We are open seasonally for pick-your-own blueberries, check our website to learn more about our blueberry season and farmers market schedule. Samuel and Margaret Wenger Johnson began farming at their Keezletown farm in 1978, naming it Hickory Hill Farm for the many hickory trees growing on the hillsides. While growing summer vegetables for wholesale and retail, we began planting peaches, grapes, a
nd blueberries. Along with raising crops, we also raised our 2 children, Bart and Hannah. They grew up working on the farm and selling at the Harrisonburg Farmers Market, which Samuel had helped to establish in 1979. Both children left home for ventures and further schooling but recently have settled nearby and remain involved in the growing and selling of our produce at market. We as a family continue to enjoy our connections with the land and our friends and customers. After we purchased the land and moved onto it in the fall of 1978, we made grapes the first crop planted on Hickory Hill Farm in the spring of 1979. These young vines were grown for us by Margaret's father, Chester Wenger, grown from cuttings from his own vineyard. Grapes are a family tradition in the Wenger family. Wenger, had large grape plantings at Chesapeake (Fentress), VA and at Afton mountain on the Blue Ridge near Waynesboro in the early 1900's. Wenger's children carried on the grape growing tradition including Chester Wenger in Lancaster County, PA and Paul Wenger and his son David in Augusta County, VA.
