OPEN, Sunday May 1st: 10AM - 2PM

 

Hello! Huge thank you to everyone who has come out & picked the past few days! Although the patch has been thoroughly picked, we believe that some will continue to ripen overnight, especially in Picking Section 2 (Chandler), rows 17-37, towards the purple flag. Our u-pick strawberry patch will be OPEN Sunday, 10AM - 2PM. We will be closed on Monday, May 2.

14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430. Strawberries are $10/basket, cash or check on the honor system. We provide the baskets. Greenhouse is also open with a variety of bedding plants (flowers, herbs, and vegetable transplants).

We're jammin'

The patch is JAM packed with berries! My grandmother made nearly three dozen jars today from what we picked last night. Fantastic on waffles, but my favorite is the classic PB&J. She & my husband picked another four baskets tonight in no time. There aren't many times in one strawberry season when there are this many berries in the patch & the weather is this good to pick in. If you've been waiting for ideal picking conditions, now's a great time! We'll be OPEN Friday, April 29 & Saturday April 30th, 8AM - 6PM. We'll likely be open on Sunday too.

14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430. $10/basket, cash or check on the honor system. Bedding plants also available in the greenhouse.

Patch is Loaded with Berries!

The berries are everywhere! We picked these baskets in a jiffy after dinner tonight. Very easy pickins. Our u-pick strawberry patch is OPEN Thursday - Saturday 8AM - 6PM. With all these berries in the patch, it's highly likely that we'll also be open on Sunday. We'll post by Saturday evening with a patch update with Sunday's hours. 

Strawberries are $10/basket, cash or check on the honor system. Bedding plants available in the greenhouse: $3 per 4-pack or $25/flat.

OPEN Wednesday through Saturday 8AM - 6PM

After a day of rest, the patch is ready for a pickin' and covered up with delicious berries everywhere. The weather is perfect for picking. Come on over to our strawberry patch Wednesday through Saturday 8AM - 6PM. $10/basket on the honor system, cash or check. We provide the baskets.

The greenhouse will be also be open with a variety of bedding plants (herbs, flowers, and vegetable transplants). $3 per 4-pack or $25 per flat.

Browder's CLOSED Tuesday, OPEN Wednesday - Saturday 8AM - 6PM

Quick Farm Update: Big thank you to everyone who came & picked berries today! The patch was picked pretty hard today, and with the rain rolling in tomorrow (Tuesday), we've decided to give the patch a day to rest. That way there will be plenty of berries for the second half of the week. The patch & greenhouse will be CLOSED Tuesday, April 26th. The strawberry patch & greenhouse will be OPEN Wednesday - Saturday 8AM - 6PM. *The strawberry patch may also be open on Sunday, but we'll have to evaluate the patch after Saturday's picking and we'll update social media as soon as we can determine Sunday's hours. Thanks so much for your support! 😊

Strawberry Patch OPEN Monday 8AM - 6PM

 

Our u-pick strawberry patch in Smithfield will be OPEN Monday, April 25, 8AM - 6PM.  After a day of rest in the hot sun, the patch has really ripened up nicely.  The patch has plenty of ripe berries, so come on out and pick you some baskets. 

Our greenhouse will be open on Monday too.  You can grab a few 4-packs ($3 ea) or a flat for $25 (twelve 4-packs).  Monday's a great day to get some plants in the ground, ahead of the rain rolling in on Tuesday.

14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430. Strawberries $10/basket, cash or check on the honor system. We provide the basket.          

Patch closed Sunday, Greenhouse Open - Patch will Reopen on Monday, 8AM - 6PM

Farm Update: The strawberry patch is currently picked out. We appreciate ALL the people who came out...there were over 2,500 lbs. of berries picked in the past couple of days - thank you! There are currently no ripe berries in the patch, so we'll CLOSE on Sunday to give some time for more to ripen. The greenhouse will be open on Sunday, 8AM - 6PM. We have herbs, flowers, and vegetable transplants available, $3 per 4 pack or a flat for $25. There are 12 total 4 packs in a flat. Cash or check. The strawberry patch & greenhouse will be OPEN on Monday, April 25, 8AM - 6PM.

Strawberry Patch OPEN 8AM - 6PM Fri & Sat :-)

Our u-pick strawberry patch in Smithfield is OPEN 8AM - 6PM Friday & Saturday April 22-23. The strawberry patch is closed Sunday, April 24, but the greenhouse is open. Lots of red, sweet berries in the patch! Also, our greenhouse has a wide variety of bedding plants (herbs, flowers, and vegetable transplants).

Strawberry Patch OPEN 8AM - 6PM all week

 Steak & potatoes? Not during strawberry season!

The patch is loaded with a ton of ripe berries this week. We're open 8AM - 6PM all week. There's a basket with your name on it...and one more for your neighbor 😊

We're at 14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430. $10/basket, cash or check on the honor system.

Strawberry Patch Closed Monday, Open Tuesday - Sunday 8AM - 6PM

Huge thank you for an amazing opening weekend at Browder's Fresh Pickins!  We'll close the patch on Monday to give it a day to rest, but we'll be open the remainder of the week 8AM - 6PM.  Our u-pick strawberry patch in Smithfield has loads of ripe, delicious berries 😊  Our greenhouse will also be open at that time with a wide variety of bedding plants (flowers, herbs, and vegetable transplants). 

Details:

We're at 14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430

U-pick strawberries are $10/basket, (exact change) cash or check (made out to Browder's Fresh Pickins).  We provide the baskets.  Place your money in the black box near the gate.  

Bedding plants are $3 per 4-pack or $25 per flat, mix-n-match herbs, flowers, & vegetable transplants.  There are twelve total 4-packs in a flat. 

