I had a bright idea yesterday to see if we could pick strawberries since it was the last day for strawberry picking in Pungo. Monkeyboy had a field trip to Brookdale Farm about a month ago so we decided to check it out (we usually pick at Henley’s Farm). Brookdale in Pungo did have a smaller strawberry field than Henley’s (that I recall). There is also a Brookdale Farm in Hickory.
Sadly, we walked out with about 10 strawberries (at no charge, though). The kids were sooo disappointed. I did pick up 1 tomato to have tomato sandwiches for lunch and 6 ears of corn. The corn is priced at $6 a dozen and the tomatoes are $1.28 per lb (I think). It is more than I’d normally pay but you can’t beat it when the corn was just picked. We had 3 of the ears last night and they were yummy!
I was told you can get on the email list to get updates on what’s growing, be the first to know when you can pick strawberries AND get coupons! Coupons?! Sign me up! That just made my whole day!
*I saw on Henley’s website that you can pick Blackberries for $1.59lb!
Do you have a favorite local farm? I’d love to hear about a farm with great prices and/or organics too.
Photo Credit: Dreamstime.com-I forgot to take my own
Brookdale all the way! I signed up for their email list last year and I love them–they are well written and witty–imagine that 🙂 Often times, yes, they do send out quite a bit of 10 cent or 20 cent off strawberry coupons throughout the season. They were my sole source of strawberries for this season–I made ohhh so much jam. I will miss going weekly with my little one. A friend of mine mentioned Poor Johns over by the grassfield walmart at 914 Dominion Blvd but I can not speak for it personally.
Thanks for letting me know! I was a little weary on what to expect. I'd only seen the Hickory Farm and didn't even realize there was 1 in pungo until the field trip in May. I'm jealous of your jam. We usually pick several times, but didn't get out once before the disappointing trip this weekend. I can't even remember the last time we missed strawberry season 🙁
I'd forgotten about Poor John's. I've never been there but need to check it out.