"It takes a lot of work to get ready for raspberries.  Early spring of last year my Grandpa, Dad and I put tile in so the field would drain better.  Then we had to use this really cool tool that made our 6 inch beds and laid our irrigation equipment.  I had 6 friends come over and we planted 2000 raspberries by hand.  The raspberries had a rough first summer in my patch because it was so hot and dry, but they have done fairly well.  The rest of the summer I spent pulling weeds, tilling between the rows and finally on Labor Day weekend my friend and I planted the grass seed.  I hope you’ll come see my black raspberry patch.  I guess you can sample some of my mom’s new yellow and purple raspberries too."         -Jake Detwiler
 

Starting this August thru September on Mondays, we will begin offering a true “field” trip to our farm.  We’ll start off with a 10-15 minute learning session all about raspberries with a tour of our farm.  The highlight of the “field” trip will be a walk to the raspberry patch and get a first hand look at where their food comes including a 30-40 minute berry picking to fill their ½ pint with farm fresh red raspberries to take home and share with their families.  Of course we expect everyone will taste a few as they travel down the raspberry rows.  To top off their raspberry adventure they will each receive a berry juice box.  The cost to everyone who picks is $5.

Trips start at 9:30 with the last field trip available at 3:30 lasting around an hour.  We would like a minimum of 10 and a max of 25 kids at a time.  Please email or call if you have any questions or you’d like to schedule your true "field" trip.

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