Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Things to Do in Fauquier County



Tammy from Casa Mariposa gave a shout-out to a few of my favorite places around Fauquier in her post about finding the soil amendment ground alfalfa on the cheap at the Culpeper Farm Co-op (CFC for short). I am all about Fauquier County. It is like the Pawnee, Indiana to my Leslie Knope. I go on and on about how it is seriously. the. prettiest. like it's one of my kids and it's at its first beauty pageant. Did I mention I heart Fauquier?

  
You may heart Fauquier, too, after visiting some of my favorite spots:

Red Truck Bakery (22 Waterloo Street, Warrenton)
Parade Magazine voted its granola “one of the two best in the country.” Red Truck offers locally-sourced lunch fare, plus amazing sweets like double-chocolate moonshine cake, cranberry orange walnut muffins, and seasonal goodies like chocolate and Guinness stout Irish cake in the spring and Shenandoah apple cake in the fall. 

Hollin Farms (11324 Pearlstone Lane, Delaplane)
Pick-your-own fruits and vegetables. Natural beef. Heritage pork. Unbeatable views of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Crooked Run valley. This family –owned farm, which has been up and running since the 1950s, is a little slice of heaven on earth.

Buckland Farm Market (4484 Lee Highway, Warrenton)
Located just north of Warrenton on Route 29, Buckland Farm Market sells plants, regionally-grown organic produce, baked goods, locally-raised beef and poultry, and bulk foods. There’s a play area for kids out back, along with chickens, rabbits, and sometimes donkeys. In the fall, Buckland holds a month-long fall festival with a corn maze. 

Archwood Green Barns Farmers and Gardeners Market (4557 Old Tavern Rd, The Plains)
The highlights here are fresh, locally-grown produce, plants, farm crafts, and food vendors like Magic Mike’s BBQ and Karri’s Addiction Cheesecakes. This is arguably the best farmers market in the area, and it’s open Sundays from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m beginning April 28th.

Schoolhouse #18 (7592 John Marshall Highway, Marshall)
This small wooden one-room schoolhouse was built in 1887 and is the last of its kind in the county. The gardens on the grounds are maintained by the Fauquier Master Gardeners and are open from dawn to dusk year round. Tours of the schoolhouse are conducted the last Saturday of every month from 1-3 p.m.

2 comments:

  1. Woo-hoo, Fawkeer! I'm headed your way next week to pick up my alfalfa. I'm always looking for an excuse to cross the border from LalaLand to Katie Town. :o)

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  2. Oh man, you should go Saturday - the 4H kids are going to have their baby animal petting zooooo!

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