Year: 2014

We now have pre-picked red raspberries available.  They are $6/pound.  Give us a call and we’ll put your name on some until you can get to the farm to pick them up.  740-536-7853.  They are a mix of varieties:  Joan J, Polka, and Prelude.  Some are smaller and sweeter, and some larger and great tasting, too!

 

Also, we are now offering fresh lamb.  These lambs are 60-80 pound lambs. All cuts are packaged and ready to go.

Ground lamb:        $7.00 per pound

Lamb Chops        $12.00 per pound

Lamb Stew Meat  $9.00 per pound

Lamb Shoulder Bone in or Bone Out  $9.00 per pound

Leg of Lamb Bone in or Bone Out     $10.00 per pound

Leg Steaks          $10.00 per pound

Rack of Lamb    $12.00 per pound

Whole Lamb available upon request.  Call for pricing.

 

 

 

 

 

We are closed today, Monday, July 7th.  As you can see our llama, Tryste, is not very happy about that either!  We will look through the field later today and see if we can get in one more day of berry picking for you! 

We will be open Saturday, July 5 at 7:30 a.m.   We’ll see you then!

 

We are open today from 7:30 a.m. to 7:oo p.m.  It is already a beautiful day!  Come on out and pick some berries so you can have a black raspberry pie on the 4th of July! 

 

We are open today (7:30-5)  to pick black raspberries!  Come early to beat the heat!  But don’t curse the heat–it helps those berries turn from red to burgundy to beautiful dark purple to black!  We’ll see you at the farm. 

We plan on opening tomorrow, Wednesday, June 25, at 7:30 a.m.!!!  Please know that availability will be somewhat limited….the field is not even 50% ripe yet, but there are still plenty of berries that need to be picked, eaten, frozen, made into smoothies, cobblers, pies….

If you are not able to be here tomorrow, we plan on being open Saturday morning also.

**On Wednesday, we will stay open until all the ripe berries are picked.  Call before coming out as I will always update our phone message first about availability.

**I know rain is in the forecast, but we will still be here.  You can come hang out in the barn between rain showers!

See you all soon!

 

 

 

We have everything ready for the season to start….we’ve weeded, mowed, pruned, mowed, weeded….and now we just watch and wait for the berries to turn color.  With the hot, humid weather we’ve been having, we expect to open sometime this week, possibly the middle to the end of the week.  We will update here, on our Facebook site, and will always have a recorded message letting you know when we will be open.

If you are new to our farm, this is kind of how it all works:

**I will update our sites and our phone message telling when our opening day will be.   (740-536-7853)

**When we are open, we usually have a large number of customers come in the morning to pick, since it is cooler.  If we have a large number of people come, our field may get “picked out” (all the ripe berries get picked!) and so we will close. As soon as we make the decision to close, I will update our phone message.  So we always tell people to call before coming out.

**We have to give 2 or 3 days for more berries to ripen before we open again, so keep checking when our next open day will be.

**We have waxed boxes for you to pick berries in, which are yours to take.

**We have an acre of black raspberries.  They are trellised up on wire for easy picking.  We keep the rows between the berries mowed, too.  When people ask what they should wear, I tell them they can wear shorts and flip-flops if they want.  The berry plants are thorny, so your arms and fingers may get poked, but it’s not too bad.  There isn’t any shade in the field, but you can come to the barn and get out of the sun.

**We have a sink in the barn to wash your hands and splash cold water on your face.

**Our black raspberry season lasts between 2 and 3 weeks.

**Our prices are: $4.00/lb for U-pick, and $6.00/lb for pre-picked.  We do have limited availability on pre-picked berries.

 

Ok, that’s all I can think of for now…Whew….who knew there were so many details in farming?!!

 

Annnndddd……..some great news!!! John planted another acre of berries!  They were planted this spring, so they won’t be ready this year, but next year we will have more berries!!

We hope to see you at the farm next week!

 

 

 

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