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He said they’re not sure just yet what they plan to do, but they
have 65 acres split on separate sides of Brushy Fork Road that
gives them several options.
“The restaurant might sit really nicely right o of the farm
where you can sit up on the back porch or terrace and you’ll see
the farm out there. You can sit on a rocking chair playing back-
gammon sipping on some lemonade… or a beer. That would be
really amazing for me,” Rosslow said. “It’s really nice over that
side and we already have a corner there rezoned commercial so
we could put the restaurant and the brewery over there, but we
would still put something on the other side.”
Rosslow said on the side where there already is a barn that is
used as an event center is where they will probably put a barrel
aging facility as well.
“And we’ll put in some restrooms and a small kitchen so the Besides the regular farm produce, chickens and a fruit or-
barn and the barrel aging facility can also be used to host events. chard, Wrecking Barn Farm also has bees to produce honey and
We’ve already hosted about five weddings here at the barn. exotic shiitake mushroom logs that enables them to regularly
There’s a lot that we plan on doing,” he said, adding that the harvest locally grown mushrooms.
farm also hosts farm to table dinners occasionally. There is plenty already in place to get started on plans for the
Rosslow said that while much of the food for the Wrecking additional developments. With Georgia’s alcohol laws finally
Bar restaurant comes from the farm, it is a very busy restaurant set to catch up with the rest of the country, and Wrecking Barn
and it supports the produce from several farms around the area. Farm already well established and ready to go, the local area can
Wrecking Barn farm also has a Community Supported Agricul- expect to soon see some interesting developments in what many
ture (CSA) program that has expanded along with the expansion hope will be an added advantage in bringing economic develop-
of its produce. ment to the area. •WLM

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