About

"It was a horse woman that drove me to drink. And you know, I didn't even thank her."

-- W.C. Fields.

Pictures of the Farm taken Fall 2005 by Stephanie Nissen

Location

Wonderful! We are located in the heart of North Carolina (Efland) just 2miles from Interstate 40/85 between the Efland exit #160 and the Buckhorn Exit #157. It is only 40minutes to either Greensboro or Raleigh.

Where the name come from?

When we bought the property it had a medium sized creek (named McGowan Creek) with a large ridge down the center. After a few years a beaver family moved in and made the creek into a large series of ponds covering about 10 acres. We thought this was neat, especially my husband and whatever keeps the male occupied makes him less likely to notice another horse snuck in. During this time we were looking for a name for our farm. We decided to go with a name that described the land.

Fen: From Merriam-Webster, Etymology: Old English fenn: low land covered wholly or partly with water

Most people know what a Ridge is.

For ariel views of the farm go to http://www.fenridgefarm.com/facilities.htm

Here are a few of the species that the wetland has attracted:

Beavers (couldn’t do it without them) http://www.beavers-beavers.com/beavers-management.htm
Gray Fox http://wildwnc.org/af/grayfox.html
Red Tailed hawk http://wildwnc.org/af/redtailedhawk.html
White tailed deer http://wildwnc.org/af/whitetaildeer.html
Owl – Don’t know which kind but ‘he’ has scared me a few time out on the trails by swooping by
Blue Heron
Snapping Turtle – these things are huge and mean!
Canada Geese, Wood ducks, Mallards
Turkey
Vultures
Rabbits, turtles, frogs, small fish

There has also been one unconfirmed sighting of a River Otter;

River Otter http://www.chattoogariver.org/Articles/2004Sp/Otter.htm more on Otters http://wildwnc.org/af/riverotter.html

When I went to register the domain name I found that someone in New Hampshire had independently came up with the same name. Here’s their site:

http://www.fenridge.com their claim is to be ‘the source for truly unique gifts. Old- fashioned quality merchandise made in New Hampshire with Yankee Ingenuity’

FenRidge Farm