2024 Season ended today, June 28, 2024, so we will NOT BE OPEN June 29 & 30 as previously planned. We were picked out today so there is nothing left to pick so we have to be closed. Many thanks to all you Friends of the Farm who supported us this year. We could not have been successful without your participation. Starting late July-August, Pre-Picked Muscadine grapes will be offered by sending us your phone # on this website's Contact Us page: www.nealsberryfarm.com/contact-and-links.html and we will call you to set up the purchase amount and pick up time. You may see some changes here next year, but please check the Facebook page, or this website www.nealsberryfarm.com periodically to see what's happening around the farm!
SEASON CLOSING AFTER THIS WEEKEND! LAST CHANCE FOR U-PICK PEACHES, FIGS, BLACKBERRIES & MORE!6/26/2024
LAST OPEN WEEKEND OF THE 2024 SEASON! Come out and Pick fruits, veggies and flowers Friday & Saturday, June 28 & 29, and MAYBE Sunday, June 30, 2024. Open 7:30am-1:00pm, but pickers must check in before 12:30pm and finish picking and pay by 1:00pm. If we get picked out after Saturday, we will be closed Sunday—will post here this Saturday by 4:00pm regarding Sunday open/closed status. U-Pick available: Thornless Blackberries (slim pickin’s –still some, but season ending), Freestone Peaches (some available to be picked from any tree now), Nectarines (some ripe in trees near peach trees), Figs (Celeste and LSU Gold ripe now—both LOADED so easy picking), veggies (only in field by market: a rainbow of tomato colors now, beets, eggplant, and few yellow squash), and LOTS of beautiful Zinnias (bring shears for zinnias and eggplant). All U-PIck fruits $7/lb, vegs $3/lb., Zinnias $3/cup. LAST CHANCE TO BUY CADDO BLACKBERRY PLANTS – 2 year-old plants $30.00. AFTER THIS WEEKEND WE WILL NOT BE OPEN, BUT WHEN MUSCADINE GRAPES ARE READY NEXT MONTH YOU MAY ORDER THEM PRE-PICKED BY LEAVING YOUR PHONE # ON THE CONTACT PAGE TAB ON THIS WEBSITE: https://www.nealsberryfarm.com/contact-and-links.html Please see Homepage for more info.
Come out and Pick fruits, veggies and flowers Friday, Saturday & Sunday, June 28, 29 & 30, 2024. Open 7:30am-1:00pm, but pickers must check in before 12:30pm and finish picking and pay by 1:00pm. This weekend for U-Pick: Thornless Blackberries (still some nice ones but season finishing soon), Freestone Peaches (lots available to be picked from any tree now), Figs (Celeste and LSU Gold ripe now—both loaded so easy picking), Nectarines, Veggies (only in field by market: a rainbow of tomato colors now, yellow squash, beets and eggplant), and Zinnias (bring shears for zinnias and eggplant). All U-PIck fruits $7/lb, vegs $3/lb., Zinnias $3/cup. Please see homepage for more info. 21104 Binford Rd. Waller, TX 77484
Sunday, June 23, 2024 is one of the few days you can pick Blackberries, Peaches and two kinds of Figs, all in the same box and all in the same area of the farm! Open 7:30am-1:00 pm (pickers must check in before 12:30pm and weigh/pay by 1:00pm closing time). Tomato vines are loaded with Black heirlooms, and green, yellow, red, large and cherry type tomatoes. Fig varieties ripe now are Celeste and LSU Gold. Blackberry season is rapidly coming to a close, so come pick them while you can. All U-PIck fruits $7/lb, vegs 3/lb., Zinnias $3/cup (bring your shears!) Please see homepage of this website for more info. Keeping a watchful eye on the weather, but as of right now, we expect to be open Fri., Sat., & Sun., June 21, 22, & 23, 2024 7:30am-1:00pm. If weather forces a closure, we will post here and on www.nealsberryfarm.com homepage. Will have for U-Pick: Thornless blackberries (season slowing but still have some high, low and under leaves), Peaches (only pick from trees with pink streamers--see photo), and Celeste Figs (first of the season, no other varieties ready yet), along with tomatoes (red cherry, black cherry, yellow cherry, and large red, yellow and black tomatoes), yellow squash, and bring your clippers to cut eggplant and zinnias. No new field admission after 12:30 pm.
