We will be open Thur. 5/27/21 for LOTS of U-Pick thornless blackberries. Peak blackberry season usually runs the last week of May thru mid-June, so NOW is the time to pick or make plans to come in the next couple of weeks or you will miss out on the main season. One customer asked ,"What day is peak season?" There isn't any ONE day, the season has built over the last 3 weeks, and now we have about 2-3 more weeks of LOTS of berries, then mid-late June the amount of ripe berries lessens as more get picked and the heat usually sets in. The torrential rains seem to have left the area, so we expect good weather for the next few days. We plan to be open daily for a while, but ALWAYS check this blog or Facebook "Neal's Berry Farm & Farmer's Market" before coming in case something changed. Pickers check in before 12:30pm to pick, weigh and pay by our 1:00pm sharp closing time. Available for U-Pick on Thu. 5/27/21: Blackberries, yellow squash, zucchini (yellow/green), spaghetti sq., acorn sq., beets, peppers, kale, dinosaur kale, green onions, carrots, cucumbers, sunflowers, zinnias, and MAYBE a few peaches. Ripe tomatoes hopefully start next week. Please bring your garden shears/clippers to cut flowers and some vegs.). FYI: Binford Rd. is under construction between HWY 290 and FM 2920, so if 290/Binford exit is closed off, exit Kickapoo or FM 2920. Fields are still moist, so rain boots or closed-toe shoes that can get wet are advised in some areas. Check HOME tab on this website for pricing, maps, etc.

U-Pick peaches start tomorrow (Tues. 5/25/21)! Season will be VERY SHORT (thanks to 7 degree temps in Feb. 2021), so hurry in before they're gone! We are just entering the beginning of PEAK BLACKBERRY SEASON, so there are more ripe blackberries than ever before! Blackberry season will likely be shorter than usual this year, so don’t wait to pick them either. Open Tues, 5/25/21 7:30am-1:00pm for U-Pick: Blackberries, peaches, yellow squash, zucchini (yellow/green), spaghetti sq., acorn sq., beets, peppers, kale, dino kale, green onions, carrots, cucumbers, sunflowers, zinnias, and possibly more. No ripe tomatoes yet. Rain boots or shoes that can get wet are advised! Please bring your garden shears/clippers to cut flowers and some vegs. Pickers check in before 12:30pm to pick, weigh and pay by our 1:00pm sharp closing time. Entry: $2/ea age 2 yr. and up. Re-usable fruit picking box $2/ea—Blackberries and peaches may be combined in same box. Fruit price: $5.00/lb. Heavy-duty Vegetable picking bag $.50 ea, or use thin free plastic bag. Veg price: $2.00/lb except cabbage ($4/head).  Farm subject to being picked out or rained out, so ALWAYS check this "Updates" blog or Facebook "Neal's Berry Farm & Farmer's Market" before coming out.  See HOME tab on this website for pricing, maps, history, etc. FYI: Binford Rd. is under construction between HWY 290 and FM 2920, so if 290/Binford exit is closed off, exit Kickapoo or FM 2920. After the recent heavy rains, our plants, trees and vines need their RIPE harvest picked asap to facilitate future production. Hope to see y’all tomorrow!

Look at these beautiful blackberries--picked today by a customer! Lots more where these came from. Open tomorrow (Friday, 5-21-21 7:30am-1:00pm). Also plan to open 7:30am-1:00pm Saturday (5-22-21)and Sun. (5-23-21) unless rained out or picked out. Berries are ripening fast with today's sunshine, so more and more varieties of berries are available to pick. All squash, including yellow crookneck, zucchini (green & yellow), spaghetti, and acorn are growing so fast you can almost watch them increase in size! Also available for picking: curly kale, dino kale, eggplant, some peppers, zinnias, sunflowers. Tomatoes not quite ripe yet. Please bring your garden shears/clippers to cut flowers and some vegs. Pickers check in before 12:30pm to pick, weigh and pay by our 1:00pm sharp closing time. FYI: Binford Rd. is under construction between HWY 290 and FM 2920, so if 290/Binford exit is closed off, exit Kickapoo or FM 2920. See HOME tab on this website for pricing, maps, history, etc. Come on out and enjoy picking in the cooler temps while the berries are plentiful!

Huge thanks to all who came out today for our season opener! Everything ripe got picked, so we will be closed Sun. 5/9/21 and Mon. 5/10/21. Back open Tuesday 5/11/21 with more ripe thornless blackberries, yellow squash, green zucchini, yellow zucchini, kale, dino kale, cabbage, Napa cabbage, zinnias and sunflowers. Please bring your garden shears to cut flowers. Once the season gets going, our regular hours will be Tuesday through Sunday 7:30am-1:00pm (closed Monday), but we are always subject to being picked out or rained out. But for now, with so many veggies not ready yet, we will let you know, as soon as we know, if we will be open the next day, so always check this  page or Facebook "Neal's Berry Farm & Farmer's Market" before your come out. Happy Mother's Day!

 
The season will open tomorrow, (Saturday, May 8, 2021 7:30am-1:00pm), with zinnias, sunflowers, kale, dinosaur kale, Napa cabbage, yellow squash, zucchini, and A FEW RIPE BLACKBERRIES. The yellow sign pictured here will also be posted (on a porch post!) in the market, but reading it ahead of your visit will help move the line quicker. Also, we have copies of the site map on the porch posts, but again, studying it in advance or having it handy on your phone for reference will help. Cash is preferred for check-in to speed the process, but we do take cards. PLEASE bring your garden shears to cut zinnias and sunflowers. We expect to have largest blackberry harvest ever, but the season is starting later than usual due to the cool spring weather, so not many ripe blackberries yet. Hence the limit of one zip-top bag per paid entry for a short time. But don't expect to fill that bag tomorrow unless you are an early picker. Wait a few weeks for the easy pickin'.  See our HOME tab on this website for rules, etc. and see the SITE MAP tab here for an aerial view of the farm with legend. Looking forward to a great season and seeing many of our friends of the farm!

We will open the farm on Saturday, May 8, 2021 (7:30am-1:00pm), but don't get too excited and think there will be much to pick on the first day. There MAY be 10 lbs. of ripe blackberries on the 3 miles of fences now, but you can see TONS will ripen soon. We'll have more total berries than ever before, but the harvest will be a little later than usual. Because the cool spring has been great for early crops like squash, kale, Napa cabbage, sunflowers, and zinnias, we need to open and get them picked. If you're just looking for an outing and want to see what will be ready soon, come out and enjoy the morning, with limited expectations. At any time during the open hours, we are likely to be "picked out" on specific items. Admission $2.00-age 2 and up. Please bring your garden shears to cut flowers. See our "Home" tab on this website for more information about visiting the farm. We wish we could open with more, but we are grateful for what we do have, and are looking forward to the season being our best ever; it's just getting off to a slow start.