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The story of Broadwing Farm is the story of three generations of a family living together.  We moved to Hot Springs NC in the fall of 1992. Our plan was simple on the surface, “throw away your TV, eat a lot of peaches”, have children, stay close to the land and start an organic farm. Twentyfive years later, we’re still tweaking that plan. It has been a wonderful adventure, a homesteader’s dream that has evolved into sharing our beautiful organic farm with mountain getaway cabins and hot tubs. Our children, Josey and Eliot were born here, and now they are grown. Grampy Bob and Gramma Carol (Pete’s parents) have been with us every single step of the way on the Broadwing Farm adventure.  

For several years after we settled here we energetically pursued organic farming. We learned a lot. Looking back, it’s hard to believe we lasted as long as we did. It takes a really big truck full of greens to buy a couple bags of groceries. We spent our days tending greenhouses, fighting weeds and pernicious insects, disease and drought, not famin but sometimes locusts. It was exhilarating and exhausting. We sold our produce at several Asheville tailgate markets every week, served more than a few local restaurants and had a CSA for four years. Mary was known throughout the region as the sticky bun woman, because of the beauties that she baked and sold at market.  We traded sticky buns for medical services more than once. It’s a tough way to make a living and although it about wore us out, it provided us with loads of gardening skills, great friends and wonderful memories.

But by and by our livelihood began the transition from organic farming to cabin rentals. This was a natural choice when in 1999, somewhat randomly, we discovered Broadwing Farm was sitting on naturally warm mineral water, one of only two known properties in Hot Springs NC to have the  mineral waters! Our farm internship housing cabin was transformed into the Pine Cabin, our first venture into vacation rentals. The Poplar Cabin and Cedar Cabin followed and were done by 2006. The naturally warm mineral water has always been the biggest draw to the small town of Hot Springs and in 2010 we stopped doing tailgate markets altogether. The transition was complete. As an aside it is noteworthy that all the construction for the cabins was done “in house” so to speak. Farming has never been super-lucrative in these mountains, and this continues to be true, so I (Pete) worked winters in carpentry. The arc of my education as a builder can be seen in the construction styles of the cabins. When we built the Pine Cabin, in 1993, I was reading chapters about framing windows the night before I framed my first window. It was built with green lumber, youthful determination and naivete, but the results are charming and reflect a stage in the history of the farm that, like youth, couldn’t be recreated. The Poplar and the Cedar Cabins are built with more standard construction styles but all 3 cabins share a large portion of their lumber being sawn on our own sawmill here on the farm.

This brings up another important piece in the history and development of Broadwing Farm: the sawmill! Shortly after we moved here, Grampy Bob’s brother  (Uncle Ed) let us know that he was sitting on an old sawmill that had never even been un-crated. He wondered if we would be interested in buying it for a song. So unfolded a long and important chapter in the Broadwing Farm story.  It was a circle mill, not the new fangled easy to operate band-saw type sawmill . It was essentially a forty inch circle of steel with teeth and a lot of other moving parts to feed it wood. Operating a circle mill is as least as much art as trade, and here fate intervened in the form of Woodrow Ramsey, a 90 year old neighbor who had run a mill in Hot Springs, just down the road for decades. He was a real sawyer. Sawmilling was in his blood and it took no effort at all to get Woody to come over and get me going on my new mill. He loved it. After years of milling I can say from experience that sawmilling really does get in your blood. Woody would get a far away look in his eyes as he let the cants (a cant is a log that has been sawed to square) power by  under his hand. Woody has long since passed away. My favorite memory of Woody is when he would come over and see some of my lumber or my new construction and he would run his hand over the radial marks on the face of a board and frown a little and say with his high pitched Madison County draw, “when you gonna fix that sawmill, Pete?” The twinkle in his eye eventually betrayed he was just ribbing me, but also letting me know that I still had a long way to go. I probably never got there before I let the sawmill go, but in the meanwhile I was able to saw patterns for all three of my cabins and my parent’s house as well. Without that Belsaw 40” circle saw, Broadwing Farm would be very different place, that’s for sure.  

So the cabins, with their natural mineral water hot tubs, have been complete since about 2006. We still have large, beautiful kitchen gardens every year along with a growing u-pick blueberry orchard of 250 bushes. We really still think of ourselves as organic farmers who have rental cabins with hot tubs. We always try to grow an abundance and share with our guests. Meeting guests in the garden to share food is one of the best parts of our job. Even after all these years and many adventures, the beauty of this place still blows me away. Meeting our guests in the garden with the Blue Ridge Mountains, the French Broad River, and the scenic town of Hot Springs NC all in view is my favorite scene from the next chapter in the story of Broadwing Farm.

