Mark’s Melon Patch

Random stop. Glad we did.
GREAT corn maze!
Pecans boiled peanuts too and great cheese straws!

The other Unilocalers have already said it… this place is fantastic. This roadside fruit and vegetable stand has been in operation for 30 years. Nothing but good old down-​to-​earth people trying to make an honest living by selling some of their homemade products, desserts, condiments, fruits, and vegetables. Make sure you try their Cajun boiled peanuts and their homemade soft serve vanilla ice cream. So delicious!
Cash and credit card accepted here.

We always make a stop here when going by. Make sure to get the hot boiled peanuts & look around. Look for the 2 people picking cotton seeds out front.

One place we always stop along the way to his Uncle’s house in GA. My mom loves their salsas (especially Ga Peach and Vidalia Onion) and his Mom loves the chow chows. If you like fresh fruits and veggies, please stop here. They also have a full line of sweets, brickles, fudge and divinity for the sugar freaks in the car. My husband lives the butter pecan ice cream and the boiled peanuts.
If you arrive during the Halloween season, they have bounce houses, mazes, hay rides and dunking tanks going full bore. Just a wonderful stop as you hit the heavy traffic. My husband spots the Melon patch by the weird tree by the road. You can see it from either direction.

This place is fantastic!

On the way to Albany my friend and I drove by this place and I immediately wanted to go visit. Unfortunately, I wasn’t the one driving but luckily he mentioned that he wanted to stop by. Due to time constraints it wasn’t possible but we did manage to stop by on the return trip. I’m glad that it happened. This is exactly what I imagine with a little roadside farm stand and then some, think decorative stalks of cotton for sale. If I had something to put them in at my apartment I would have bought some.
Their brittle is too good, too good. Not overpoweringly sweet, not too nutty. I brought a bag of the pecan brittle out to the field and it disappeared very quickly. Their sweets all looked delicious and homemade but we had eaten a huge meal already so it wasn’t possible to buy a chocolate pecan pie then but I will keep it in mind for sure. Their plain, raw peanuts are a steal and I bought a big bag of them, a perfect punch of protein without anything added. I plan on stopping by here every time I make the trip out to Albany.

I love this roadside fruit & vegetable stand. It is on a peanut farm. The boiled peanuts are the best I have ever had & I have eaten A LOT of boiled peanuts from A LOT of different places! They have homemade jams, jellies, sauces, cakes and pies. The stand has an old fashion caramel cake with the homemade caramel icing… you can’t get them like this anywhere else except your great-grandmother’s house! They make mini pecan pies that instantly induce a diabetic coma in which you quickly welcome. Every piece of fruit ever purchased here has been sweet, juicy and ready to eat. I always take a friend because once I have the boiled peanuts in hand any options to drive are out the window! Great little stand!