About Prince Bay Farm

 The Prince Family has been in the Carolina low-country since the 1670s, and here on this property since 1799. The farm and family have seen many changes throughout the centuries, and is looking to the future!

An experimental and educational farm, we are working to bring a high level of self-sufficiency here and to share our knowledge with our visitors. We offer farmstay/English immersion vacation packages so folks can spend their holiday relaxing on a peaceful farm while improving their language skills. This is the farm's 10th year hosting visitors. Forty-seven countries represented and over 300 folks staying, all have helped make the farm a better place. They have laughed, learned, sweated, grown and eaten some great food. We hope all that spend time here will take something positive away with them. Looking forward to another year of great helpers & guests!

Now accepting guests for 2020-1...Autumn and winter months are slow times on the farm and the capacity for guests is reduced to no more than 2 persons at a time...**for folks who wish to learn about farming methods, it would be better for you to apply during the spring and summer months**...see ya soon!!!

Located in the Carolina Lowcountry, on the NC/SC border in the lower coastal plain, the farm is 30 miles N of Myrtle Beach, SC, just outside a small rural town. I own 120+ acres of mixed pine/hardwood forest and fields, and a large 2-story 1880s farmhouse--the land has been in our family since 1799. Would like to get it back to the level of self-sufficiency of my great-grandparents' day.

The property has a small pond, an extensive network of trails(several miles), fruit(plum, persimmon, quince, loquat, apple, serviceberry, fig, black currant, hardy kiwi, pomegranate, pear) and nut(pecan, chestnut, hazelnut)trees, grapevines, blackberry, raspberry & blueberry bushes, friendly barn cats, poultry(Chickens, geese, ducks, guineas, turkeys, bantams), lots of wildlife, as well as a zone 8 growing season(4 season garden).

Current projects include organic raised bed & field mixed veg gardening, mixed flower and herb(edible & medicinal) gardens, high tunnel, straw bale & traditional cold frames, exotic plants--ethnobotany, permaculture, wildcrafting, mycoculture, mulching, composting, drainage projects/ditching, trail clearing and construction, recycled pallet and bamboo construction, remodeling the 1880s farm house, pecan, chestnut, blueberry, blackberry and grape & fruit harvesting, chickens, geese, landscaping, composting and a small nursery. Open to trying any new ideas, and always have something going on. Times when we really need volunteers(from 3-8 people) are during the spring & summer season when things are the busiest. I accept volunteers during the off-season, but in limited numbers(2-3). Guests accepted year-round for farm-stays and English-immersion stays.

I have a library of 8k+ volumes, covering a myriad of topics, plus most friends refer to me as a walking encyclopedia. An old hippie (55yo) from the Rainbow Family, I moved back to the Carolinas to run the farm and help my mom who had Alzheimer's.

Still in the beginning stages of reshaping the property to self-sufficiency after a couple of decades of neglect. The farm contains a quail habitat conservation area, as well as Prince Bay, one of the many Carolina Bays that dot the southern coastal plain, a truly unique ecosystem of abundant fauna and rare flora.