Is Mebane the place for us?

[4Bound4NC]

Thanks for the links, Coastal. Anyone have any personal recommendations?

[poppydog]

There are farmer's markets. Mebane has one: https://www.facebook.com/MebaneFarmersMarket/

There are a bunch of others in the area. This link has a good list for Alamance and Orange Counties: https://alamance.ces.ncsu.edu/farmers-markets-2/

We're a little too warm for good orchards here although there are a few. Most of the apple growing is in the mountains around Hendersonville, NC near Asheville. We do lots of berries around here. Plenty of places to pick strawberries and blueberries, occasionally some cultivated blackberries.

[roadpony]

Originally Posted by poppydog

There are farmer's markets. Mebane has one: https://www.facebook.com/MebaneFarmersMarket/

There are a bunch of others in the area. This link has a good list for Alamance and Orange Counties: https://alamance.ces.ncsu.edu/farmers-markets-2/

We're a little too warm for good orchards here although there are a few. Most of the apple growing is in the mountains around Hendersonville, NC near Asheville. We do lots of berries around here. Plenty of places to pick strawberries and blueberries, occasionally some cultivated blackberries.

A little closer than Hendersonville, the Brushy Mountains in Wilkes County are known for their apples. It's a straight shot up I-40 > US 421. Here's information about apple orchards in Wilkes County and nearby.

The Brushy Mountain Apple Festival in downtown N. Wilkesboro is touted as one of the largest one-day arts and crafts festivals in the Southeast. It's on Oct. 1 this year.

[4Bound4NC]

Thanks for the info, folks! Oh, and we could eat berries every day--yum!

[swilks0626]

Hello
My husband and I are in relocation mode.We live in Az and he is retiring from the VA next January.Mebane seems like the place for us.As a black person just interested in the diversity of this town.We are 60 and 63 years of age and my husband is a licenced minister. Any help is appreciated.

[bpains29]

Originally Posted by swilks0626

Hello
My husband and I are in relocation mode.We live in Az and he is retiring from the VA next January.Mebane seems like the place for us.As a black person just interested in the diversity of this town.We are 60 and 63 years of age and my husband is a licenced minister. Any help is appreciated.

Burlington and Durham, have large Black populations and are close to Mebane (twenty something minute drive). Mebane is about 20% African-American, from the numbers I'm seeing