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SEASON OPENS FRIDAY May 2, 2025! Open for U-Pick thornless blackberries, vegs, flowers, and SOME prepicked vegs and prepicked bouquets Fri., Sat. and Sun, May 2, 3 & 4, 2025 7:30am-1:00pm. U-Pick Freedom Blackberries are rapidly ripening -- some ripe now, and lots more ready real soon! Blackberries are the ONLY fruit available for U-Pick, but lots of yellow squash, zucchini and green onions. (Few cucumbers ready, no U-Pick tomatoes yet). Fill our Solo cup with Zinnias, Sunflowers, and Bachelor Buttons – BRING YOUR CLIPPERS OR SCISSORS FOR THE SUNFLOWERS. Photo of Zinnias shows adjacent row of Oats—the last survivors of our winter cover crop. These oat seeds are just like you eat in oatmeal. The plants are going to seed, and will be tilled under when we open Friday, but here you see their valuable contribution to our soil regeneration program. Admission: $3.00 ea. age 2 and up. U-Pick blackberries $7.00/lb, most U-Pick vegs $3.00/lb., Flowers $5/filled Solo cup (PLEASE DO NOT PICK SQUASH BLOSSOMS). Reusable picking box $3.00 (Let us date stamp your returning box) or bring your own container and line w/plastic bag for removal at check-out. Pickers MUST arrive and check in before 12:30pm and pay and depart by 1:00pm. NO PICKERS MAY BEGIN PICKING AFTER 12:30PM. We accept: Cards and Cash (no checks please). No pets allowed, except for service animals. Sorry, NO picnic area. Please watch children closely near the 3 deep irrigation ponds. Regular open schedule will be Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 7:30am-1:00 pm until further notice, except changes due to inclement weather or other unforeseen circumstances. ALWAYS CHECK HERE OR https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071138552620 FOR SCHEDULE CHANGES BEFORE YOU COME TO BE SURE WE ARE OPEN! Thank you everyone for the SHARES and participating in our farm fun!  Freedom Thornless Blackberries are our earliest-ripening of the seven varieties we grow.  Yellow crookneck squash are loaded for picking.  Green zucchini can be prepared in a multitude of recipes!  Oat plants just to the left of the zinnias. These are oats just like you eat in oatmeal, but we plant them as a winter cover crop and till them in when they go to seed, as you see here. Cover crops are an important part of our soil regeneration program.  Sunflowers in many different sizes and color combos this year! Sunflowers are not priced per stem as they have been in the past, just cut them and put them in the $5 Solo cup with the other flowers!  Green onions just like these will be for sale prepicked in the market. A different variety (multiplying) of Green Onions is available for U-Pick.  Brighten up your bouquet with Bachelor Buttons!  Our 2025 season should open sometime early May, date undetermined at this time. Freedom (our earliest ripening thornless blackberries) just starting to get a bit of color. Vegs are looking good but still need more time to ripen. For U-Pick, we will start the season with yellow squash, zucchini, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, and lots more. A few zinnias are open, and they should be in full bloom for cutting in a few weeks. We planted a wild mix of zinnias, along with several more varieties of flowers new to us, so you should be able to cut some gorgeous bouquets! This year we are partnering with the farmer from Trosi Farms, so look for some exciting new changes taking place here in Waller! If you want a preview of what Trosi Farms is all about, visit them at the Field Guide Festival April 25-27, 2025 in Austin, Texas. https://fieldguidefest.com/ See y’all soon at Neal’s Berry Farm, 21104 Binford Rd., Waller, TX 77484  Freedom Thornless Blackberries are just starting to turn from green to red, so no black ones yet. Freedom is the earliest ripening of our 7 varieties of thornless blackberries.  First blooms on the zinnias, with green tomatoes on the fence. |
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