CONSUMER SERVICES
Hanover
DODD’S ACRES FARM
Jane or Robert Dodd
4077 Market Road, Mechanicsville, VA 23111
804.781.0180
Directions: I-64 east to Highland Springs or I-295 to exit 31A (Cold Harbor). Bear right at Citgo station (Market Road). Bear left at Black Creek Country Store (still Market Road), about 1.25 miles on right.
Hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Monday-Friday; 8 a.m.-Noon, Saturday. Sundays in middle of summer, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Honor system other times.
Special Comments: We pick every day. Fresh produce at shed all the time when in season. We have more than 200 acres of vegetables.
Products: Pick-your-own and fresh-picked strawberries. Vegetables picked daily include Hanover tomatoes; summer squash, zucchini; cherry, grape and Roma tomatoes; tomatillas, bell peppers, 10 kinds of hot peppers; cantaloupes, watermelon; eggplant, access to sweet corn. Fall pumpkins, turnips, salad greens.
WINDY KNOLL FARM
Stephanie Hicks
10094 Windy Knoll Dr., Mechanicsville, VA 23116
804.730.8733
Directions: From I-295 and 301, go north on Route 301 (Chamberlayne Road) for 3 miles. Turn left on Route 643 (New Ashcake Road). Go 1.5 miles to Windy Knoll Farm sign on left. Turn left on Windy Knoll Drive (private road). Go 1 mile to Christmas Cottage. (Within one mile on private road, you will cross railroad tracks – be sure to stop, look and listen before crossing the tracks.)
Hours: 1-5 p.m., Fridays; 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturdays during the month of October.
Special Comments: Wagon rides to and from fields. Wagon rides for daycare groups by appointment. Wholesale orders. Choose-and-cut white and Scotch pine Christmas trees available after Thanksgiving.
Products: Pick-your-own pumpkins and gourds.