PNC Farms

09/06/2025

It's Chicken swap day. Get all your farm needs within walking distance.

09/06/2025

Elderberry is a plant native to North America that has received a lot of attention lately from people who claim health benefits from drinking its berry juice.

American elderberries have been growing wild across the South for centuries, as they are naturally adapted to our climate and soils. They thrive in full sun, love consistent moisture, and grow best in our rich, loamy soils without needing much fuss.

Elderberries are deciduous shrubs that typically grow between 6 and 12 feet tall, spreading by both seeds and root suckers. Each spring, new canes emerge from the base of the plant. The canes grow quickly, leafing out with opposite, compound leaves that give the plant a soft, feathery look.

Elderberries flower on new growth, and the clusters of blooms appear in late spring to early summer. They form in large, flat-topped clusters that can measure 6 to 10 inches across. Their delicate beauty and fragrance can easily stop you in your tracks.

After flowering, clusters of small green berries appear, and these slowly swell and ripen over several weeks. By mid-to-late summer, those clusters transform into heavy, drooping bunches of deep purple to nearly black berries.

Once harvested, the canes that produced fruit gradually die back over the year so that new canes can take their place and produce the next season’s crop. This cycle of renewal is what makes elderberries such a productive and sustainable shrub.

Elderberries are versatile in the kitchen, but the berries must be cooked before eating.

Raw elderberries, along with the leaves and stems, contain small amounts of naturally occurring compounds that can cause nausea or stomach upset if consumed. Cooking breaks down these compounds, making the berries safe and delicious to enjoy.

08/30/2025

Four rows planted. Green Glaze collards, Flash collards, Curly Mustard, and Charmant Cabbage.

08/30/2025

Two rows of collards down. Drip irrigation system is working!!!

08/27/2025

Get your local pastured meat for Labor Day!!!
Right here in Bishopville SC .

08/26/2025

Lee County Chicken Swap will now held on the farm the first Saturday of the month! Join us September 6th for the first swap! In the field between the warehouse and Pig Creek! If you remember the Farm Frolics it will be held in the same spot.

This fall when we reopen the farm for fall crops we will have the pick to order produce and meat available during that time as well!

08/26/2025

Phase 1 of the Scotts Lane farm upgrade has officially started. Our new well is drilled!!!

08/24/2025

The piglets from this year are looking great!

08/17/2025

Jackson was put to work this week cutting pasture… we took a pit stop for a bottle on the go…

Yes the AC was wide open.

08/15/2025

We are trying something new this fall. So of course that means you have to have everything installed at the end of summer. Hopefully less w**d pressure will be worth it.

08/13/2025