Recently, Sugar and I ran across the old (from our childhood) television show, Green Acres, while tooling around one lazy afternoon. During the particular episode, Oliver Douglas explains to his Mother that he was born on a farm and has always wanted to go back, attempting to justify his reasoning for giving up his fancy shmancy Park Avenue Apartment for falling apart farm house in the country. His mother replies, that she went into labor early and that even though he was indeed born on a farm he was only there for a few hours. My life is a bit like that. My Mother was raised on a pig farm, her father died when she was very young, so the “farm” was long gone before I came along. The house, barns, acreage and the memories were still there though and for some reason my day dreams are obsessed with the farming life style. I married a City boy who is great at sitting behind a desk but not so much at manual labor. I am a mix of being a land lover, and great at manual labor but some days, I truly enjoy the conveniences that living in a “city” provides. Long story short, it’s highly doubtful that my day dreams of living on a farm would ever come to true. But I have found that visiting a working farm can fill that void for me, almost like holding a newborn baby for a few hours and handing it back can fill my need to “have a baby”.
For an anniversary weekend get away a few years ago, Sugar and I visited a working farm as a way of doing something different. Old McCaskill’s Farm located in Rembert, South Carolina was the perfect weekend farm get away. We stayed in their lovely farm house, where upstairs has been converted into a B&B and got a taste of farm life without actually having to do farm chores. The owner, Cathy, and her husband were amazing hosts. Warning, if you don’t love animals, this is not the place for you. We were immediately greeted by some of the sweetest animals around. We enjoyed tooling around their farm and meeting all of the animals then getting settled into our cozy farm bedroom before heading into Boykin for a delicious dinner at Mill Pond Steak Restaurant, which is a true experience all by itself. We highly recommend this restaurant even if you aren’t visiting the farm. Don’t be turned off by the outward appearance, it’s actually a draw once you see it. The restaurant sits on a pond and can be seen through the beautiful windows in the dining room or from their back patio. The food was out of this world and the service impeccable. Not at all what we were expecting. https://www.millpondsteakhouse.com/ Big City restaurants have nothing on this place.
After a cozy nights sleep in our farm house bedroom we were treated to the most wonderful breakfast downstairs in their amazing farm house kitchen. I seriously could have sat by that kitchen fireplace with a book and stayed for hours. Note: the bedrooms are furnished with farm house time pieces which means the beds are on the small side. We giggled when we saw it but slept just fine. The four bedrooms are adjoined by a shared bathroom in the middle of each but we were the only guests on our side of the house so enjoyed a bath all to ourselves. It had a claw foot tub y’all!! Around 4am I got up to visit the watering closet, as they used to say, and I felt like I was inside a fisher price toy. The morning moos, clucks and crows could be heard so well from the bathroom that I started laughing and could not stop. Eventually I nudged Sugar to get up and go take a listen too. We both decided that maybe farm life isn’t for us after all. Those were the noises of get up, we are hungry and all I could think was, maybe in a few more hours.
Everything you need to know about Old McCaskill’s Farm can be found here: http://www.oldmccaskillfarm.com/
You don’t have to stay overnight. They welcome day time guests and every Friday they feature a farm fresh homemade lunch that is so delicious. I have taken several friends and even my Mom to visit the farm because I just love these people so much. They have a general store that features items grown on the farm; eggs, meats, jams and jellies. A freezer section features meals made in their kitchen and are all ready just to grab and go. They also have household items and clothing. Last year for Christmas Sugar surprised me with one of their wool blankets made from the sheeps wool that live on the farm. It’s honestly one of my most prized possessions and meant so much to me that he was thoughtful enough to take a trip to the farm and pick one up for me.
Rembert, SC is not far from Camden so if you are ever in the area I highly encourage you to take a little side trip and pay them a visit. Sign up for their newsletter to keep up with all of the weekly on-goings. After a fun farm visit, amazing dinner, rest filled night and a wonderful warm breakfast, we packed our things and headed into Camdem for the annual Fall Colonial cup to meet up with friends. What a wonderful, fun filled fall weekend.
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