Welcome to The Fruit and Berry Patch web site. We attempt to provide "nature's best in fruits and berries". The following crops (along with their approximate harvest dates) are available at Tthe Fruit and Berry Patch. All small fruits (strawberries, blackberries, etc.) are available on a "Pick Your Own" basis only. The larger tree fruits are available already picked or "Pick Your Own". Sweet corn is available "already picked" only and should be ordered in advance if more than a dozen or so are needed. For further information on harvest dates and field conditions: Pleasecall: 922-3779 (92-BERRY).

                  CROP                                                               APPROXIMATE HARVEST DATES

      STRAWBERRIES                                                                       EARLY MAY

      EARLY THORNLESS BLACKBERRIES                                  LATE JUNE - JULY

      BLUEBERRIES                                                                          LATE JUNE - AUGUST

      PEACHES                                                                                  LATE JUNE - AUGUST

      LATE THORNLESS BLACKBERRIES                                     MID-JULY - AUGUST

      GRAPES                                                                                     LATE JULY- LATE AUGUST

      APPLES                                                                                      LATE JUNE -MARCH

      APPLE CIDER                                                                            ALL YEAR

      SWEET CORN                                                                           LATE JULY - MID-SEPTEMBER

      PUMPKINS & FALL DECORATIONS                                     OCTOBER

      HONEY & SORGHUM SYRUP                                                 ALL YEAR

      FRUIT SLUSHES                                                                        MAY - NOVEMBER

      FRIED PIES, APPLE BUTTER, ETC.                                        ALL YEAR

      MEAT AND BREEDING GOATS                                              WHEN AVAILABLE

Fruits may be picked from daylight to dark most of the summer. Store hours are 8:00AM 'till dark 7 days a week from May 1 to Dec. 15 and 9:00AM 'till 5:00PM M-F in winter.

In addition to fruits, berries and vegetables available for picking or purchase, hayride/wiener roasts and fieldtrips for school children and other organized groups are available at The Fruit and Berry Patch. These programs include but are not necessarily limited to hayride/wiener roasts in mid-September and October for organized groups such and church groups, birthday parties, school groups, etc. Other programs include strawberry picking in mid-May, blackberry, blueberry or peach picking in June, picking apples in September and early October and the Pumpkin Patch where a child can select a pumpkin for a Jack-O-Lantern directly from the field in October.

 

MY FARM

Author Unknown

My farm, to me is not just land,
Where bare, unpainted buildings stand.
To me, my farm is nothing less,
Than all created loveliness.

My farm is not where I must soil,
My hands in endless, dreary toil.
But where, through seed and swelling pod,
I've learned to walk and talk with God.

My farm, to me, is not a place
Outmoded by a modern race.
For here, I think I just see less
Of evil, greed and selfishness.

My farm's not lonely...for, all day
I hear my children shout at play.
And here, when age comes, free from fears,
I'll live again, long joyous years.

My farm's a haven...here dwells rest,
Security and happiness...
Whate'er befalls the world outside
Here faith, and hope, and love abide.

And so my farm is not just land
Where bare, unpainted buildings stand.
To me, my farm is nothing less
Than all God's hoarded loveliness.