APEX, N.C. (WNCN) – Neighbor Boy Farm and Country Retail store is in the coronary heart of Apex.

All the things you see on the farm is from North Carolina — the siding on the developing, the trees, and even the tin roof.

All the objects have been donated by regional individuals to produce a little 1-acre farm in the middle of Apex.

Valerie Creager, the co-owner of Neighbor Boy Farm and State Shop stated, “Most individuals say we didn’t know you ended up right here.”

Creager and her spouse had an strategy 23 many years ago to commence a Xmas tree farm, but that notion grew into some thing much more substantial.

“My spouse and I, we would generate close to the state, and we observed this signal that said contemporary farm eggs, and we thought would not it be cute to have a region retail outlet?” Creager reported.

The Neighbor Country Retail outlet is built from donated scraps, designed by the family who owns it.

Inside the small retail outlet, only local merchandise created or made by area folks are offered.

You can uncover earrings, handmade signs, and the most well-liked item is honey from a nearby beekeeper.

“We just needed to support local firms and assist them develop into worthwhile,” Creager said.

The household does not demand to pay a visit to the farm, which turned a accredited farm last calendar year, that means they can now stay open 12 months-round. They plan to begin advertising clean eggs and meats in 2022.

All through the summer months, the farm has berry, tomato, and inexperienced bean buying. In the tumble, you can uncover pumpkins.

Its hours for the Xmas tree great deal are:

• Monday – Closed 
• Tuesday & Thursday – 4p-8p 
• Wednesday & Friday – 1p-8p 
• Saturday – 9a-8p 
• Sunday – 11:30a-8p