This place is such a gem! Worth the drive from Raleigh/Chapel Hill. I can't speak enough praises…read moreabout this place. Staff is ALWAYS friendly and knowledgeable. Staff turnover is very low so you know the owners are doing something right. The store is clean and welcoming. They carry a wide variety of animal food, seeds, specialty plants during the spring/summer, everything you need for fence building, bee keeping and gardening. This is a must visit place if you are an animal person or avid gardener. Great job to everyone at Country Farm and Home!!!

This is the best local farm store. We traveled 30 minutes for irrigation supplies, seeds, starter…read moresoil, and to check prices on heating mats for our seed starting operation. Their prices are pretty comparable to what you can find online, plus you don't have to pay for shipping and you can get advice from the employees. There's a wide variety of items to be found inside, from animal supplies, to gardening, and so much more. This is a tried and true store that we will return to for years to come.

Ventured in here last week to pick up tickets for the Oakwood Candlelight Christmas tour since The…read moreRusty Bucket served as a ticket seller for the event. Lucky me, I was able to get to downtown Apex and go inside the place. 1. The staff was SUPER accomodating! 2. The place had a ton of antique-esque items. I put the -esque because some appeared to be new but it had the eclectic antique look. 3. If you are looking for rare gifts or items for yourself, this is your place! I loved the NC area with some NC agriculture items: food, candles, etc. that are all locally made. Give this place a try! You won't regret it!

An institution in historic downtown apex for 19 years. Locally owned and operated not a chain of…read morestores. Pam and mack are super Friendly and make you feel like family with amazing customer service. The shelves have food, candy for kids, home decor, candles seasonal offerings. A great southern full of charm merchant. And did you know they make handmade farm tables. Cant wait to see what they have in store next. Come get Your candles soaps and home decor at great prices too.

Explore some art in various forms; maybe meet one of the artists, be inspired by the creativity…read more Joyful Jewel is a place to explore. Although exploration is probably a good enough reason to visit a store like this, I found myself here while a few of the artists with works displayed were having a conversation about their work, the setup and displays. That was a pretty eye-opening experience: they're just like everyone else. Who'd have thought? For the detail and work involved in some of this work, the prices were consistent with the area. Everyday people.

If you love original art and fine crafts and are living or visiting the Triangle area of North…read moreCarolina, then downtown Pittsboro, and The Joyful Jewel need to be on your #mustvisit list. It's about a 40 minute drive from downtown Raleigh NC without traffic, but only 25 minutes from Chapel Hill or downtown Apex, NC. Any direction you drive to Pittsboro from you cross beautiful country side, forests, hills and rivers, and coming from the East, (Apex, Cary, Holly Springs, Fuquay Varina), you're in real luck, you get to cross over Jordan Lake twice. Pittsboro retains its small town USA feel, and the Joyful Jewel is just across the street from the historic Chatham County Courthouse which houses a historical museum open 2 - 3 times a week. But the Joyful Jewel is open 7 days a week. I have visited hundreds of times over the 12 years I have been living in central North Carolina because I so enjoy walking about the store, as if it were a museum, and taking in the colors, imagination, creativity and inspiration. Artists take turns in the store, so you get to meet an artist whose work is there. Mariah Wheeler is the owner, with her husband DG Chandler. Both are jewelers, but work in other forms as well. The affordability of art and fine crafts is one of the best discoveries for me, making a visit to the Joyful Jewel even better than a museum, since I may be able to take home the piece of art that really speaks to me. And if you're looking to learn more about local artists, Mariah is very well connected, not only to artist who paint, and potters, and glass artists, but also local writers, poets and musicians. Discover Pittsboro and definitely visit the Joyful Jewel.

A true gem of the days of yore. Great product selection and…read moreby far the smartest staff I've ever encountered.

Jeff was VERY helpful..looking forward to going back.. I highly recommend to anyone who LOVES…read moreorichads!!

I failed to mention a magazine article I found from a local magazine on these guys. They *actually*…read moresaid "we learn more with every orchid we kill". Don't be fooled by the beauty of the greenhouse full of plants from other vendors - these people do *not* know how to care for orchids OR, perhaps they simply don't want to. Lost all of mine which I had for years. My dad is a grower and he also runs a boarding house in California and I know what I'm doing. Only reason I was boarding here was because I moved to a place with poor light. They had their (adorable) toddler doing the watering, never repotted, never fed - utterly neglected all 7 of mine to death. PLEASE AVOID this place.

Great selection and so pretty to shop in. Prices are great. love going there. Always find…read moresomething to bring home.

I have been there twice within their posted business hours and the doors were locked with a closed…read moresign in the window. Correct your posted business hours! It's not a good way to do business; and it's very inconsiderate of your customers.

Been buying horse feed and farm supplies for over 30 yrs at this store. Hard working crew, kind and…read morecourteous, very knowledgeable about their products! If they don't have it, they'll get it! Love the staff!

Feed. Yep -- Feed for horses, birds, chickens, and "killing feed" for those pesky pests we all…read morewant fewer of ... but not feed for dogs or cats (who have their own store across the road). Mix that up with garden supplies and some general farm and ranch supplies, you have a well-rounded store for country life or a laid-back city life. This is a country store at heart, though, I think. While they have things you'll find at any lawn and garden center, it's the ranch and farm things, with a focus on horses and chickens it appears, that take Pittsboro Feed a different and interesting direction for city-folk. It's a fun store to explore, actually. There's ordinary things, like bird seed and feeders and block salt, and a few not so ordinary, like baby chicks (at certain times of year) and heaters for outside waterers. Day-to-day items stay stocked, but it's the seasonal items that make this a store to visit at every time of year. It's a laid back store, with everything needed for lawn, garden, farm or ranch. And Bandit, the cutest bunny around, is right there soaking up the atmosphere and watching it all.

We recently purchased a sofa and had a chair recovered at Holt's Interiors. Tammy helped us choose…read morefabric for the chair and also the style and fabric for a sofa made by Temple Furniture, in the USA. The sofa is customized to the customer's preferences, which was a new experience for us. Tammy's father, Carl, reupholstered the chair seat and pillow as well as made the wood look like new. We couldn't be more pleased with the sofa and chair. Randy, Tammy's husband, and his crew did a great job installing the tile and wood floors in our home. The family is delightful with whom to do business.

The owners were great people to work with, nice family owned business. The store is beautiful. I…read morewill do business with them again in the future.