Now, what's more natural than a farm?

Well, a little west from here in Union Grove, Teresa Litschke found not one, but two farms, both owned by the Blake family.

One of them is a greenhouse and a nursery.

The other one is a campground.

Let's take a visit.

[mellow country music] - [Teresa] The Blakes have owned property in Wilkes County since the 1970s, where they grew tobacco and raised poultry.

They added farms in Iredell and Yadkin counties for more chicken houses and to harvest grain.

Today four generations of the family live and work on the land.

They still raise chickens, but the tobacco business has given way to greenhouses in north Wilkesboro filled with plants of all kinds.

- What you looking for today?

- The bubblegum petunias.

- [Teresa] That's Brenda Blake, a second generation farmer.

- We planted 1400 hanging baskets, and with the grace of God and wonderful neighbors and social media, we sold 1,400 baskets in two weeks, and it was amazing.

So the next year we decided we'd add another hanging basket house and it's grown from that.

So now we have five greenhouses covered.

We do ferns, hanging baskets, bedding plants, vegetable plants, and about anything anybody could want.

- [Teresa] Those are spring and summer plants.

Fall brings pumpkins and about 5,000 colorful mums.

But the ability to get free advice is available any time - We are here and we own the product, so we kind of know what's going on with the product.

- Yeah, 'cause some things I think that I can do, they'll let me know real quick, no, I can't do that yet.

- They won't live, unless you wanna come back and buy two or three times.

- Can I use this in a container?

Can I put this in full sun?

Can it handle the shade on the porch?

I need that help.

- [Teresa] That knowledge starts early at Blake Farms with what will be the fourth generation farmers.

- 'Cause I wanna make sure all of these grandchildren have a job to do.

So they dip dirt out and put it in the pots and then we plant it and we put it out on the table.

So it's definitely a family farming operation.

- [Teresa] 10 minutes down the road and crossing into Iredell County is the Blakes' newest endeavor.

- [Brenda] And now we have also diversified into a campground, and we are opening up a little country store at that campground.

- We've got a total of 64 campsites.

- [Teresa] That's Luke, a third-generation Blake.

- Our premium sites have fire pits on them, and our deluxe sites don't.

That's the only difference.

- [Teresa] They call it Blake Farms family RV Resort, 41 acres with a gated entrance.

- A lot of campers have really bragged on the gate.

They do like knowing that they're back here alone.

- [Teresa] There's a putt putt course, a manmade swimming hole with beach, dog park, playground with bounce pad, catch-and-release fishing pond.

- Mostly there's bass and then there's some little brim, a few crappie.

Kids are normally down here fishing all the time.

- [Teresa] And all the comfort and conveniences of home.

- We have full hookup for campers.

It's water, sewer and power.

And we also have wifi throughout the park as well.

- [Brenda] We just remodeled bathhouses and made those family style.

- [Luke] We just made 'em real nice, decorated them inside and tried to make 'em just feel homey.

[mellow country music] - [Teresa] Blake Farms is also becoming well-known for celebrations at the campground open to campers and the general public - Memorial Day weekend, we will be having a fiddle fest, which is called Carolina Hills Fiddle Fest.

It'll be a four-day event, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

4th of July, we have a huge event.

It starts about four in the afternoon with music, bands will be there playing, and then it's one of the biggest firework shows in the state.

We do a big Christmas event with thousands of lights.

People can just locally can come in and visit.

- [Teresa] So whether you're needing plants... - [Brenda] Got it?

- [Teresa] A chance to camp out under the stars, or want to join them for a celebration or two, the Blakes say, "Come on over."

- And just enjoy the views in real life.

- The greenhouses at Blake Farms are located at 4674 Hunting Creek Road in North Wilkesboro, and they're open Monday through Friday, nine to five, and nine to three on Saturdays.

Their RV resort is just down the road in Union Grove at 1819 West Memorial Highway, and they're open all year round.

For more information on both as well as their celebrations, give them a call at [336] 468-7671 or go online to blakefarmscampground.com.