CONSUMER SERVICES
Halifax
PURYEAR FARMS
Patsy Harris
3199 Huell Matthews Hwy., South Boston, VA 24592
434.575.7307 or 572.3679; FAX: 434.572.2153
E-mail: puryearfarms@hotmail.com
Directions: Highway 501 south, 2 miles south of the intersection of Highway 58 and 501 in South Boston.
Hours: Summer – 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m., Monday-Saturday; 1-6 p.m., Sunday. Fall – 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday-Saturday; 1-5 p.m., Sunday. January-March – 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Call for weekends.
Special Comments: Voted 2006 Best Pick-Your-Own Operation in the State of Virginia by Virginia Electric Cooperative Reader’s Choice Awards.
Products: Pick-your-own and fresh-picked strawberries, sweet corn, tomatoes, squash, green beans, cantaloupe, watermelon, greens, various vegetables, and cut flowers picked fresh daily in season. Preserves, pickles and an outstanding peach salsa are available by the jar or in gift baskets. In spring, vegetable seed and plants; pumpkins and mums in fall. Hand-stitched aprons, gifts and handcrafted stained glass. We have U-pick strawberries, vegetables and flowers available in season – call for availability.
REESE FARMS, INC.
Rosemary Reese
8125 James D. Hagood Highway, Scottsburg, VA 24589
434.454.6808; FAX: 434.454.6849
E-mail: reeseinc@meckcom.net
Directions: Highway 360 east, 8 miles east of South Boston and Halifax, Virginia.
Hours: Summer Hours – 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Monday-Saturday; 1-6 p.m., Sunday. Winter Hours – 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday-Saturday; 1-5 p.m., Sunday.
Special Comments: Educational farm tours available for groups as well as birthday parties. Please call for additional information. We feature our farm-grown produce picked daily.
Products: Pick-your-own or fresh-picked strawberries. Halifax cantaloupes, watermelons, specialty melons, tomatoes, sweet corn, fresh vegetables grown in season; pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn, winter squash. Pat’s pickles and preserves. Christmas trees, handmade wreaths and roping; gift baskets. Bedding plants, potted plants, hanging baskets also available.