Open for Easter 1PM - 5PM

Our u-pick strawberry patch will be OPEN Easter Sunday 1PM - 5PM with lots of ripe, delicious strawberries.  The greenhouse will also be open with plenty of flowers, herbs, and vegetable transplants.   

Looking at the weather forecast, this weekend is a great time to plant your bedding plants.  Monday's rain will water them in well :-) 

Details:

We're at 14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430

U-pick strawberries are $10/basket, (exact change) cash or check (made out to Browder's Fresh Pickins).  We provide the baskets.  Place your money in the black box near the gate.  

Bedding plants are $3 per 4-pack or $25 per flat, mix-n-match herbs, flowers, & vegetable transplants.  There are twelve total 4-packs in a flat. 

Opening Weekend at the Strawberry Patch!

The strawberry patch is loaded with berries! Come on out and pick you a basket or three. We're open Saturday, April 16th, 9AM - 5PM.

We've had the patch closed for the past couple of days to allow plenty to ripen for opening weekend - and that's just what they did!

Our greenhouse is also open with a wide selection of bedding plants (flowers, herbs, and vegetables transplants). All plants are $3 per 4-pack or $25/flat. There are twelve total 4-packs per flat.

We're at 14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430. Pick your own strawberries are $10/basket. We provide the baskets. Place your (exact change) cash or check (made out to Browder's Fresh Pickins) in the black box near the gate.

We're ringing in the new season!

Great opening day today at the patch!  We're picked out of strawberries, so we'll give the patch a couple of days to recover.  Our u-pick strawberry patch in Smithfield will be OPEN 9AM - 5PM on Saturday, April 16th.  There are a lot of berries in the patch now that are on the verge of ripe, so we're anticipating a lot of ripe berries in the patch on Saturday! 🍓😁

Shout out to all the HOKIES!!  We're forever grateful for the education & time there 😊

Our greenhouse will be open Thurs, Fri, Sat this week, 9AM - 5PM.  We have an excellent selection of bedding plants available. 🌺🌱🌼🌸

Details:

14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430

U-pick Strawberries $10/basket, (exact change) cash or check (payable to Browder's Fresh Pickins). We provide the baskets. 

All bedding plants are $3 per 4-pack or $25 per flat (mix-n-match herbs, vegetables, flowers, melons).  A flat holds 12 total 4-packs.  

We're Opening the Patch for Early Season Picking

We have ripe strawberries in the patch!  Our u-pick strawberry patch in Smithfield will be open Wednesday, April 13, 9AM - 5PM, and the patch is ready for a light picking.  Of course, it's still very early in the season, so we'll likely get picked out at some point, but if you live in the area and want to swing by & pick a basket or two, come on by.  $10/basket, cash or check, we provide the baskets.  We also have an excellent selection of different bedding plants in the greenhouse available all week 9AM - 5PM. 

We're at 14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430.  $10/basket - (exact change) cash or check (payable to Browder's Fresh Pickins) in the black box near the gate (lift the flap).  Our bedding plants are $3 per 4-pack or $25/flat.  There are 12 total four packs in each flat.  You can mix & match veggies, herbs, melons, and flowers to fill your flat.   

Time to Plant a Garden

 It was SO great to see so many of you this weekend at the greenhouse! The weather is perfect this week to plant a home garden. Whether it be a little spot in the back yard, a few raised beds, or even a container garden. We actually like to plant veggies & herbs right in our flower beds near our house - easy access!

The price of produce is going up at the grocery stores, but our prices are the same as last year, just $3 per 4 pack. Growing a garden will help save money while providing your family with healthy, delicious melons, herbs, & veggies. Our kids are more likely to eat a vegetable they've grown themselves.

Here's a few of the bedding plants we have available for your garden: yellow squash, zucchini, cucumbers, basil, eggplant, tomatoes (over 20 different varieties), cantaloupe, watermelon, peppers (some are sweet, some are hot). We also have 13 different varieties of herbs available to create your own herb bowls: basil, catnip, peppermint, savory, chives, cilantro, spearmint, dill, marjoram, oregano, stevia, parsley, and thyme. You can mix and match any of the different plants to fill a flat for $25. There are 12 total four packs in a flat.

The greenhouse is open all week, 9AM - 5PM for bedding plants. We're at 14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430. We accept cash or checks.

Although it's still early in the season, with this warm weather, more strawberries are continuing to ripen. We'll let you know as soon as we have enough to open the patch for picking.

Bedding Plants for Sale

It's that time of year!  We are opening our greenhouse for the season.  We're OPEN 9AM - 5PM.  It's bursting with hundreds of flats of bedding plants - flowers, herbs, and vegetable transplants.  Now is the perfect time to get your landscape, garden, raised bed, or herb bowl planted.  Come early for maximum selection. 

All plants are $3 per 4-pack or $25/flat.  Each flat holds 12 total 4-packs.  You can mix & match to fill your flat.  We only accept cash or checks (made out to Browder's Fresh Pickins), on the honor system, in the same black box as always, just lift the flap & drop it in.  We're at 14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430.  The strawberries are continuing to ripen each day...sometime soon, we'll open our u-pick patch too!  

Cover Crop

 

Each year, we plant a cover crop in the area where we had grown strawberries the season before.  The primary reason to plant a cover crop is to help restore and maintain the soil health and get it ready to plant with strawberries the following year.  This is a picture of our rye, where last season's strawberries were.  Cover crops improve the biodiversity in our strawberry patch - can you spot the ladybug?  Cover crops help aerate the soil and help rain go into the soil.  They reduce soil compaction and improve the structure and strength of the soil.  With our sandy land, it's especially important to plant cover crops to reduce soil erosion and to build organic matter.  

  

Our first few red berries of the year!  There aren't quite enough REDy yet to open the patch, but we're getting closer to opening day :-)