🦔Throw Back Thursday to when Farmer Mary took SONIC 🦔the hedgehog from Winterpast Farm to surprise a lovely well loved Mother for her Birthday🎉 . The Mother grew up reading Beatrix Potter and MRS TIGGY WINKLE (the hedgehog) was her favorite character. Have YOU read the Beatrix Potter books to YOUR children?
🌧️It’s raining at Winterpast this morning and the farm is close for visits til it stops.
🦔SONIC has been on a home visit this week and is coming back to Winterpast today. Farmer Mary has been cleaning his cage she keeps in her garage where he has a reptile heating pad to stay warm.
🦔Whenever you visit Winterpast ask Farmer Mary if SONIC is at the farm and she will be happy to go and get him out for a while.
🐰🦔🐥Do you know about Farmer Mary’s unique Pet Hosting Program? Take a small caged animal (bunny, guinea pig, SONIC, a group of baby chicks when available) home to care for. Have a highly educational animal experience. Learn how much a small caged animal poops 💩 then bring it back! Almost all hosts of all ages get over the whole idea of needing to “own” a small caged pet.
👍🏽Please spread the word about Pet Hosting and help Farmer Mary recycle existing pets instead of just creating more who will probably be dropped off at Winterpast eventually like all the other former pets who live here. Skip that part by hosting!
🐰🐓🐥🦚Meet/feed/pet former pet guinea pigs, bunnies, ducks, and all age chickens. Bring dry oatmeal, cheerios, thinly sliced apples and carrots, greenbeans, romaine and parsley.
Admission: $10/person cash only exact change please. Babies in arms or staying in strollers no charge. Adopted children no charge.
🥬🥕🍎🍇We occasionally have $5 buckets of animal food for sale currently. Ask before you arrive as often we are sold out.
📲Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 ideal day, ideal time, how many people. Generally available 9-7 most nice days. #winterpastfarm #wakeforestnc #farmermary #pettingzoo #animalrescue #hedgehog #sonic #rentdontshop #temporarypet #raleighmoms #durhammoms #trianglefamily #beatrixpotter #mrstiggywinkle #nchiddengems #ncadventures #ncexplore #outandaboutnc #triangleliving #wakeforestmoms
Farmer Mary has created a great mud kitchen at Winterpast Farm in Wake Forest NC. Bring your children to play outdoors. Please share with local preschools and play groups.
🌲Forest Child Private Playground (mud kitchen, lots of hammocks, climbing ropes, splashpad, zipline, big black tubes to roll down hills) Great for families and groups. Homeschoolers and unschoolers welcome! $10/hour/person. Bring your dog along for $10. Or, enjoy the company of Farmer Mary’s very nice dogs. By appointment only. Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800. #winterpastfarm #wakeforestnc #privateplayground #mudkitchen #kidsoutdoors #trianglefamily #wakeforestfamily #raleighfamily #wakeforestmoms #trianglemoms #durhammoms #raleighmoms #ncexplore #outandaboutnc #nchiddengems #ncmoms #ncmomblogger #farmermary #pettingzoo #animalrescue #familyfarm #ncoutdoors #forestchildprivateplayground #triangleliving #triangleoutdoors #muddy #outdoorlearning #unschooled
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Welcome BUTTERS the lop ear bunny who moved to Winterpast Farm yesterday. Bring him some food treats 🥬🥒🫛🍎🫐🥕when you visit.
OPEN TODAY for visits til 7pm. BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
👍🏽Winterpast Farm currently offers:
1️⃣🐰🐓🐥🦚Meet/feed/pet former pet guinea pigs, bunnies, ducks, and all age chickens. You bring animal food: dry oatmeal, cheerios, thinly sliced apples and carrots, greenbeans, romaine and parsley. $10/person cash only exact change please. Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 ideal day, ideal time, how many people. Generally available 9-6 most nice days. Most people stay an hour.
2️⃣🌲Forest Dog Private Dog Playground. 🐶Enjoy unleashed private play time with your dogs, family and friends in fully fenced 4 acres near Falls Lake. Forest hills, splash pad , toys, hammocks, agility equipment. $10/person first hour. $10/dog. 2nd dog 1/2 price. 2nd hour 1/2 price. 🐶By appointment only. Text Farmer Mary 919-244-1800 ideal day, ideal time, how many people, how many dogs.
3️⃣🏎️RC Car nature trails. $10/hr/person. By appointment only. Text Farmer Mary 919-244-1800.
4️⃣🌲Forest Child Private Playground (mud kitchen, lots of hammocks, climbing ropes, splashpad, zipline, big black tubes to roll down hills) Great for families and groups. Homeschoolers and unschoolers welcome! $10/hour/person. By appointment only. Text Farmer Mary 919-244-1800.
5️⃣🥰🦮Golden Retrievers and Doodles breeding, puppy snuggling sessions, puppy parties, puppy date nights, puppy 🍷 evenings with NO painting 🎨involved, puppy ☕️ hours, puppy adoptions. We have NO puppies currently. Hoping for a litter of Goldens this Fall.
6️⃣🐰🐥🦔We have bunnies, guinea pigs, baby chicks and SONIC the hedgehog available to host in your home or classroom for a week. “Rent for a week and get over it” says Farmer Mary. Help recycle existing pets!
👍🏽Farmer Mary has made ALOT of changes at Winterpast Farm after her sister decided to sell her half of the farm. 🙁We do NOT have goats or sheep or pigs or CLAIRE donkey or emu any more. BTW: Not a happy conversation topic here😥. Read old posts to learn more.
