North Country Farms

Five stars, not only for the amazing freshly picked vegetables and fruits, but the warm atmosphere and perfect location on the North Shore. I agree with the previous reviews on moist points. Wouldn’t stay anywhere else on Kauai.
(Yelp will probably pull this review since its sincere)

LOVED our stay here! The farm is beautiful and it was such a fun experience to pick oranges to make freshly squeezed OJ in the AM and pick our lettuce from the garden for dinner. We stayed at the Garden Cottage and loved the outdoor shower– we didn’t take a single shower indoors. The lanai was beautiful and looks over the garden. The location is great and was easy to get to Hanalei. Would highly recommend staying here.

North Country Farms is an amazing, cost-​effective option for staying on Kauai’s north shore, especially if you have children, who (unlike many places I researched in the area) are warmly welcomed. The Orchard Cottage will run you $ 169 a night with a 3-​night minimum. Originally, that 3-​night minimum was a deal-​breaker, because I only wanted to stay in the north for two nights. I have to say, however, I am grateful for the minimum, because 3 nights was just about right for hitting all the spots on the north shore that we wanted to hit: Na Pali Coast, Limahuli Gardens, and kayaking at Kamokila Hawaiian Village. You simply can’t make effective use of your time if you stay in the East or South. We were tired from our journey the day of our arrival, and made happy use of the cottage’s expansive space. It’s an open space, separated only by clever furniture staging establishing living room, dining room, and bedroom. The living room couch has a sofa bed for the kiddies. The bathroom is contained and very nice; the kitchen is well-​appointed with microwave, coffee maker, stove, and toaster oven. Lee provides you with fresh fruit, fig bars, grains, or the like for your stay, as well as some juice and milk; we supplemented these with our own milk and juice, as well as some island donuts our friend provided during our Honolulu layover, and together these items served us for the duration of our stay. The cottage does get warm, as your air conditioning is made up of two ceiling fans and an oscillating one in the kitchen, in addition to the open-​shuttered windows all around – but you are so far-​removed from everyone that you can easily keep the door open with just the screen door closed and get a pretty good airflow going most of the time. We did not make effective use of the lanai (which has a futon with mosquito net for outdoor sleeping) or of the beach fixings (towels, mats, toys, boogie boards). We spent much of our time in this area doing hikes and getting bug-​bitten, that by the end of the day all we really wanted to do was rest and chill for dinner in Kilauea. Note: the mosquitoes are KILLER out here! I got no fewer than 43 bites during my stay on the islands (using four different varieties of bug lotion and spray, 3 of which were a monumental FAIL). Most of them I got during my time on the north shore. Staying at North Country may exacerbate the situation, since the only thing really keeping the mosquitoes out is the screen door (and you gotta open it to come inside). That being said, if you are bug bite-​prone like I am, I recommend staying here only part of your island stay, and opting for a place with less bugs the rest of the time. I LOVED staying here and would do so again in a heartbeat, but there is no way I could have tolerated the mosquito situation the whole week. If you visit Kauai, however, you have to stay in the north for at least part of your stay, and North Country Farms is a charming option.

I agree with another reviewer — it is impossible to overstate how amazing North Country Farms is. Fresh lovely farm-​picked produce to delight your tastebuds, all the basic kitchen needs to create your own meals (+ BBQ!!), beautiful tropical «real» grounds, your own private tropical bungalow… We used the outdoor shower exclusively. It was beautiful. We wish we had booked early enough to stay here on our entire trip. I’ve stayed approx. 5 different places in Kauai (from posh hotels in Princeville to condos in Poipu) and this would be my #1 choice, hands down.

Lee and her staff were phenomenal. Honeymoon stop that my wife was very concerned about turned out to be one of the BEST spots on the island. Peaceful and quaint. THANK YOU

It is impossible to overstate how amazing North Country Farms is. It is the most hidden of gems on Kauai. Lee and her family have a wonderful story here, and have indeed found their paradise.
When trying to figure out how to spend the final night of our vacation, the Ladyfriend looked through one of those travel books that have millions of details about your destination. Under a heading about eco-​adventures (or something like that) she found a listing for North Country Farms. Upon checking it out online we saw what looked like a pretty amazing place to stay. We definitely found that «pretty amazing» was an understatement!
North Country Farms isn’t your standard bed and breakfast. You don’t get up in the morning and meet with all the guests in a common dining room, and have breakfast. Lee will put a basket of breakfast type goodies in your room at the start of your stay, and that’s pretty much it. In ours we had granola, granola bars, fruit, some popcorn, and some DELICIOUS bread. To augment this NCF encourages you to go out to their garden and their orchard and pick anything you’d like. You see, at north Country Farms there’s a great sized garden to which Lee and her family tends regularly growing everything from lettuce to kale to eggplant to beans to… well pretty much anything that will grow in the Hawaiian climate. Their orchard is hidden behind the glorious Orchard Cottage (that’s the one we stayed in, and it’s a MUST.) In the orchard you’ll find Apples, oranges, avocados and bread fruit. I’m fairly certain there’s more out there — it’s great fun just to walk around and look — but it all depends on what’s in season while you’re there.
The Orchard cottage really is a slice of heaven. It has a large open area with a bed, a small grill, a hammock, and a table with chairs — perfect for enjoying the outdoors when the weather is nice. We unfortunately experienced a terrible downpour for our entire first night, so it limited us from enjoying the patio, but we did pick veggies in the storm, and were able to make a great dinner enjoying the spacious cottage. It’s set up like a studio, and has small walls that separate the bathroom (there’s no roof enclosure for the bathroom) and the bed sets just off from the livingroom. All of the windows are of the kind that don’t fully close, but it’s perfect because you can hear all the nightlife that kauai has to offer (Birds and bugs and animals, of course!)
There are house geckos everywhere, which are incredibly cute. You can hear them chirp back and forth during the night and it’s very fun to listen to. You will also find lots of bugs, Lee and her family don’t use pesticides anywhere on the property, including in the cottages. Usually it’s just fruit flies — if you keep the doors closed then it helps keep the mosquitoes out. Most other bugs are hard pressed to invade your space too much!
Overall it’s a gorgeous place. It feels like you’re outside with nature the whole time, because of the sights smells and sounds. The food Lee provides is wonderful, and being able to walk through the garden and orchard to pick your own fruits & veggies makes it a truly inspiring place to stay. The fact that NCF remains as sustainable as possible is a huge boost, too.
Overall this is an amazing place to stay. At $ 150 a night (payable only in check or cash) It’s not terribly cheap, but it’s worth every penny. Please Please Please visit Kauai and go to North Country Farms, this is one of the best places you’ll ever stay in your entire life!

We spent a week staying at the farm for our family vacation. It was just what we needed: a clean, comfy place with all the fixin’s to call home.
We stayed in the «Orchard» cottage which is elevated up at tree level. It was clearly built and funished with love — unlike most rentals you could actually cook in the kitchen (with sharp knives! yay!). Lots of books, a DVD player, comfy bed, a nice lanai. We were able to cruise around the grounds with our little kids, pick fruit & veggies, go for walks, and overall had a great time. Except for the mosquito bites! Be warned!
When you arrive there is a very generous basket with some organic grocery goodies. We gobbled that down within a day, but managed to find lots of local food to replace it with. Lee & Sky were really responsive to any requests, but for the most part the cottages are pretty self serve (which was great for us!).
We look forward to visiting again, we already miss our little cottage home!