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Broadwing Farm Cabins

20 Berry Wills Rd
Hot Springs, NC 28743

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P.O. Box 125
Hot Springs, NC 28743

(828) 622-3647
pete@broadwingfarmcabins.com

Google Reviews

  • 5 star review  This was our first visit to Broadwing Farms but it won't be our last. Very nice homey cabins and we loved the hot tub! I was impressed with how clean they were! I would highly recommend this place! We look forward to our next visit!!

    thumb Sabrina Golden Brown
  • 5 star review  This is our 4th visit over the past 8 years. We spent a Christmas here. We’ve hiked the AT. I love this area. And to have a place to “go home” to that is as clean and well furnished including a mineral springs hot tub after hiking or checking out Hot Springs... Love...

    thumb Ashley Behney
  • 5 star review  We have been to Broadwing farms twice now. Once in the poplar and once in the pine cabin. We had a fabulous time on the beautiful property. Both cabins are just cute and homey. Our sweet dog enjoyed her walks around the pond. Unwinding in the mineral water hot tub was just icing on the cake. Mary and Pete and the dogs are awesome.

    thumb Lisa Moffitt
  • 5 star review  I highly recommend Broadwing Farm Cabins if you are in Hot Springs. Soaking in your own private mineral springs hot tub with the stars up above is beyond compare. The Poplar Cabin was well stocked and cozy. Loved the property & location. Two nights was not enough. Can't wait to go back! Mary & Pete Thank You for sharing your property with us.

    thumb Heather Danielson
  • 5 star review  We have been here yearly for a while and always leave relaxed and refreshed!

    thumb Bridget J Dunford
  • 5 star review  Great cabin, great view & tub, great service! Thank you again!

    thumb Robert Danos
  • 5 star review  Pete and Mary are wonderful hosts! We brought 4 children and our dog to Broadwing for a week. Our children loved getting fresh veggies from the garden, having fresh eggs, fishing and running around the farm. Definitely the relaxing week we needed before school starts

    thumb Regan Zeller
  • 5 star review  I love this place. I have been staying out at these cabins over the years and they are always the perfect getaway.

    thumb René Treece Roberts
  • 5 star review  My wife and I stayed at the Poplar cabin for our 17th Anniversary last week. It was so relaxing and we felt as if we were at home. It snowed the second day we were there and the hot tub was very nice to come home too after a long day of hiking. Thank you Broadwing farms for your hospitality and for making our trip special. We will definitely be back to visit and next time I’m bringing my fishing pole.

    thumb Bud Smith
  • 5 star review  We stayed at the Pine Cabin. Wonderfully quite and relaxing! Pete and Mary couldn't have been better hosts. To arrive and find fresh eggs and produce already stocked and the hot mineral tub was just perfect, especially while watching the recent meteor shower. We will definitely return. Thank you so!! ~~ Vicki B

    thumb Vicki Byrd

Facebook Reviews

  • positive review  What a great place! The cabin is awesome, views gorgeous, and the natural spring hot tub is perfect.

    thumb Kevin Monk
  • positive review  Great location and cabin for a getaway. We stayed in the Pine and loved it! The spring fed hot tub is the best. Hiking nearby is fun!

    thumb Tim Moran
  • positive review  Love, love this place. So glad we discovered this place wonderful getaway.

    thumb Deanna Forsyth
  • positive review  such a great getaway,had a amazing weekend.

    thumb Randy Dunsmoor
  • positive review  Perfect place to escape to. The hot tubs are amazing! Everything you could possibly need, just bring some groceries.

    thumb Vicki Byrd
  • positive review  A wonderful experience, beautiful sunsets, nice views and Pleasingly quiet. The garden is great treat to pick veggies and flowers. The cabin is very well equipped and clean. Delightful hot springs hot tub. We’ve enjoyed our stay immensely and will certainly look forward to returning! Pete and Mary have been wonderful hosts and very attentive to us as well. Definitely ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    thumb Charlotte Van Joolen
  • positive review  We had such a fantastic stay! My partner and I came for a close weekend getaway and Broadwing Farms was the perfect place. The Pine cabin was sweet, cozy and super clean. We enjoyed walks around the farm and blueberries off the bush, and of course, the mineral hot tub anytime we wanted it was divine! Mary and Pete were the best hosts, leaving a flower bouquet at my request, coming out at night in the rain to help us figure out the hot tub and gifting us with some plants from the greenhouse before we left! Plus we enjoyed lots of great hikes and exploring around Hot Springs. We will definitely be back!

    thumb Gina Marie DeBreto
  • positive review  My husband and I celebrated my birthday this past Monday in the Pine Cabin. I have never been more relaxed in all my life. The cabin was perfect and very cute and the view was amazing, and the hot tub was the icing on the cake. Everything was so clean and comfortable, seriously can’t wait to visit again. Plus when we were about to leave Chip and Penny visited( cute puppers) ❤️

    thumb Ashley Sturgill
  • positive review  Broadwing Farm Cabins is a fantastic location for an amazing, relaxing getaway. So very nice. Thanks Pete and Mary for being such cordial host. We definitely plan to visit again!!!! 5 ⭐️!!!

    thumb DM Mixson Jr.
  • positive review  We had a wonderful stay here... very secluded and private ! Not to mention peaceful and beautiful views of the mountains. Would recommend to anyone wanting to get away from the hustle and bustle. Everything you need except a few groceries!

    thumb Linda Baxter Kucinski
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