Cape Abilities Farm

wonderful community oriented ‘farm’. Has a vast amount of flowers, herbs, trees, and other growing, green things. The staff is beyond helpful and friendly. They offer a lot of yummy things, such as pie and jellies inside. There isnt much more you can say about a nursery, except that this one pushes ahead of the bunch w/​a lot of variety in plants/​shrubs etc, with an important focus on the lower cape’s community. The items are fresh, well cared for, and compared to other offerings, the cost is average. The price may be high in some cases, but this is a non-​profit, and as such monies are allocated differently, so yah… shocker you may have to pay ‘3.50′ for a head of lettuce, even though ‘it isn’t organic’*…
A plus.
*as far as the person below complaining about local competition, as a local i have to say… grow the hell up. such whining.

Rounding up «farm stands on 6A near Yarmouth Port» during this, the Christmas Tree buying season.
Cape Abilities is also in the middle of the road as far as farm stands; the selection and prices on produce have generally been pretty good, and they’ve been expanding thanks to some donations /​grants to support its primary mission (which is providing employment /​vocational skill education for adults with developmental disabilities). There’s an odd bit of economics going on here though as there’s an essential subsidy for the farm operation that competes with Tobey down the road and the higher-​end Cape Cod Organic and Miss Scarlett’s. There’s also nursery plants and with a new expansion of greenhouse it looks like it’s going to really dominate, as well as provide mostly local-​produce options.
There is occasional difficulty getting help here, more so in the off season, but it’s not a major concern. In-​season, they do have a large parking lot now, and the traffic can occasionally jam up.
There’s a real heartstring issue for us here, as this is a great place for the clients it serves to provide employment for, but it’s also competing with a Cape institution, the family-​owned Tobey Farm. I like to think there’s room enough for both, but from a pure consumerish end of things, for produce etc. Cape Abilities has had better quality and prices for a while now.
Christmas Tree round up: these were more expensive than the trees available elsewhere on 6A but there was a far bigger variety — all imported trees, though, none locally grown (not sure if there are local Xmas tree farms left on the Cape, the soil is so tough), and in past years when we’ve gone here we had problems with needle dropping. They do a reasonable trim job though and because they have smaller trees, for the household that really doesn’t need a full-​sized tree, we keep coming here (this year after having checked out five places, we ended up here again for the final purchase. Go figure).

This is a farmstand/​nursery ran by people with disabilities which is reason enough to support it but they have some of the best stuff around and at good prices. Lots of seasonal fruits and veggies and a nice selection of Cape made yummies in the store.
I went to get some mums and a pumpkin at Tobey Farm which is almost next door but the stuff looked kinda dumpy and they don’t take credit cards. Cape Abilities stuffed looked nice and they had more variety and takes cc except for amex.

Amazing produce, unique selection, Tina’s Cape Cod Pepper Jelly, lovely soaps and assorted treats. They also have homemade cheese from Shy Brothers Farm. I love it and enjoy supporting this vocational program for the disabled. I still shop next door at Tobey Farms. It’s all good.