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Pumpkins and Squash in November

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We have transitioned to our “November Stand” which is a smaller stand that will be open through Thanksgiving with squash, cooking pumpkins, gourds, straw bales, corn bunches and a smaller selection of pumpkins. We have moved many pumpkins & squash inside because of the cold temperatures, so ASK if you need more than what is at the stand!

Try a new Squash! We have Delicata (lighter flavor with edible skin), 2 types of Spaghetti squash (with a pasta-like flesh), Honeynut (smaller & sweeter version of butternut), 4 types Acorn Squash, and 3 types of Buttercup squash. There are also several varieties of “pie” pumpkins available, including my favorite… the Jarrahdale with a dark orange, smooth flesh. Bake the de-seeded halves, scoop the resulting purée out of the shell, and use it in your favorite recipes. Easy.

Pumpkin Season!

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50+ varieties of pumpkins of all shapes, colors and sizes await your arrival. Jump into Fall with an outing to our pumpkin farm to pick your own pumpkin from the field, or select from those we picked. Allow time to play the free games… bowl a pumpkin through the Pumpkin Putt-Putt course, or race mini pumpkins down the Pumpkin Derby track. Add some colorful mums, straw bales, corn bunches, squash, gourds and corn shocks to your wagon, and you’re set!

Last Week of Strawberries??

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The season is winding down. We will be open Monday, Wednesday and Friday starting at 9am, until sold out. Each day we will have pre-picked berries, and hopefully have some PYO rows available. Yes, there are berries, but picking takes a little more work to fill a tray as the supply dwindles. IF we have berries beyond Friday, we will let you know. (Check our website’s home page, or call 610-593-5656).

Lots of Great Berries to Pick

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Wednesday through Saturday open at 9:00am for Pick-Your-Own (PYO) and pre-picked berries. Lots of great strawberries waiting to be picked. We should have enough berries to be open most of the day, instead of constantly closing early. However, if you plan to arrive after 2:00pm, you may want to call to check availability. (610)593-5656.

Strawberry picking success!

Strawberry Season in Full Swing

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Our goal is to be open Monday through Saturday, 9am-7pm, or while supplies last. Closed Sunday. PLEASE check our website, our voicemail, Facebook or Instagram for up-to-date information. Most days we are completely sold out by 12-2pm. Some days we need to close the Pick-Your-Own early, or we run out of pre-picked berries.

The strawberries are excellent this year, super sweet with all the abundant sunshine. Demand for berries has been high, PYO customers have been numerous, and we have been blessed with beautiful picking weather (except for those 5:30 mornings when it’s only 39-41 degrees when we start picking the pre-picked berries.) Unfortunately, it is VERY dry, the driest May since 1939 with only 1/4 of rain, so our production is lower than normal. We do irrigate, but we need rain because our house well can’t keep up with the needed water. I apologize for the constantly changing hours and days of operation, but the supply and demand isn’t adding up this year.

Strawberries are Here!

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Open Saturday @ 10am. The strawberry season is just beginning. The first few days, we will sell pre-picked quarts only ($7 each). To begin, we will be open every other day (Saturday, Monday, Wednesday…) starting at 10am, until sold out. As quantity increases, more days and hours will be added. PYO fields will hopefully open Memorial Weekend, IF we have enough berries!

Strawberry Season starts soon!

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The strawberry plants look great and are full of flowers, with green berries growing. We estimate the first RED strawberries will be ready in about 1.5 weeks, or about May 19-20ish (for pre-picked berries only). The Pick-your-own fields usually open about a week after the first RED berries begin. At this point the start date is an educated guess as weather is always the prime factor in determining the speed of berries ripening. Stay tuned!

Pumpkin Avalanche & Smash Fest, Nov 6

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On Sunday, November 6, we will have a little fun. The Pumpkin Avalanche is our famous “roll a bunch of pumpkin down a big hill, watch them fly to pieces and then smash the remaining pieces.”
-At 2:00pm we need volunteers to help load the wagon with pumpkins from the patch. (The more volunteers, the more pumpkins we will have to roll!)
-At 2:30, the volunteers will have a chance to roll a single pumpkin down the hill.
-At 2:45, the Official AVALANCHE will begin. Watch the pumpkins roll and tumble, flying to pieces as the force builds…
-After the “all clear” signal, the crowd will be able to enter the meadow and SMASH any remaining pumpkins.

Note: NO ONE may be in meadow during the avalanche. Please watch the avalanche from the road bank, or the adjacent pumpkin field.

Admission Fee: Bring a donation for the Octorara Food Cupboard.