Select your personal farms in Connecticut: berries, cherries, peaches

Candy, tart, plump and juicy. There are such a lot of scrumptious fruits and throughout Connecticut there are locations for little palms to select it from a tree or bush. It is an important household exercise, giving children numerous contemporary air and train whereas studying about wholesome consuming and our connection to nature. It is also a good way to help small farms and native companies. Learn on for our information to selecting your personal farms in Connecticut!

Decide strawberries instantly after which once more in July for blueberries and raspberries. Should you resolve to make jam along with your kilos of pickin’s, do this Selfmade Pop Tart Recipe. And for extra nice summer season concepts, browse the Connecticut Summer season Enjoyable Information.

Jones Household Farms exhibits summer season berries earlier than the autumn pumpkins are available. Photograph by Ally Noel

Select your personal farms in Fairfield County

Jones Household Farms—Shelton

Decide your personal strawberries and blueberries in the summertime, pumpkins within the fall and Christmas bushes throughout the vacation season. A 400 acre household farm since 1848, berry choosing takes place on the Valley Farm of Pumpkinseed Hill. Name forward for the harvest report back to see what’s prepared to select, or observe the indicators on the property.

Silverman’s Farm – Easton

Decide your personal peaches and raspberries and blueberries are open in July, then try the farm marketplace for apples and different contemporary fruits, greens and pies. The children will love petting, feeding and interacting with the farm mates within the animal farm together with llamas, buffalo, goats, sheep and emus.

Select your personal farms in Litchfield County

Peaches can be ripe for choosing at Connecticut’s March Farm. Photograph courtesy of March Farm, Fb

March Farm — Bethlehem

Decide your personal apples, blueberries, nectarines, peaches, plums, pumpkins and strawberries. Purchase contemporary farm eggs, contemporary apple cider donuts, greens and freshly baked pies. Youngsters will love the petting zoo. Open every single day from 10am to 6pm. Please notice: no cherry choosing in 2022.

Litchfield Hills Blueberry Farm LLC—Plymouth

Decide your personal blueberries or purchase pre-picked produce and revel in lunch on the picnic space. The harvest is normally obtainable in early July. Open: Tuesday to Friday from 8 a.m. to eight p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to six p.m. Closed Mondays and money solely.

Maple Financial institution Farm—Roxbury

Decide your personal blueberries on this household farm that dates again to 1730. PYO is usually obtainable Wednesday by means of Sunday, and blueberries are prepared for choosing in early July.

Evergreen Berry Farm – Watertown

Select from 9 styles of natural blueberries, purple and gold raspberries, and blackberries. Open each day, mid-July to September. Name forward for present choosing circumstances and berry availability.

Select your personal farms in Japanese Connecticut

Scott’s Yankee Farmer – East Lyme

Decide your personal strawberries, flowers, raspberries, blueberries, peaches, apples and pumpkins. The PYO season runs from early June to October and the strawberry season is shortly passing! Do not miss the roadside stall for pre-picked greens and legendary cider donuts. Open each day from 8am to 6pm.

Bishop Orchards-Guilford

Strawberries are the primary to reach, then blueberries, raspberries, peaches, pears, apples, and pumpkins. Do not miss the sunflower maze at this 140-year-old household farm run by six generations. Examine the web site or name for the choosing dates.

Connecticut’s pick-your-own farms present hours of out of doors enjoyable and exercise. Photograph Courtesy of Lyman Orchards

Lyman Orchards—Middlefield

Select your personal strawberries, blueberries, honeyberries, jostaberries, raspberries, apples, peaches, pears and pumpkins. Pack a picnic and benefit from the superb view, or go to the Apple Barrel. The web site is consistently up to date, so test what’s prepared to select and when. Lyman’s has an lively calendar of household occasions.

Grant’s Berry Patch — Jewett Metropolis

Decide your personal strawberries and blueberries whereas they are often saved. They’re open Monday by means of Friday from 9am to 5pm. It is a lovely property with massive, huge rows for kids to select in. Recent greens will also be bought.

Holmberg Farms – Gales Ferry

Selecting your personal raspberries begins on the finish of June. However come again this summer season, as a result of it’s also possible to choose blueberries (from July) and blackberries (mid-July). They’ve a pleasant market, some do-it-yourself gadgets for a similar and a really cute cow you could take a selfie with. Oh and guess what? They’ve a vineyard on website! Name 860-464-7305 for up to date choosing phrases.

Buell’s Orchard – Eastford

In June and early July, the strawberries and raspberries are ripe for choosing. The farm has its personal market with numerous contemporary fruit and greens, in addition to do-it-yourself gadgets and books and articles for kids who love the farm. Remember to seize some cheese or cider when you’re there. Select your personal hours are from Wednesday to Sunday from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm.

Berry choosing follows Sunday breakfast at Rose’s. Photograph Courtesy of Rose’s Berry Farm

Select your personal farms in Hartford County

Rose’s Berry Farm —South Glastonbury

Rose’s has two areas, the one on Matson Hill Highway is the choosing farm. Rose’s is understood for all of its berries, together with blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries. Earlier than choosing, head to Rose’s for a hearty breakfast (Sundays solely) that includes pure farm berries. Rose’s additionally affords pies and jams constituted of their harvest.

Straightforward Pickin’s Farm —Enfield

Straightforward Pickin’s backyard choices are rising (excuse the pun)! You may come to the farm to select raspberries, pears, and 10 styles of blueberries, in addition to get pleasure from a few of the herbs and greens they’ve prepared for buy. You can even lower contemporary flowers on website.

Scantic Valley Farm —Somers

Come benefit from the lovely mountain surroundings at Scantic Valley Farm as you choose contemporary strawberries from their strawberry fields. The blueberry and flower season normally begins in mid-July. Open Monday to Friday and on weekends. Name first for the choose circumstances.

4-H Auer Farm — Bloomfield

Auer Farm’s 4-H Heart is positioned in Bloomfield. Take a protracted drive down their gravel driveway and you will find your self in the course of a 120-acre historic farm and gardens. Blueberries are netted and are on the belief cost system on the left up the hill.

Belltown Orchards – Glastonbury

Belltown picked your personal blueberries, cherries, peaches, pears – the checklist goes on! In addition they have a implausible farmers market filled with contemporary produce. Blueberry choosing begins in early July and continues all through the summer season. Should you’re feeling actually adventurous, you possibly can take the ferry from Rocky Hill to Glastonbury and observe the remainder of the quick drive to the orchard with GPS.

Initially written by Sherry Pardy and printed on June 20, 2012.
Up to date July 2022