Owl Tree Acres

06/05/2026

We have sold the farm and moved to Lake Gaston. I will be closing this facebook account shortly. Thank you for following.

01/02/2025

Happy New Year from Gail and Jonathan at Owl Tree Acres farm! We are starting a new chapter here on our farm and want to share with our friends and community.

During the new year of 2025 - sounds amazing to say that number - we will be offering FREE classes on the homestead. Jonathan and I want to offer YOU an opportunity to learn from us and we will probably learn some things from you also!

Watch this page for updates as I will be posting the dates and times that these "Hands on" classes and workshops will take place. Some of the things we will be teaching/sharing include:

Gail
- Basic sewing - both by hand and machine
- Make your own clothing pattern
- Making herbal salves, oils, tinctures and teas
- Dehydrating food and herbs
- Identify and harvest your own herbs for drying
- Set up a home apothecary
- Starting seeds for your garden
- Use cuttings to grow more plants
- Canning food using a water bath canner
- Pressure canning meats and vegetables
- Steam juicing and canning fruits and berries
- Make your own wine the easy way

Jonathan
- Build canning shelves
- Chopping and storing wood for firewood
- Build your own cutting board
- Build your own raised beds for gardening
- Making your own compost
- Raising chickens, rabbits and pigs on the farm

Art and Craft classes by Gail may include:
- Painting with watercolor, acrylics, pen and ink
- Working with air dry clay
- Sculpting with armatures
- Jewelry making- Card making and scrapbooking
- Paining signs and barn quilts for your farm

We welcome your ideas and feedback on your interest in participating in one or more of these sessions.

For those who might want to come from a distance and stay here on the farm in order to join a workshop, we do have a couple of small cabins that are available to rent for a small charge. More to come on the cabins.

Looking forward to seeing a lot of you in 2025!!

Send a message to learn more

01/28/2024

We are going to be at the Mountain Readiness Expo in May at the VanHoy Campgrounds. Gail will be conducting Pressure Canning classes and Jonathan will be running a booth featuring items produced here on the farm.

May 03, 2024, 9:00 AM – May 05, 2024, 12:00 PM

VanHoy Campground, 742 Jericho Rd, Harmony, NC 28634, USA

There will be a lot of great speakers, classes and demonstrators there and we are very excited to be able to attend and participate. You can check this event out here:

https://www.mountainreadiness.com/event-details-registration/mountain-readiness-expo-2024

04/06/2023

Mama rabbits back in the barn with their little ones.

04/06/2023

The barn is coming along.

04/03/2023

Progress on the barn.

04/02/2023

05/19/2022

05/05/2022

Owl Tree Farm Stand opens this Saturday! Just in May 7 - 8am to Noon.

Just in time for Mother’s Day!

We will have lots of nursery plants available including:

2022 Seeds - Vegetables, Flowers and Herbs
Elderberry bushes
Hostas
Dwarf Burning Bush
Creeping Jenny
Hanging and Potted Strawberries
Black Eyed Susan
Mock Orange
Butterfly Bush
Spider plants
…and more

The Farm Stand building is full of arts and crafts for purchase including:

Owl Tree “Biker” Gnomes - Collectible and limited
Custom Gnomes both “standers” and “sitters”
Rooster Gnomes
Handcrafted necklaces
Essential oils
Small pottery birds and pumpkins
Owl Tree Acres Pain Relief Oil
Sugar Scrub with Essential Oils
…and more

Location: 248 Arcola Road, Hollister, NC

Stop in and visit with us. We hope to open the Farm Stand 2 Saturdays each month to offer more plants and crafts.