The first fruit of the season are the June-bearing strawberries. They were ripe as of June 4th and were good picking for 3 weeks starting Wednesday, June 9th, 2009. Picking ended on July 4th.  We currently have 4 acres of strawberries with our sweet varieties being Honeye, Jewel, and the jumbo sized Cavendish and Annapolis.

We have special open hours during strawberry season:

• U-pick = 7:30am - 6pm daily, rain or shine
• We-pick = 10am - 6pm daily, rain or shine
• As of July 4th, 2009, strawberry picking has been over.

Call for updated picking report and current prices: 608-254-2311

We have two types of raspberries -- the summer bearers that start July 4th and are great picking for the month -- and the fall bearers which start giving berries in late July and give their largest yields in August and September and right into October until we get hit with a couple hard frosts.

We are back to our regular farm market open hours of 10am to 6pm, and Open Daily for both U-pick or We-pick.

Please call for current prices: 608-254-2311

The summer red raspberries were good picking as of July 15, 2009, and as of August 1, 2009, they were still wonderful plus our fall red raspberries started to ripen.  We are open for picking every day!

Our black raspberries have a unique flavor all their own and have become popular at our farm market for the past 5 years. These raspberries ripen all at once so their timetable of availability is quite limited. They start to ripen approximately July 8th and are done within 2 weeks.  As of July 13th, 2009, we are at our prime in picking!

Please call for picking report and current prices: 608-254-2311

UPDATE:  As of July 24, 2009, black raspberry picking was over.

With both red and black raspberries, we do freeze our excess pints at the end of each day, so it is possible for us to have these berries during all times of our open season from April 25 through October 31. These are ideal for making jam, pies and cobbler, on ice cream or in smoothies, or just eating on your cereal or oatmeal.

Our jumbo blueberries are a real treat to pick on tall bushes that make picking easy. Blueberries are ripe by July 4th and continue through August 15 when all the berries have been picked and are gone until next year! We have fresh pre-picked daily, or if you would like, U-pick is available to you daily, and now, as of July 15th, 2009, the blueberries are excellent picking and quite large this year!

UPDATE:  As of today, August 1, 2009, blueberry picking is over.  The bushes had only half the yield this year, due to a late frost in May, but the size of the berries almost made up for the smaller yield.

Because we are a farm market and grow lots of things here (!) we are OPEN EVERY DAY from 10 am - 6 pm, so you may pick berries any day that fits your schedule!  If you need an earlier time or a later time in the evening, please just call us.  We live right on the premises and would be happy to accommodate you!  Please call us with any questions you may have: 608-254-2311 or 608-432-2100.

Domestic blackberries, both thorn and thornless, have not wintered over successfully during the 7 years, in the past, that we have tried. We uprooted all our bushes, and until we find a variety that gives a nice yield of berries yearly, we will only have wild blackberries available and that is limited due to weather and supply. Wild blackberries ripen August 1 through September 15.  You may place orders for pre-picked at our phone number below.  We are sorry to not have bushes of our own that would allow U-pick.  Hopefully in the future, we will find a great variety that is winter hardy!

Please call for updated information: 608-254-2311.

The month of August brings us juicy sweet vine-ripened muskmelons, super sweet yellow-doll watermelon, long striped red watermelon, and the dark green sugar babies, which are all of the seeded variety. Of the seedless types, we raise a large striped red-seedless watermelon, known as "Seedless", as well as a mini red seedless that is of one-person proportion.  Since summer of 2006, we have enjoyed a delicious new orange seedless watermelon that became popular with our customers and that we will continue to grow as a regular item.

We have a small orchard of blue plum trees, pears, apples, and concord grapes.   We have early varieties of apples and plums, so our picking starts in mid-August and continues through September.  Our pears are ripe and quickly gone by the end of September.  The concord grapes are well established giving a high yield of quality grapes for juice, jelly, and wine making. We now have added seedless, red table grapes to our little vineyard, which are known as champagne grapes or dessert grapes.  They are tiny and wonderfully sweet!  It is always by September 1 that the grapes are ripe for picking and they have been wonderful for picking all through September up until mid-October.

Please call for U-pick and We-pick information: 608-254-2311 or 608-432-2100.