Autumn has arrived and several frosty nights have ended the picking season.

We will be open on Saturday 11/16 from 10-2.

The farm store will be open on the below dates going forward for sales of raw honey (see below), frozen blueberries, Patricia’s famous low-sugar jam, local syrup, Vermont-made soy candles, and Vermont-themed cookbooks.

NOVEMBER: Saturday Nov. 16: 10:00–2:00;

DECEMBER: Sunday Dec. 1: at Pierce Hall for the Rochester Winter Market, 10:00–3:00; Saturday Dec. 7: 10:00–2:00; and Saturday Dec. 14: 11:00–3:00 at Lawson’s Finest Liquids in Waitsfield.

We can also ship non-perishable merchandise to you! Please contact Rob by email (rob@vermontberries.com) or text (802-349-6485) with your order request.

Please see the full list of our raw honeys below.

Big pot o’ honey!

photo: Liz Horstman

Here are our raw honey types:

From right here in Rochester. VT:

from Rochester, VT:

Berry Farm 2023: is SOLD OUT. There will not be any 2024 Berry Farm honey–it has all been left with the bees for their winter supply.

1. Blackberry 2024, a spring/early summer honey made by the bees from this year’s very abundant wild blackberries. Also contains clover and dandelion. Light and fruity, it is selling fast.
2. Aster 2024 has just been harvested. Dark and musky. Also contains goldenrod nectar but purple aster was very abundant this year and dominated the fall crop.

Also from Vermont:
3.Black Locust (Panton, VT) 2022/2023/2024, light and buttery. This year’s is runny and a little more golden than earlier vintages which are now creamy and blonde.

4. Wildflower (Shaftsbury, VT) 2024, from clover & dandelion flowers mostly, and more floral than Black Locust. Beautifully smooth, creamy, and pale, this honey has the light sweetness of powdered sugar, with a hint of fruitiness about it.
5. Trefoil (Hinesburg, VT) 2023 is light, buttery smooth, and fruity, with a taste of sweet orange about it. Clover and vetch nectar were also involved in this high-summer, naturally-creamed honey. Selling quickly.
6. Basswood (Shaftsbury, VT) 2023. A spring honey that has a slight “bite” of citrus about it. Crystallized. Darker than Wildflower. Running low on this vintage.
7. Buckthorn (Sunderland, VT) 2023, a spring honey with a butterscotch taste that is also slightly sour. Even people who say they don’t like honey like this honey! The 2023 vintage is creamy now–there was no Buckthorn harvest in 2024, probably due to wet conditions.
8. Purple Loosetrife (Hinesburg, VT) 2024. The invasive plant, Lythrum salicaria, likes damp ground and has made a comeback in Vermont recently due to wetter conditions. This new honey is darker than early summer honeys usually are and has fruity, candy-like vibrancy.
9. Knotweed (Putnamville, VT) 2024, a rare late summer/early fall honey that the bees made from Japanese Knotweed, Aster and Goldenrod. Smooth, creamy, darkish, with a taste of funky fruitiness.
10. Bamboo (Putnamville, VT) 2023, a rare late summer/early fall honey that the bees made from “Japanese Bamboo” (aka Knotweed) and other fall field weeds. Smooth, creamy, blonde, and with a taste of tropical fruit. This is is one of our Top Shelf honeys!
11. Goldenrod (Shaftsbury, VT) 2023. This fall honey has a somewhat earthy, yeasty taste and a slightly gritty texture. Not as “funky” as earlier vintages of Goldenrod we have had.
12. Goldenrod (Hinesburg, VT) 2024. More pale than Goldenrod usually comes out–contains a good bit of Clover and Aster nectar. Creamy.

Unique raw honeys from out of state:

13. Wild Blueberry (Cherryfield, ME) 2024, from the vast fields of low bush blueberries north of Bar Harbor. You can taste the blueberry in it–smooth, quite dark, and not yet crystallized.
14. Raspberry (Downeast, ME) 2024. Rich, fruity, and a little fiery, a beautiful golden-brown color, and still runny.
15. Cranberry (Cape Cod) 2022, It doesn’t taste like cranberries but instead carries a hint of apricot. Now crystallized. Golden, and a little gritty.
16. Dark Knotweed (Cooperstown NY) 2024, very dark with a molasses flavor and strong notes of rum raisin liqueur and dark chocolate. Unforgettable. The darker the honey the greater the health benefits, they say.
17. Star Thistle (Beulah, MI) 2020, from the Sleeping Bear Dunes area, creamy and blonde, with a taste of marzipan and notes of green apple! It’s amazing.
18. Orange Blossom (Central Florida) 2024. From orange groves, with a very strong orange taste. Very popular, it is another of our Top Shelf honeys.
19. Tupelo (Ponce de Leon, FL) 2024 from the Florida panhandle swamplands, now back in stock! A rare honey with a green tinge to its color, a buttery mouth feel, and hint of spiciness. Made famous by Van Morrison’s song, Tupelo does not crystalize due to its high fructose/low glucose ratio. Top Shelf!

Here are the sizes and prices of the honey (due to rising costs, some honeys have had a price increases in recent years.)
2 oz. net jar: $3 for most types; $4 for the Knotweeds, Goldenrod ’24, and all the berry flavors; $5 for Bamboo, Orange Blossom, & Tupelo
5 oz. net jar: $6 for most types; $8 for the Knotweeds, Goldenrod ’24, and all the berry flavors; $10 for Bamboo, Orange Blossom, & Tupelo
9 oz. net jar: $9 for most types; $12 for the Knotweeds, Goldenrod ’24, and all the berry flavors; $15 for Bamboo, Orange Blossom, & Tupelo
13 oz. net jar: $12 for most types; $16 for the Knotweeds, Goldenrod ’24, Berry Farm, and all the berry flavors; $20 for Bamboo, Orange Blossom, & Tupelo
18 oz. net jar: $15 for most types; $20 for the Knotweeds, Goldenrod ’24, Berry Farm, and all the berry flavors; $25 for Bamboo, Orange Blossom, & Tupelo
38 oz net jar: $25 for most types; $35 for the Knotweeds, Goldenrod ’24, Berry Farm, and all the berry flavors; $45 for Bamboo, Orange Blossom, & Tupelo

Honey by the pail–available in Black Locust, Wildflower, Goldenrod ’23, and Star Thistle: 4 lb. bucket: $35; 7 lb. bucket: $60; 12 lb. bucket: $90

Our available jam is Blueberry, available in the two smallest sizes at $3 and $6; Raspberry jam is sold out for now..

For mail orders, we add $7 for handling and materials regardless of order size, plus actual USPS shipping charges. Write to Rob at rob@vermontberries.com, or text 802-349-6485.

Some quick notes:

The ingredients in our jams are usually certified organic except for the Pomona’s fruit pectin (made from lemon peel) but sometimes we run short of certified organic fruit and can only get conventionally grown. With all our batches of jam the label accurately shows whether the ingredients are certified organic or not.

The honeys we sell are truly raw and unfiltered; and the bees are kept well away from any spraying or GMO crops, although none of the above are certified organic.

Please write to us using the contact page or to rob@vermontberries.com for more info.