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– about us –

John and I began making wine back in 2008. Newly married and just finishing grad school, we had just bought a house in the suburbs and were struggling to make ends meet. Our wait for affordable wine was…not worth it. Not the first year. But the second year we picked some muscadine grapes off an ancient vine on a friends old farm, and that thing took second place in the state fair!

We were hooked- and not just on making wine. Our passion for homegrown food blossomed on that little half acre, and every year our yard seemed to burst a bit more with raspberries, blackberries, tomatoes, and wine grapes(well, the deer ate those!).

With our fourth child on the way in 2017, our itch for more room led us to finally finding this little piece of sunshine and open pasture north of Hillsborough, NC. Thirteen acres of blank canvas on which we could build, plant, carve, and shape a sustainable little homestead for our growing family. We could give our kids the freedom to be farm kids; to roam the fields and ponds and woods.

We hope to inspire you to cultivate your own little piece of earth, however small or large it may be. Welcome to our journey!

Amanda and John

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I'm Amanda, a mama of four wild things and a growing herd of animals. We just built a farmhouse on our 13 acres of countryside in North Carolina, and are on our way to transform worn out tobacco pasture into a diverse landscape of animals, veggies, orchards, and grapevines. Join me on the farming journey! Read More…

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Good thing we have lots of laundry mountains in th Good thing we have lots of laundry mountains in this house 😂 Also good that she doesn’t shed! #goldendoodlepuppy #farmdog #wildsunshinefarm
180 lbs of homegrown pork!!! Yesterday’s breakfa 180 lbs of homegrown pork!!! Yesterday’s breakfast of eggs and sausage all grown on our land was pretty amazing. Next- learning how to cure the hams and bacon 🥓 🐽 #pastureraised #homesteading #wildsunshinefarm #growyourown
This brisket has been soaking in pickling brine fo This brisket has been soaking in pickling brine for 6 days. Never made corned beef from scratch, but it smells amazing! And this is only half- totally didn’t realize how big an entire Brisket was when I ordered it 😳 #wildsunshinefarm #rookiemistake #fromscratch #cornedbeef
It’s a “frolic in the hose with your clothes o It’s a “frolic in the hose with your clothes on” kind of day! Also enjoying our pigs in their final days on the farm, building pergolas, starting seeds, installing patios and flagstone sidewalks, expanding the chicken run so the garden can recover, and trying to survive virtual school 😉 Phew! Exhausting and beautiful things☀️ #farmkids #wildsunshinefarm #letthembewild #homesteading
Sometimes an emergency grocery store egg pickup is Sometimes an emergency grocery store egg pickup is a beautiful reminder of why I love farm fresh eggs 😍 Not much is as satisfying as feeding my kids nutrient dense food that we raised! Totally doubling our flock size this year... and tripling the size of their run so we can contain the garden-eating beasties. #backyardchickens #homesteadinglife #wildsunshinefarm #nofilter
If you haven’t spent the last 36 hours watching If you haven’t spent the last 36 hours watching your children go mud sledding and doing 189 loads of laundry, you’re missing out. Our one inch of snow was gone by lunch yesterday, and yet... #letthembewild #farmkids #countrylife #sendmoredetergent #wildsunshinefarm #powerofplay
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