Red Raspberries & Sweet Cherries Ripening

   Our first pick-your-own crop, red raspberries, has just started ripening. Customers may start picking them tomorrow, June 1, and there will be more to pick over the next month, with the most red raspberries to pick from about June 7 to June 22.  Black raspberries and purple raspberries will start in about 10 days.  All raspberries are sold pick-your-own only, for $2.79 per pint + 7.5% sales tax.

I picked these 2 pints of red raspberries for my own use yesterday. More will ripen tomorrow, and more each day for the next few weeks.

   Sweet cherries have also started ripening, and we have some for sale now and for the next few weeks.  I harvest all sweet cherries, because they grow on tall trees and I pick them all from a ladder.  We do not ever allow customers to use ladders to pick fruit.  Sweet cherries are sold harvested, for $2.79 per pint + 7.5% sales tax.

We have some harvested sweet cherries for sale now and for the next few weeks.

   Our Summer Open Hours start June 1 and run until Aug. 31, as shown in the sidebar at left.  We're open Mon. to Sat. 7:30 a.m.to 12 noon and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Sundays 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. only.  We're closed Sun. mornings for church services, and closed from 12 noon to 7 p.m. each day in summer.

Our Summer Open Hours start June 1 and run until Aug. 31.

   Pick-your-own thornless blackberries are still blooming, and should start ripening about June 18.  When ready, thornless blackberries are sold pick-your-own only, for $3.72 per quart + 7.5% sales tax.

Thornless blackberries are still blooming, and should start ripening about June 18.

   Sales dates for all our crops are listed in the sidebar at left under Crop Sales Seasons. That also tells which crops are sold pick-your-own and which crops are sold harvested.

   We still have many harvested 'Enterprise' and 'Gold Rush' apples for sale for the next few weeks, and some 'Sundance' apples.  Harvested apples cost $1.30 per pound + sales tax.  A 20-pound box costs $25.00 + sales tax, so you save $1.00 by buying 20 pounds.

   We also have some harvested 2nds apples, which cost $0.93 per pound + sales tax.  These have hail damage, cracks, or other surface damage, and are great for cutting into slices, in salads, or for cooking, baking or preserving.  If you buy 40 pounds (2 boxes) or more of 2nds apples for one household, the price goes down to just $0.88 per pound + sales tax, so $35.20 + sales tax for 40 pounds of 2nds apples.

   We also still have some asparagus for sale for the next few days or so.  Asparagus is still just $2.78 per pound + tax, harvested.

   For payment, we accept cash and checks (from any state), but NO credit cards or debit cards.  We have no phone line to the sales building, and no card reader.  Please bring your checkbook or enough cash to cover the amount you want to buy.  Thanks.

   The Kansas Highway Department is replacing 3 bridges on Highway 166 east of Chetopa, KS, and work is expected to take 15 more months.  They've installed 3 stoplights and have one-lane traffic open, so it now takes about 15 minutes instead of 5 minutes to drive the 4.5 miles from Chetopa to our farm if you go on Highway 166.

   Those coming here from from the northwest can save time by heading east on Highway 160 from Oswego, KS for 5.0 miles to Hallowell.  Just after you pass Angelo's Deli on your left, turn right (south) onto 90th St., and continue south for 10.0 miles on this paved road.  At the stop sign, turn right onto Highway 166, go just 0.5 miles west, then turn left onto 95th St. at the sign for Brenda's Berries.

   Those coming here from from the east, northeast or southeast can follow your usual route here.  Those coming here from from the southwest should come up through Miami, OK rather than through Welch, OK and Chetopa, KS.