Our favorite organic*, pick-your-own fruit farms in Southeast New York.
Thompson-Finch Farm
gorgeous organic strawberries and raspberries.
Ancram, NY http://thompsonfinch.com
Garden of Eve farm
vegetables, fruits and flowers. Pick-your-own and farmstand. They also have a stand at Brooklyn's McCarren Park Farmer’s Market.
North Fork, Long Island http://www.gardenofevefarm.com
Fishkill Farms
apples, peaches, cherries! Hopewell Jct., NY http://www.fishkillfarms.com
Handsome Brook Farm
raspberries and tomatoes. Franklin, NY www.handsomebrookfarm.com
Fix Brothers Orchards
cherries (sweet, sour or black), peaches and apples. NOT certified organic, but the best cherries, including the rare dark-red morello cherry! A beautiful spot overlooking the Hudson River.
Hudson, NY Phone: (518) 828-7560
Liberty View Farm
fruit, vegetable, and honey.
Highland, NY
Montgomery Place Orchards
all kinds of fruit, especially great for heirloom varieties. A beautiful spot near the Hudson River and the pretty towns of Red Hook & Rhinebeck.
Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
Phone: (845)758.6338
*growing organic fruit in the NE is very hard, and therefore there are very few farms that do it, hence the inclusion of low-spray. We feel that local trumps organic: support your local farms!
Local Fruit Harvesting Dates
Tart Cherries: July 1-July 25
Blueberries: July 15-August 25
Summer Raspberries: July 15-August 15
Apples: Mid-July-Late October
Fall Raspberries: Sept 3-Oct 31 (or hard freeze)
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"extraordinary preserves." ~Julia Moskin, New York Times
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Honey bees have been obsessed with my jam these past few weeks. Every market they come and hover, crawling into the sample jars. I came up with the solution of leaving an almost empty jar of Grapefruit & Smoked Salt Marmalade on the side of my booth as a lure — and it worked! Everyone is happy and no one got stung, here’s some video of the happy little guy ~
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Brilliant idea! We had a few visitors in the jams and preserves at our weekend food swap – next time I’ll ave to try something like this.
-the redhead-