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Elena C. buys peaches from Kari Sensenig at
the Five Points Farm Market & Greenhouse
stand at the Mount Airy Main Street Farmers’ Market in 2021. PHOTO BY JEFFREY F. BILL
Ten-month-old Freya Bosse of Monkton, picks though the strawberry bucket after picking berries with her
brother, mom, aunt and grandmother at Baugher’s Farm in Westminster in May. PHOTO BY DYLAN SLAGLE
An ice cream cone, below, is prepared at JJ Hoffman’s Creamery in Hampstead. PHOTO BY BRIAN KRISTA
snowballs and more sweet treats from their shop
at Spring Meadow Farms (info from https://
busstopmd.com/). Among other notable ice
cream shops in Carroll are: Firehouse Creamery,
7610 W Main St., Sykesville; Jimmie Cone, 1312
S Main St., Mount Airy; JJ Hoffman’s Creamery,
841 S Main St G, Hampstead; Norwood Ice
Cream and Candy Co., 7556 Main St, Sykesville;
Old School Ice Cream, 4211 Ridge Road,
Westminster and Twin Kiss, with locations in
Sykesville and Westminster.
Pick your own. Get food from farm to
table with your own hands by heading out to
Baugher’s Orchard to pick your own produce.
Typically, the pick your own orchard is open
(weather permitting) Friday, Saturday and
Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in July and August
and then Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. in September and October. Wagon rides are
available to get customers out to the fields and
field helpers are on site to show the uninitiated
how and where to pick. Typically, strawberries
are in season May and June; cherries and sweet
garden peas in June; peaches, nectarines and
plums in July and August; apples August
through October; and pumpkins and other fall
items in October. Hot food and baked goods
are available for purchase and there’s a petting
zoo as well. For up-to-date information, call the
pick-your-own hotline at 410-857-0111 or visit
baughers.com.
Carroll history
Farm Museum. The Carroll County Farm
Museum, 500 S. Center St., Westminster,
provides the public with a chance to experience
mid-19th century rural life. The museum opened
to the public on August 13, 1966. The museum
grounds include original farm structures,
such as the farmhouse and a bank barn, built
in 1852-53. Other buildings include a 1700s
log barn, smokehouse, broom shop, saddlery,
springhouse, Living History Center, wagon shed,
general store exhibit, firehouse, and a one-room
schoolhouse, according to carrollcountytourism.
org. Period artifacts and antiques complete the
rural experience for visitors. The Farm Museum
also hosts events, such as the annual fireworks
display and the Maryland Wine Festival.
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