U-Pick peaches & thornless blackberries this weekend, Fri., Sat., and Sun (June 14, 15, 16, 2024) 7:30am-1:00pm! Please be sure to only pick peaches from trees with pink streamers on them. The other peaches are not mature yet. Blackberry season is much shorter this year due to weather this spring, so get yours now or you may miss out. Please see pic of yellow sign, and the previous post on this blog, for more information. If we get picked out and have to close Sunday 6/16/24, we will post a message on Facebook and on homepage of this website on Saturday afternoon.
OPEN Fri-Sat-Sun, June 14, 15, & 16, 2024 for U-Pick Freestone Peaches, Thornless Blackberries, Veggies and flowers! 7:30 am-1:00pm. PEACHES MAY ONLY BE PICKED FROM TREES WITH PINK FLAGGING TAPE (see photos). Trees without flagging tape have unripe fruit, so please don't touch the unripe fruit as that causes disease to occur where it was touched. The farmers have worked incredibly hard to bring this peach-picking experience to you, and your respect for the trees will help ensure the continuation of this activity. These trees are tediously pruned as living sculptures in order to facilitate their production, so thank you for not allowing children to eat or abuse the fruit, shake or climb the trees, or hang from or pull down the branches. Some blackberries are still ripe for picking, so look high, low and under the leaves. Peaches and Blackberries are the ONLY fruit available for U-Pick at this time. Figs and other fruits not ready yet! U-Pick vegs include tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, cucumbers, squash and more. FOR SALE IN MARKET: Pre-picked peaches, some veggies, and homemade preserves. Pickers must check in before 12:30pm and weigh/pay by our 1:00pm sharp closing time. Prices: Entry $3, U-Pick Fruit $7/lb., U-Pick Veg $3/lb., Zinnias $3/cup, Sunflowers $1/stem. Picking Box $3 or bring your own and put a plastic bag inside for removal when weighing. PLEASE BRING CLIPPERS FOR CUTTING FLOWERS AND EGGPLANT. This farm is our livelihood, and EVERY OUNCE COUNTS, so please pick, weigh and pay BEFORE EATING PRODUCE. Always visit www.nealsberryfarm.com before your drive out to be sure we are not picked out or rained out. Second week of PEAK BLACKBERRY SEASON this weekend Fri-Sat-Sun, June 7-8-9, 2024, 7:30am-1:00pm. We will have U-Pick thornless blackberries for a few more weeks, but production will slow starting next week and the picking won’t be as fast and easy as it is now. So this weekend will be your last chance for PEAK berry season, when blackberries are most abundant! This weekend we will also have Pre-Picked home-grown freestone PEACHES for sale, along with U-Pick veggies: various squash, green onions, peppers, cucumbers, eggplant, tomatoes, a few sunflowers, and first of the season U-Pick ZINNIAS. Green tomatoes may only be picked between the two pick flags tied to the tomato fence (see photo), where you find delicious low-acid BHN-871 tomatoes that turn yellow when ripe, but make the perfect fried green tomato due to their firmness and lack of gel around the seeds. Ripening red tomatoes and cherry tomatoes may be picked anywhere on the tomato fences. PLEASE BRING SHEARS for cutting zinnias, sunflowers and eggplant, and as always, you may bring your own fruit/veg picking container or purchase ours. Sorry, no U-Pick peaches or any other fruit besides blackberries at this time. Admission $3.00, most U-Pick vegs $3.00/lb., sunflowers $1/stem, zinnias $3.00/Solo cup, picking box $3.00. Pickers must check in before 12:30 pm and weigh/pay by 1:00pm closing time. If weather forces a closure, we will post news on this website homepage as soon as we know, and on Facebook, so always check those sites before you come out to be sure we are open.
Join us this weekend Fri-Sat-Sun-- June 7, 8 & 9, 2024 for the 2nd week of PEAK BLACKBERRY SEASON! Pick you berries now while the pickin' is fast and easy! U-Pick from over 3 MILES of fabulous ripe thornless blackberries on fences, along with U-Pick veggies and flowers.Peak season will only last another week or two, then productions slows down and the heat takes its toll on you and the berries. Open 7:30am-1:00pm unless rained out--no chance of getting picked out of blackberries this weekend. Bring your own container or purchase ours. Please visit homepage on this site for more info.
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