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Organic Berries Straight from the Farm!
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Cooler weather today, with a chance of showers
Our regular hours are 10AM-6PM, closed Wednesdays. After Labor Day we may close on other week days too, depending on weather & availability of fruit.
The blueberry patch still has some berries to find in the bushy pockets, but the blueberry season is now drawing to a close. There should be fruit to find until Labor day but the picking is much slower now.
We have started picking blackberries. They ripen fairly slowly, so the first pickers each day will get the best results. Summer raspberries have passed by, and Fall raspberries should be pickable after Labor Day.

Butterfly pollinating Blue Crop blueberries

We are a pick-your-own (PYO) farm or you can buy pre-picked berries at our farm store, along with our certified organic jam, local maple syrup, coffee, and books. We also have free wireless Internet connection at the farm store.

Our berries are Certified Organic and the best flavor you can imagine. Maybe even beyond your imagination! Come and pick your own for the best value, or buy your berries pre-picked at our farm store.

We are open from July 4 weekend through Columbus Day weekend. The picking season runs from early July through through early October until the first frost. Raspberries ripen first (this year we started picking July 4). Blueberries are ready in late July usually (this year we started July 15). Blackberries ripen after Labor Day, but we may also have some summer fruit from them this year--in July we think. We harvested a small crop of Cherries in 2009--our first from these young trees--but frost and damp weather this year are making getting a crop in 2010 look a bit unlikely. They ripened over the last 2 weeks of July last year.

Berry picking is what our ancestors did in ancient times, and picking your own berries in their natural organic state recreates a primal human experience. It is utterly unlike the world of TV and electronic entertainment, and is inherently refreshing. This is absolutely the best time a family can spend together in the summer! And good for your health too. Blueberries in particular are a super food with phenomenal healing and rejuvenative properties. For more info check out our Berry Info page. http://vermontberries.com/Info.aspx

We might just have the BEST berries in central Vermont, or maybe in all of New England!
(This is our view, but we are not biased of course!)

Rob & Patricia at the farm

Sunshine Valley Berry Farm
(formerly Blair's Berry Farm)

Rob Meadows & Patricia Rydle
PO Box 49
129 Ranger Road

Rochester, VT 05767

find us
we are less than 2 miles north of Rochester, VT, on Route 100,
turn in at the Forest Service Ranger Station,
go straight ahead.

or go to Google Maps:
http://maps.google.com/maps
type in: 129 Ranger Road 05767

phone:

802-767-3989 at the farm, early July through late September

802-767-9385 at the office, or after hours year-round

email:

rob@vermontberries.com

web:
www.vermontberries.com

Sunshine Valley Berry Farm

Certified Organic Raspberries, Blueberries, Blackberries, and Cherries.....U-Pick, We-Pick