Wedding & Event Venue near Kingstree, SC

Dana and Quitman Hand said inspiration for their new business, Harvest Time Farm Stand, came from a desire to give something back to the Kingstree community. They decided the best way to do that was to open a farm stand where people could buy locally grown produce.

“After moving back here, my husband and I were talking and decided that one thing missing from the community was a fruit stand,” Dana said. “We prayed about it and just wanted to make sure that this is what God wanted us to do in our waiting season.”

The couple moved back to Kingstree three years ago to help Dana’s 80-year-old father on the farm. Quitman says the Burgess farm has been operational since the mid to late 1800s.

“We are third generation farmers,” said Dana. “I was raised on this farm, and I guess it is just in my blood.”

Quitman, who has been a minister for 29 years, is not currently pastoring a church because nothing was available locally, but he still wants to help the community and spread the love of Christ.

“I was also raised on a farm but swore that I would never do it again or be involved in it, but I married the farmer’s daughter and here we are,” joked Quitman. “I am enjoying what we are doing though.”

Dana and Quitman plan to plant, grow and harvest most of the produce that will be sold at the stand. Eggs from their farm are available, as well as canned goods from the Hand’s own kitchen. Quitman says they will offer whatever produce is in season.

“We plan to have corn, squash, cucumbers, pumpkins, peppers and greens,” he said. “Whatever it is, we are going to stick it in the ground, pray over it and hope for the best.”

Other locally sourced items, such as strawberries and local honey are available at the stand. Dana said she is currently talking to someone about the possibility of selling fresh homemade bread in the future.

“We are getting fresh local picked strawberries right now. Also, a young couple who owns a raspberry and blackberry farm near Andrews has approached us about selling their berries. We are trying to do everything as local as possible,” Quitman said.

Every Saturday the couple tries to have something that the younger kids will enjoy, such as baby chickens or goats.

“The reason we bring the chicks out here is not so much to sell them, but to let the children hold them. We were amazed at the children who had never held a chick, even though this is a rural area. So, we are trying to do something like that every Saturday,” Quitman said.

Butter beans, string beans, peas, corn and tomatoes will be available in bulk for canning or freezing. Dana said she is currently taking orders for butter beans since there is usually such a large demand for them.

In addition to the produce, a large variety of flowers are available for sale, including ferns, gerbera daisies and hydrangeas. Dana says in the near future she hopes to also have mulch available in bulk.

While you are meandering through all the flowers and produce, you must try what Quitman says are the “BEST” boiled peanuts around. And they must be, considering he sells around 150 pounds of them a week, locally grown, of course.

The Harvest Time Farm Stand is located at 123 Wooddale Ave., Kingstree and is open Tuesday-Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

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