News and blog
Thank you all for a wonderful 2009 berry season! While our fruit crops are done producing we have an abundance of delicious produce on the farm. Sweet corn, green beans, slicing cucumbers, pickling cucumbers, broccoli and eggplant are now available. Tomatoes and peppers are coming on slowly in the cool weather, but within a week we will have a steady supply. Dust off your canning supplies and start thinking pickles and salsa!
Strawberry season is short and sweet and we are entering our final days of picking. PYO will run 7am-6pm until Thursday, June 9th. The price has been reduced to .90/# as late season picking is slower.
We have not determined a start date for PYO raspberries but we will have an update soon! The crop looks great and we have raspberries available for purchase at our stands!
A cool start to the month of June has pushed back typical harvest dates by 1-2 weeks. As farmers, we are constantly balancing the things that we can control and the things we cannot. The past few weeks have been heavy on the side of things we cannot control...frost warnings, heavy rain and cool daytime and night temperatures. Small green fruits are abundant on our strawberry plants as we analyze the changes and scour the fields for ripe berries. For now we play the waiting game, for fruit to ripen and picking to begin!
Our strawberry plants are nearing full bloom and we are anticipating a plentiful crop of berries this season. We were fortuntate to avoid any frost damage during a few dangerously cold nights (for strawberries). Night temperatures that dip below 34 degrees during this time of the year lead to sleepless nights of running frost control and very tired farmers!
At this time, we expect pick-your-own strawberries to begin around June 18th. THIS DATE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE due to weather and field conditions. We all know that Wisconsin weather is unpredictable, but that is our best estimation at this time. Sign-up today for our mailing list to keep informed!
If you are reading this, you have obviously found our web site! We are very excited to bring our business online and communicate with our customers via the web. Our site in currently in the "construction" phase but will be ready to go by JUNE 1st which is just about the time our season gets really rolling.
We are very busy in the fields gearing up for another growing season and our 2nd year of pick-your-own strawberries. Strawberries season begins in mid-June, stay tuned for frequent updates about our berries and other farm news!