The strawberries ripen quickly on the sunny, south-facing slopes at Drumlin Hills Farm. You can buy ready picked strawberries from the stall at the farm gate.
The Van de Heyden family have been growing vegetables since 1981. Ann and John and their four daughter live and work at Wooler Dale Farm nestled in the Murray Hills. John and Ann emigrated from Holland.
The growing seasons begins in April with salad greens;, asparagus is ready in May and strawberries in June. By mid summer they have eggplant, tomatoes, beans, leeks and more. They grow crops that they can store over the winter like potatoes, squash, carrots, onions, garlic and dried herbs.