STRAWBERRIES
Creek Bed Farmacy invites your family to our strawberry patch! Typically, starting mid-June, we are open to the public to start picking and enjoying our big juicy strawberries. Take in the beautiful views from our hilltop strawberry fields where we have 15.5 acres of delicious berries ready for the pickin’!
We are also happy to offer pre-picked that morning strawberries for purchase too.
Daily Picking Updates
🇺🇸🍓 One Last Chance... 🍓🇺🇸
Tomorrow, Sunday, July 5th, will be our FINAL day for U-Pick strawberries this season!
🍓 U-Pick: 7:00 AM–2:00 PM
⏰ Last field admission: 1:30 PM
If you've been waiting for "one more trip," this is it.
You might walk into the field tomorrow and wonder why we're closing when there are still beautiful berries waiting to be picked. The truth is, a farm is always asking you to look ahead. While one harvest may still be giving, the next season is already waiting in the wings, and if you don't prepare for it now, it won't be there when its time comes.
As soon as strawberry season ends, the work changes. The fields need to be renovated for next year's crop. Equipment needs repairs. Sunflowers need to be planted. Christmas trees need trimming. The corn maze and fall festival need preparing. On a family farm, every season is already preparing for the next.
And somewhere between all of that... we're still a family.
Yesterday, we traded strawberry baskets for paint rollers as we helped our son paint his very first house. (He's now enjoying the privilege of making monthly mortgage payments! 😄) Our youngest daughter is getting ready for college, our oldest daughter is moving back to the area for a new job, we'll celebrate our youngest daughter's graduation, and we'll finally gather together to celebrate the life of Julie's Dad after waiting until strawberry season brought our family together again.
That's just life on a family farm.
We're really just an old-fashioned Mom & Pop operation. There isn't anyone standing by to pull on our boots when we step away. We're just a couple of crazy farmers (along with our family and a beyond wonderful crew) doing our best to grow good food, care for the land, and create a place where families can make memories together.
From the bottom of our hearts... thank you for visiting us this season. Thank you for every conversation, every muddy pair of boots, every smile, every pie, and every memory.
We hope you have a safe, joyful, and blessed Fourth of July weekend. ❤️🇺🇸
Weather Policy
Our fields will close during severe weather (heavy rain, thunder, lightning or high winds) in order to protect our customers & employees. Please check here or our Facebook page for last minute updates. We do try and notify people as fast as we are able to when we have to close suddenly due to the weather, but it's always a good idea to check the weather report for our location prior to coming out to pick. Also, we sometimes need to remain closed to allow fields to dry if we've had too much rain, even if the weather is nice.
A Typical Pick-Your-Own Strawberry Visit
Welcome
Upon arrival you will be greeted by one of our friendly Farm-Assists who will direct you where to drive up to the U-Pick fields. There is a $12 minimum purchase per vehicle. We sell berries by the container, not by the pound. Please call for updated prices.
Picking Strawberries
After you visit one of our handwashing stations, field runners will direct you to the row you will pick in. If your tray gets full, the field runner will give you a new tray.
Picking Sugar Snap Peas
We're still picking them as of June 22nd.
Checkout
When you're ready to check out, you will visit the check out station on the East side of our vintage camper. Pop your trunk and our farm-assists will total up your strawberries. We accept cash (preferred), local check or credit card (but service out here is sometimes spotty).
Pre-picked Strawberries
Pre-picked berries will be available to order online or by phone. We will update this page with the expected start date for our already picked berries.
Varieties We Grow
In the order that they ripen:
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Early June - Galletta & Honeoye
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Mid June - Jewel & Flavorfest
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Late June - Darselect, AC Valley Sunset & Dickens
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Early July - Malwina
Ten Tips for Berry Picking at
Creek Bed Farmacy
1. Farms have dirt: Sometimes mud and uneven ground. Wear sturdy closed-toed shoes (straw hurts between your toes) or boots. Wear comfortable, casual clothes that you don't mind getting dirty. Also, a jacket comes in very handy on cool mornings or evenings. Don't forget your sunscreen!
2. Check the harvest: Prior to coming out, make sure when the berries are ready for picking. Also, we may have to close due to weather. We update the berry hotline, our website home page and our facebook page. Plan to arrive 30 minutes prior to the day's announced closing time in order to have time to pick.
3. No pets please: Farms are fun for the whole family, but due to food safety regulations we cannot allow your fur babies to come along. Please leave them at home.
4. Bees: We LOVE our pollinators. Without them we wouldn't have berries. You will see them around the patch, but they're too busy doing their jobs than to bother with you.
5. Sampling the berries: This fruit is our paycheck. We don't mind if you sample a berry (it's part of the joy of picking!), but please limit yourself to one Berry. The field is not an all you can eat buffet.
6. Treat the plants with care: Please watch where you're walking in the fields and stay within the paths.
7. Wastefulness: Please do not intentionally drop or throw fruit.
8. Respect the farm: This is not only our place of business, it is our home and has been for the last 5 generations. Please read and follow signs that inform you about rules & boundaries. These are put in place to keep everyone safe. When in doubt, ask one of our Farm-Assists.
9. Containers: We provide them for FREE - no need to bring your own. The new food safety regulations for u-pick farms now dictates that you cannot bring your own containers because we would be required to clean and sanitize them.
10. Enjoy your berries!
Caring For Your Strawberries
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Strawberries are very perishable and need to be handled gently
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Protect the berries from direct sunlight & intense heat, especially in your vehicle.
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Store berries in lightly sealed, shallow containers in your refrigerator as soon as possible.
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Do not wash or clean your berries until you are ready to use them.
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Wash the berries in cold water. DO NOT SOAK them. They will become water-logged & lose their flavor.
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Do not stack berries more than 3 layers high in container to prevent crushing.
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Use berries in 3 days or less. Our berries are much softer and juicier than berries from the grocery store, but that means they must be eaten faster.