Many Purple Raspberries & Some Early Blackberries Ripe Now

    Thornless blackberries have just started ripening, and will keep ripening until about Aug. 4.  We'll have good amounts of thornless blackberries to pick for the next few days, just check the weather forecast or radar for 5 miles east of Chetopa, KS before coming.  Right now, Tues. morning June 29 has a low rain chance.

'Natchez' thornless blackberries have just started ripening, and many green berries will keep ripening over the next month.

   Many people usually come to pick thornless blackberries over the weekend, especially leading up to July 4th, so we'll likely get picked out of thornless blackberries on Fri. July 2 and Sat. July 3.  We're closed Sun. morning July 4 as usual for church services, and will be closed Sun. evening July 4 this year also.  There will be plenty of thornless blackberries to pick from July 5 to July 31.

  Thornless blackberries are sold pick-your-own only, for $3.72 per quart + 7.5% sales tax.

Gracyn Carter, age 7, had fun picking purple raspberries with her dad, Donny Carter & her mom, sister & grandma last night.

   Many purple raspberries are also ripe now, and purple raspberries will be plentiful until about July 5. We also still have a few red raspberries and black raspberries to pick for the next few days.  All raspberries are sold pick-your-own only, for $2.79 per pint + 7.5% sales tax.

   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.  That also shows that we have no peach crop in 2021 due to Feb. cold, as I've posted on this blog since late March.

   Our Summer Open Hours run from June 1 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.

   We do not take appointments in summer; just come during our Summer Open Hours.  Please do not arrive before our opening time, and allow enough time to finish picking and check out by our closing time.  Thanks.

   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.

   Our parking areas can fit 3 vehicles between each pair of oak trees (which provide nice shade for your vehicle).  So please pull in straight, fairly close to a tree, or into the middle spot if 2 other vehicles are already parked next to the 2 trees.  That way we'll have enough parking spots for everyone who's coming to get fruit.  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.