Harvest your own pumpkins, gourds, and indian corn this fall from our Birch River Farm.

Pick your own blueberries this June and July and stock up on vitamin C and anti-oxidants for the winter by freezing gallons of fresh picked, pesticide-free blueberries.  They actually are proven to improve your memory!  Great for making smoothies all winter long or eating as a frozen sweet treat!

WHAT WE OFFER:

1.  Blueberries:  We offer many different species of blueberries that ripen throughout the summer.  You can start picking late June through early August.  Pick your own for only $4 per quart or buy prepicked for only $7 a quart.

2.  Apples and Peaches:  Call us in July to set up an appointment to pick your own and save lots of $$$. 

3. Tomatoes and Peppers:  Best sellers - our high-quality pesticide-free Tomatoes and Green Bell Peppers. Grown in a high tunnel under favorable conditions, these beauties are not only healthy; but delicious too!  Buy in bulk at discounted prices and do some good ole' fashion canning this summer. 

4.  Pumpkins, Gourds, Indian Corn:  This is a truly fun fall activity for the kids and for the kid in you.  You can harvest your own fall/halloween decorations and be the envy of your neighborhood.  The kids can pick their own unique gourds, pumpkins, corn stalks, and indian corn.  Harvest begins in September.

YOU CAN HARVEST YOUR OWN PRODUCE ON THE FARM!

MY COMMITMENT TO YOU:  The produce you purchase from us is safer, more healty, and better tasting than what you typically would buy at a grocery store.  We use NO RESTRICTED PESTICIDES, HERBICIDES, OR FUNGICIDES!

Large commercial growers worry about profit.  We typically lose money every year farming.  We continue to farm so that we can produce healthy and delicious produce for ourselves and our community.   (Did you know that some commercial potato producers use pesticides that are so toxic, it is illegal for workers to harvest the potatoes by hand becasue the soil is too dangerous to touch?)

Also, large commercial growers have to be concerned about shipping produce long distances.  Therefore they grow varieties (such as tomatoes and peaches) that are very firm (and therefore less sweet) and they harvest them long before they are fully ripe (reducing the sugar content and the nutritious value of the crop).  We don't worry about firmness of our produce because we hand pick everything and usually sell the item directly to the consumer within a few days - making bruising the tender crop less likely.   We grow the sweetest varieties we can and we let our crops fully ripen on the plant to increase flavor and vitamin content. 

Lastly, we drink the ground water and breathe the same air as our crops, so unnecessary, dangerous chemicals are not used on our plants, making them safer for you and your family.

                                                                   Matt Schafer