If you get going now from most parts of the country, you can get to the drive-in farmers market in Florence, South Carolina: Pee Dee State Farmers Market — just in time to pick up Southern goodies for Christmas! Not only is a drive through convenient, but you can easily load up without long, heavy lifting. Your holiday dishes will have the authentic flavors of the South, because you’ll be able to get ingredients that are difficult to find in other parts of the country.
This is a fantastic place to get artisan jellies, wine, old-timey and local pop, really good lookin’ produce, soul food pork cuts, lots of gifts, freshly boiled peanuts.
Here are their hours before Christmas: Day after Thanksgiving until Christmas Eve: 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Monday – Saturday.
Retail Hours: 8 AM – 6 PM, Monday – Saturday
Here are their hours after Christmas: Open Monday – Saturday all year 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day
They’re really convenient for East Coast travelers: one and half miles from major I-95 exit 164 three miles from I-20/I-95 spur, halfway between Florence and Darlington, SC
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