles and turn left on to Walls Road. Take a right at the stop sign on to Joe Shoemaker Road. The driveway to Hinckley Family Farm is at the crest of the hill on the left. Look for the blue mailbox surrounded by welded metal flowers. The address is 1381 Joe Shoemaker Road, Vilas, NC 28692. You may also phone Brad at (828) 297-LILY (5459).