The J.A. "Abner" Simmons Farm

10/30/2020

New shipment of seeds today... Planting tomorrow with my new seeder

12/01/2017

Hey!

We still have Broccoli, Cabbage, Collards, Kale, Turnips and Sweet Potatoes :)

Visit us Coinjock Creek Farms

11/18/2017

Someone asked why I have the cover picture above.

For those who do not know, this is amule or horse powered molasses mill.

J.A. Abner Simmons grew sorghum cane - the raw product used to make molasses. I know this from several sources who grew up in the community of Maple.

He would have probably had a mill similar to this one from the early 1900's

"Uncle Ab" would harvest the cane, then use the mill to squeeze the juice out of the cane.

The cane sap, would be caught in buckets and taken to a cooking pan, where it would be heated over a wood fire, while gently stirred to avoid foaming

This cooking process is used to remove excess water and concentrate the natural sugars of the cane sorghum.

Once cooked. acquiring a dark smokey color, Abner had transformed the cane juice into Sorghum molasses.

He would bottle the Molasses selling it or traded it for other goods.

11/18/2017

We.Have.Frost - solid ice crystals all over the yard and collards.

Come get your Thanksgiving Collards and Sweet Potatoes!

*** Saturday Special - 5 heads for $5 ***

Save a dollar when you get your collards!

Our collards are the size of trash can lids.

5 of these heads will cook out to over 8 quarts!

Don't forget you can freeze them too.

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We also have "Grandma's Cornbread Mix" in a jar for $6.

Just add two eggs, buttermilk, shortening, a small round pan and a hot oven.

Guaranteed perfect cornbread!

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Our stand is currently located at: 180 Maple Road, Maple, NC 27956

Sunrise to Sunset Honor Stand - this is unattended, collards are cut and on the table. Get what you want and leave your $$$ in the big tool box!

REMEMBER: We also do a matching donation to the local food pantries for every collard sold.

You buy 10, we donate 10 and so on.

We're also donating sweet potatoes - we just split four bushels of smaller potatoes to be split between the Food Pantries.

This benefits Moyock, Pilmoor, St Katherine Drexel, and Lower Currituck Food Pantries.

Your purchase from a local working farm helps feed others in our community.

04/21/2017

The page header image is of an old sorghum mill - used to crush sorghum cane, whose juice is used to make molasses.

10/06/2015

Just received this email from The Farm Bureau Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge:

We will be video streaming the announcement of the Farm Bureau Challenge Top 10 teams taking place in Washington, DC.

The event will take place tomorrow (Wednesday, October 7) from 12:20 pm – 1 pm Eastern Standard Time.

I hope you can join us virtually for this cool event.

Here is the link to the live video stream: https://livestream.com/FarmBureau/Challenge

We will find out tomorrow if our entry made the to 10 out of 150 entries.

We have a chance of winning $10,000 if we are in the top 10, AND advancing to the final round if we are in the top 4.

Watch Farm Bureau's Top 10 Teams in Farm Bureau Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge on Livestream.com. Matt McKenna, senior USDA advisor, provides insight about the state of entrepreneurship in rural America followed by AFBF President Bob Stallman announcing the top 10 teams in the Farm Bureau Rural En…