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photoWhen are local fruits and vegetables available?

Call ahead for pick-your-owns; dates are approximate and availability is subject to weather!

Pick Your Own
at these Berkshire Grown Member Farms

JUNE

Pick Your Own Sweet Local Strawberries.
Mid-June–early July.

  • Great Barrington: Taft Farms (Corner Division St. & Rt. 183. 528-1515 or 800-528-1015);
  • Hancock: Ioka Valley Farm (Rt. 43, 0.5 miles from Jiminy Peak Resort. 738-5915);
  • Lanesboro: Mountain View Farm (Rt. 7 north to Summer St. to Old Cheshire Rd. 445-7642);
  • Pittsfield: Tweenbrook Farm (Holmes Rd. to Williams St., east on Williams, south on E. New Lenox Rd. 442-3722);
  • Stephentown (NY): Berry Patch at Stone Wall Hill (On Rt. 22., 4.2 miles north of New Lebanon and 1.7 miles south of the intersection of Rts. 22 & 43. 518-733-1234);
  • Williamstown: Green River Produce (Rts. 7 & 43. 458-2470).

JULY

Pick Your Own Cherries. First two weeks of July.

  • Lanesboro: Lakeview Orchard (From Rt. 7, take Summer St. to Old Cheshire Rd. From Rt. 8, take Old State Rd. to Summer St. to Old Cheshire Rd. 448-6009) .

Pick Your Own Blueberries. July to frost.

  • Cheshire: Whitney’s Farm Stand. (Rt. 8, 2.5 miles north of Berkshire Mall. 442-4749);
  • Mount Washington: Blueberry Hill Farm (Rt. 23 west to Rt. 41 south, take right on Mt. Washington Rd., follow for 9 miles. 528-1479 or 528-6468);
  • Sheffield: Howden Pumpkins at Howden Farm LLC (South on Rt. 7, 1.7 miles from the center of Sheffield take Rt. 7A to first right, Rannapo Rd. First place on left. 229-8481);
  • Washington: Blueberry Hill Farm (From Pittsfield take Williams St. to the end, bear right at the Y intersection onto Washington Mt. Rd. 5 miles on the left, look for sign 623-5859);
  • Williamstown: Green River Produce (Rts. 7 & 43 458-2470).

Pick Your Own Raspberries. Mid-July on.

  • Lanesboro: Lakeview Orchard (From Rt. 7, take Summer St. to Old Cheshire Rd. From Rt. 8, take Old State Rd. to Summer St. to Old Cheshire Rd. 448-6009);
  • Monterey: Lowland Farm (129 New Marlborough Rd. 528-0728);

AUGUST

Pick Your Own Blueberries. To frost.

  • Cheshire: Whitney’s Farm Stand. (Rt. 8, 2.5 miles north of Berkshire Mall PYO blueberries. 442-4749.
  • Mount Washington: Blueberry Hill Farm ( Rt. 23 west to Rt. 41 south, take right on Mt. Washington Rd., follow for 9 miles. 528-1479 or 528-6468);
  • Sheffield: Howden Pumpkins at Howden Farm LLC (South on Rt. 7, 1.7 miles from the center of Sheffield take Rt. 7A to first right, Rannapo Rd. First place on left. 229-8481)
  • Washington: Blueberry Hill Farm (From Pittsfield take Williams St. to the end, bear right at the Y intersection onto Washington Mt. Rd. 5 miles on the left, look for sign 623-5859).

Cut Your Own Flowers.

  • Stephentown (NY): Berry Patch at Stone Wall Hill (On Rt. 22, 4.2 miles north of New Lebanon and 1.7 miles south of the intersection of Rts. 22 & 43. 518-733-1234).

Pick Your Own Raspberries. Mid-July on.

  • Lanesboro: Lakeview Orchard (From Rt. 7, take Summer St. to Old Cheshire Rd. From Rt. 8, take Old State Rd. to Summer St. to Old Cheshire Rd. 448-6009);
  • Monterey: Lowland Farm (129 New Marlborough Rd. 528-0728);
  • Sheffield: Howden Pumpkins at Howden Farm LLC (South on Rt. 7, 1.7 miles from the center of Sheffield take Rt. 7A to first right, Rannapo Rd. First place on left. 229-8481)

Pick Your Own Tomatoes and Sweet Peppers.

  • Williamstown: Green River Produce (Rts. 7 & 43. 458-2470).

SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER

Pick Your Own Apples, Pumpkins, Fall Raspberries at these Berkshire Grown Farms:

 

  • Ancram, NY:Thompson-Finch Farm(Rt. 23W to Hillsdale, NY .Rt 22A to Rt. 7A to Copake. Follow Rt. 7A to W. Copake. Rt. 7A becomes 7, follow 7 towards Ancram. Left onto Four Corners Rd. Right onto Wiltsie Bridge Rd. Farm approx 1 mile. )

    (518) 329-7578

    POY Apples and Berries

  • Cheshire : Whitney's Farm Stand (Rt. 8 2.5 miles from the Berkshire Mall. 442-4749)

PYO Pumpkins

  • Gt. Barrington :

          Taft Farms(Rt.41N from Gt. Barrington, right onto Division St. On corner of Division St. and

          Rt.183.  528-1515

PYO Raspberries & Pumpkins, plus corn maze and more.

Windy Hill Farm (On Rt. 7 on the Gt. Barrington-Stockbridge line.  298-3217)

PYO Apples

  • Hancock: Ioka Valley Farm (1/2 mile from Jiminy Peak Ski Area.  738-5915)

PYO Pumpkins with free hay wagon ride to pumpkin patch and more family fun!  

  • Lanesborough:

          Lakeview Orchard (Rt. 7N to Summer St. to Old Cheshire Rd. 448-6009)

PYO Apples and Fall Raspberries

Mountain View Orchard (Rt. 7N to Summer St. to Old Cheshire Rd.   445-7642)

PYO Pumpkins

  • Pittsfield : Jaeschke's Orchard (West Rd, Adams.  443-7180

PYO Apples

  • Richmond :

Bartletts Orchard (4 Miles south on Barker Rd. from Rt. 20.  698-2559 )

PYO Apples

Hilltop Orchard (On Rt. 295 between Rts.. 41 & 22 (look for the signs) 698-3301 )

PYO Apples

  • Sheffield:

Boardman's Stand (From Rt. 7, turn onto Maple Ave. 1.5 miles, turn right onto Hewins St.229-8554)

PYO Pumpkins

Howden Farm (Rt. 7S, 1.7 mils from the center of Sheffield take Rt. 7A to first right, Rannapo Rd. First place on the left. 229-8481)

PYO Pumpkins and Fall Raspberries, plus fall festival from mid-September through Halloween!




Harvest Chart
"What's in Season"?

Apples : Apples through October
Beans: July through October
Beets: June through October
Blueberries: July through September
Broccoli June through October
Carrots: July through October
Corn: July through October
Eggplant: July through September
Garlic: July through October
Herbs: May through October
Leeks: August through October
Lettuce: May through October
Melons: August and September
Onions: July through October
Parsnips: September and October
Peas: June through September
Peppers: July through October
Potatoes: July through October
Pumpkins: September and October
Raspberries: July through October
Spinach and Greens: May through October
Tomatoes: July through October
Winter Squash: September thorugh October

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