♪ - I'm here with Nick Mooney, who is the co-owner of Millstone Creek Orchards.

Nick, I am having a ball out here.

What do you think brings people out here to the orchard?

- Oh, they come out and get you pick fruit seasonally, everything from blueberries and blackberries all the way through peaches.

We're currently in apples.

Soon we'll have pumpkins and then Christmas trees.

So it's kind of throughout the season, pretty much starting in March.

- You also have sort of a little market in there.

- Well, the Apple Barn, yeah, that's where we that's our retail market.

And that particularly on a Saturday and Sunday, there's lines galore.

So we sell our fresh pressed apple cider.

We just actually did about 400 gallons this morning.

We also do our famous doughnuts, apple cider doughnuts, and they actually do those seasonally.

So they'll do some as blueberry during blueberry season, peaches, peach season.

And then now we're in apple season.

- Well, it sounds absolutely yummy.

- Oh, yes.

It's definitely probably not very healthy for you, but it sure tastes good.

- And I love seeing the stuff for the little kids.

Oh, yeah.

It's you know, when my father-in-law started the property, if you will, one of the things he thought was real important was education to these children.

So he always made it important that they learned where their food comes from.

And that's kind of the purpose of the tours.

- Tell me about the Cider House.

- Ah, the Cider House is our most recent addition.

So here in Ramseur, you know, we have a whole bunch of folks that visit us from far away.

And unfortunately, there wasn't a whole lot of places for them to eat.

So now we've opened up an establishment here that on Saturdays and Sundays, you can get chicken, hamburgers, French fries, flatbreads.

And we also have our own hard cider as well as craft beer from Four Saints.

So when you come out here, what people need to know about the hay rides and tickets and entry?

- In apple season, unfortunately, that's our busiest season, if you will.

So in order to kind of make a better guest experience, you have to kind of pre-register for your time slot to go pick apples.

So in other words, you decide you want to pick apples at 11 o'clock and the time slot's available.

When you show up on time, you get on that hay ride, you're out to the apples, you pick your apples by 11:20 to 11:25, you're finished and you can do what you decide you'd like to do the rest of the day.

Unfortunately, if we just opened it up to the to the masses, if you will, like we used to, then you could virtually stand in line waiting on a hay ride for three or four hours.

The guest experience here is the most important thing.

And my wife, she's the genius here.

You know, she wants you to leave here and feel as though you're part of our family.

- Thanks so much, Nick.

I look forward to enjoying the rest of the orchard.

- My pleasure.

Please come back soon.

- Millstone Creek Orchards is at 506 Parks Crossroads Church Road in Ramseur, and they're open daily.

To find out more, give them a call at 336-824-5263 or go online to millstonecreekorchards.com.