🌲 🐶 NOW OPEN: 4 Acre Off-Leash Private Dog Playground in Wake Forest, NC.
🐶Come and enjoy unleashed play time with your dogs, family and friends in our fully fenced 4 acres near Falls Lake.
🌲Forest Dog Private Playground is located at 12936 Ghoston Road. We have a private parking lot. You will enjoy full private access to the property for you, your dogs and your guests during your visit.
🎾INCLUDED: Tennis balls, tug toys in trees, dog agility equipment, hammocks, 🧺picnic tables, seating areas, variety of sunscreen & bug spray, clean bathroom in the parking lot and more. 💧Hose, water bowls, small wading pool and 💦Splash pad‼️Suggestions very welcome as we hope to become a favorite local dog destination🥰
🌳Walk down the peaceful ivy floored forest trail to find a nice variety of hills, open pasture and deeply shaded mature pine forest where your dogs can run free while you relax in nature.
Cash only. Exact change please. Pay at the gate. $10 per person. 🦮$10 per dog. 🐶2nd dog 1/2price. 2nd hour 1/2 price.
📲TEXT Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 for more information or to schedule your visit. OPEN most days 8-8.
🐕Please SHARE with all your dog loving friends. Great place for training dogs, littermate meetups, dog birthday 🥳 parties.
😥Great venue for dog interaction after bereavement. Scattering of ashes welcome. 🌈 Farmer Mary can add your good dogs name to our “All Dogs Go To Heaven” display.
🐕🐕🦺After a visit Farmer Mary will add YOUR dog’s name on a bone 🦴 at our “Forest Dogs Friends” display.
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At Winterpast Farm we no longer publish open hours. Visits are available most days from 8-8.
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
Please read this to all the way to the end then TEXT Farmer Mary YOUR choice of our many options and YOUR hoped for date, time, number of people for a visit so that we can be out front at the time YOU chose to greet you.
After YOU pick a date and time and Farmer Mary says OK Please TEXT if your ETA changes. Please do NOT just drop by. Farmer Mary could be fixing fences four acres back or taking animals to visit hospitalized children or there could be a private group visiting. And, after YOU pick a date and time and Farmer Mary says OK Please TEXT if your ETA changes.
👍🏽Winterpast Farm in Wake Forest NC currently offers:
1️⃣🐰🐓🐥🦚Meet/feed/pet former pet guinea pigs, bunnies, ducks, and all age chickens. 🌳🌲Deep shade. You can bring dry oatmeal, cheerios, thinly sliced apples and carrots, greenbeans, romaine and parsley.
Admission: $10/person cash only exact change please. Babies in arms or staying in strollers no charge. Adopted children no charge. Farmer Mary adopted 2/4 of her own children.
🥬🥕🍎🍇We occasionally have $5 buckets of animal food for sale currently. Ask before you arrive as often we are sold out.
📲Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 ideal day, ideal time and how many people. Generally available 9-6 most nice days. Most people stay for about an hour.
2️⃣🌲Forest Dog Private Dog Playground. 🐶Enjoy unleashed private play time with your dogs, family and friends in fully fenced 4 acres near Falls Lake. Forest hills, splash pad , toys, hammocks, agility equipment.
🦮$10/person first hour. $10/dog. Second dog half price. Second hour half price. 🐶By appointment only. Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 ideal day, ideal time and how many people, how many dogs.
3️⃣🏎️RC Car nature trails. $10/hr/person. By appointment only. Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800.
4️⃣🌲Forest Child Private Playground (mud kitchen, lots of hammocks, climbing ropes, splashpad, zipline, big black tubes to roll down hills) Great for families and groups. Homeschoolers and unschoolers welcome! $10/hour/person. By appointment only. Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800. Can occasionally be combined with option 1 if space is available.
5️⃣🥰🦮Golden Retrievers and Doodles breeding, puppy snuggling sessions, puppy parties, puppy date nights, puppy 🍷 evenings with NO required painting 🎨involved🙂, puppy ☕️ hours, puppy adoptions. We have NO puppies currently. Hoping for a litter of Goldens this Fall. Maybe Doodles too🤞🏽.
6️⃣🐰🐥🦔We have bunnies, guinea pigs, baby chicks and SONIC the hedgehog available to host in your home or classroom for a week. “Rent for a week and get over it” says Farmer Mary. Help recycle existing pets!
👍🏽Farmer Mary has made ALOT of changes at Winterpast Farm after her sister decided to sell her half of the farm. 🙁We do NOT have goats or sheep or pigs or CLAIRE donkey or emu any more. BTW: Not a happy conversation topic here😥. Please don’t ask Farmer Mary where the goats 🐐are. Of course she rehomed all her large animals to wonderful new homes. Of course she isn’t particularly happy to talk about the past. You can read MANY very detailed old posts from earlier this year to learn more.
📭There is a new entrance just down the road from the old one at the same address. Please don’t turn down private Neasdon Road when your GPS says to. That greatly annoys the neighbors. Please look VERY closely for the new gravel entrance marked with a mailbox and yellow arrows at 12936 Ghoston Road. Farmer Mary suggest you tap your brakes a few times as you get close if a car is following you as it’s a VERY busy road at times. Look for the new entrance.
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY means you TEXT Farmer Mary YOUR choice of our many options and YOUR hoped for date, time, number of people for a visit so that we can be out front at the time YOU chose to greet you.
Please TEXT if your ETA changes. Please do NOT just drop by. Farmer Mary could be fixing fences four acres back or taking animals to visit hospitalized children or there could be a private group visiting. And, after YOU pick a date and time and Farmer Mary says OK Please TEXT if your ETA changes.
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