OPEN Monday 8AM - 3:00PM

 

Today our berries soaked up the warm sun and ripened up nicely! The patch has loads of berries ready to be picked.

After you pick, swing by our greenhouse to grab some plants for your landscape. This picture of our front patio was taken in August. Everything but the trees & elephant ear was from our greenhouse. Lots of zinnia, vinca, dianthus, basil, coleus, sage, dusty miller, salvia, and petunia. We love to keep lots of herbs really close to the front door so we can run out while we're cooking to add some fresh flavor. 😁

Details:

14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430

🍓U-pick strawberries = $15/basket. We provide the baskets & you take them home with you. If you bring our baskets back on your next visit, you get 50 cents off your next basket. You pick first, then pay at the end.

🥬U-pick lettuce = $2/head. We provide the scissors for you to simply cut the lettuce off at the base. Located on Row 52 of the strawberry patch.

🌱🌸Bedding Plants = Our greenhouse is packed with vegetable transplants, herbs, & annual flowers, $3 per 4-pack. Bulk Discount = $25 per tray. Each tray holds 12 total 4-packs.

First gather all your berries, lettuce, and vegetable transplants, and then pay at the tent when you're ready to head out.

We accept cash, checks, and credit cards. Thank you for supporting our small family farm! 😊

CLOSED Sunday, May 7th

 

MANY THANKS to everyone who came out to our strawberry patch today! The patch was picked clean and we'll need to close on Sunday, May 7th to allow more to ripen. Tomorrow evening, we'll walk the patch and post our next opening days & hours 😊

📸 Credit goes to Heather Freeland Guilford, who works with me at Windsor Elementary School. She made these Strawberry Cream Horns, and I can't wait to get to work on Monday to taste one!!

OPEN Saturday, May 6th 8AM - 3PM

 

The warm, sunny weather today allowed the patch to ripen up nicely! Jake, Tatum, and Audrey have been working hard this week mowing and weed eating so that the patch is weed free, making for a pleasant picking experience. The weather's looking beautiful for Saturday, so come on out and enjoy picking some sweet, juicy strawberries!

Now that the weather's warming up, if you're looking to start a garden, we have plenty of bedding plants for you. If you want to landscape your yard, we have a wide variety of affordable options that will keep your yard looking fantastic!

Details:

14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430

🍓U-pick strawberries = $15/basket. We provide the baskets & you take them home with you. If you bring our baskets back on your next visit, you get 50 cents off your next basket. You pick first, then pay at the end.

🥬U-pick lettuce = $2/head. We provide the scissors for you to simply cut the lettuce off at the base. Located on Row 52 of the strawberry patch.

🌱🌸Bedding Plants = Our greenhouse is packed with vegetable transplants, herbs, & annual flowers, $3 per 4-pack. Bulk Discount = $25 per tray. Each tray holds 12 total 4-packs.

First gather all your berries, lettuce, and vegetable transplants, and then pay at the tent when you're ready to head out.

We accept cash, checks, and credit cards. Thank you for supporting our small family farm! 😊

CLOSED Friday, May 5th

 

Farm Update: We had A LOT of berries picked today at the patch and Browder's Fresh Pickins will be CLOSED FRIDAY. We'll be OPEN SATURDAY. The cooler weather we've had all week decreases the rate at which the berries ripen. Friday will be sunny and a bit warmer, so it will be a good day for the patch to ripen up for Saturday's picking. Friday evening after work, we'll evaluate the patch for ripeness and post Saturday's hours. Thank you for supporting our small family farm!

OPEN Thursday & Friday May 4th, 8AM - 4PM

Jake...riding around with his girls this morning He was headed to the Soil and Water Conservation District Farm Days - a farm outreach event for school kids in Suffolk, Surry, and Isle of Wight.

We'll be OPEN Thursday, May 4th, 8AM - 4PM. Come pick a few baskets of strawberries, a couple heads of lettuce and fill a flat or two of herbs, flowers, and vegetable transplants

Also, Little Explorers Storytime @ 10AM on Thursday @ Browder's Fresh Pickins. A great outing for the little ones!

Details:

14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430

U-pick strawberries = $15/basket. We provide the baskets & you take them home with you. If you bring our baskets back on your next visit, you get 50 cents off your next basket. You pick first, then pay at the end.

U-pick lettuce = $2/head. We provide the scissors for you to simply cut the lettuce off at the base. Located on Row 52 of the strawberry patch.

Bedding Plants = Our greenhouse is packed with vegetable transplants, herbs, & annual flowers, $3 per 4-pack. Bulk Discount = $25 per tray. Each tray holds 12 total 4-packs.

First gather all your berries, lettuce, and vegetable transplants, and then pay at the tent when you're ready to head out.

We accept cash, checks, and credit cards. Thank you for supporting our small family farm!

We'll be OPEN Wednesday, May 3rd, 8AM - 6PM

Sometimes folks ask us for recommendations on the best spots to pick. Jake's favorite place to pick is the middle-middle because it never gets as many pickers. There are 49 (double) rows, each 300 feet long, with 5 different varieties scattered about the patch. In general, the middle to back of each row has more ripe than the front half.

Special Event on Thursday: The Blackwater Regional Library is leading a Little Explorers Storytime. When our kids were toddlers, we lived for library storytime! 😊

Check out the bedding plants in our greenhouse. Featuring 4 different varieties of cucumbers (Burpless Supreme, Bush Crop, Dasher II, & Pickling) & lots more veggies, flowers, & herbs.

Details:

14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430

🍓U-pick strawberries = $15/basket. We provide the baskets & you take them home with you. If you bring our baskets back on your next visit, you get 50 cents off your next basket. You pick first, then pay at the end.

🥬U-pick lettuce = $2/head. We provide the scissors for you to simply cut the lettuce off at the base. Located on Row 52 of the strawberry patch.

🌱🌸Bedding Plants = Our greenhouse is packed with vegetable transplants, herbs, & annual flowers, $3 per 4-pack. Bulk Discount = $25 per tray. Each tray holds 12 total 4-packs.

First gather all your berries, lettuce, and vegetable transplants, and then pay at the tent when you're ready to head out.

We accept cash, checks, and credit cards. Thank you for supporting our small family farm! :-)

OPEN Tuesday, May 2nd, 8AM - 6PM

 

The strawberry patch is REALLY loaded with big, sweet, juicy berries right now!! The patch has been resting to allow more ripening for two full days now, and my how they've ripened! Come on over and pick a basket for yourself & one for your neighbor too! 😊

While you're here, check out our greenhouse. It's currently slammed full with bedding plants..for those who were waiting until May to plant, the time is here! Gear up for the tastes of summer...home grown tomatoes, herbs, & cucumbers...we have burpless, slicing & pickling transplants 😎

Details:

14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430

🍓U-pick strawberries = $15/basket. We provide the baskets & you take them home with you. If you bring our baskets back on your next visit, you get 50 cents off your next basket. You pick first, then pay at the end.

🥬U-pick lettuce = $2/head. We provide the scissors for you to simply cut the lettuce off at the base. Located on Row 52 of the strawberry patch.

🌱🌸Bedding Plants = Our greenhouse is packed with vegetable transplants, herbs, & annual flowers, $3 per 4-pack. Bulk Discount = $25 per tray. Each tray holds 12 total 4-packs.

First gather all your berries, lettuce, and vegetable transplants, and then pay at the tent when you're ready to head out.

We accept cash, checks, and credit cards. Thank you for supporting our small family farm! 😊