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Whirlwind Lane
From Highland Valley Road, take Whirlwind Lane. As you come over the hill you will see the barn in the distance.
Open right now
The barn is always open.
An air-conditioned farm stand at the top of Whirlwind Lane in Ramona. No cashier, no closing time, no key. Take what you came for, pay how you like, and pull the door shut behind you.
The stand
It runs on trust, which is the whole point.
Mini Barn Market sits at the heart of a working Ramona homestead. It is the community's front porch and the farm's larder at the same time, and it works on a principle that is old-fashioned and, lately, radical: we assume you are good for it.
The door is unlocked twenty-four hours a day. Nobody stands behind a counter. You take what you need and you settle up — cash in the box, a card, or your phone, whichever is easiest. That one decision, to trust people first, is what makes the place feel the way it does.
It is air conditioned, which matters more than it sounds like it does in a Ramona August.
Live on Instagram, every day
Carissa posts what is on the shelf today.
If you want to know what is in the barn right now, this is where you look. Not the website. Not a newsletter. Live on Instagram, every day.
Better than organic, non-toxic, small batch, handmade.View on InstagramLime, but make it caviar. Australian finger limes, straight off the farm.View on InstagramYour neighborhood farm stand is open. Always.View on InstagramSourdough, sweet treats, eggs, produce in season, and a good deal more.View on InstagramA San Diego County farm stand that never closes.View on InstagramTwenty-four hours, seven days, held up by the honor system.View on Instagram
Always open
24 hours, 7 days
Every day of the year, including the ones everybody else takes off. Come at dawn. Come at midnight. The light is on.
Pay your way
Cash, card or tap
Leave it in the box, run a card, or pay from your phone. Gift cards work here too, and they never expire.
Beyond our own gate
We drew the map.
Cory and Carissa work at the whole of agritourism in Ramona, not just their own corner of it — coaching and mentoring people who want to open a stand of their own and make a living from their own land.
"To further this mission, we created the Ramona Farmstand Map and Farmstand.TV. Both are designed to help visitors find and appreciate the agricultural riches of the whole region."
Cory & Carissa
Stay a while
The stand is at the back gate of a ranch you can book.
Mini Barn Market belongs to Farmhouse Getaways — a working ranch and a mountain retreat, both about thirty-five minutes from San Diego. Guests walk down to the barn in their pajamas.