Author: Mike Waugh

Hours and Pricing

Posted on by Mike Waugh

Open Days and Hours

Our pick-your-own orchard opens variably according to the season, fruit ripening, and the weather. We sometimes require reservations before your visit. The number of open reservations is based upon the amount of fruit available to pick. Our Facebook page will be the best place to get up-to-date information about our open days and hours, but we also will post information on this page. We will post our open days and hours at least a day in advance, so keep checking back.

We will require reservations on days where the amount of ripe fruit to pick is limited. We hate for people to make the trip to our farm only to find that we’ve been picked out. Reservations allow us to control the number of people picking at one time, which means better fruit and a better experience for all. On days where we think we have a lot of fruit to pick, we may open without reservations being required.

We anticipate opening for berry picking in mid-May through the end of June. Our season peaks around Memorial Day and early June, with the most fruit being available then. While the days that we open will be variable according to the fruit ripening and weather, we will target being open for Saturday and Sunday morning, Tuesday evening and Thursday evening, with potentially additional openings if there is enough fruit.

Updated Monday, April 28, 2025.

Pick-your-own Pricing

Blackberries and blueberries: 

  • $5 a pint
  • $10 a quart
  • $40 a gallon (our picking buckets are one gallon)

We’ll provide picking buckets with handles. After picking, we transfer the fruit to take-home containers (pint/quart/gallon). Fruit is sold by volume. You can bring your own bags and containers to bring the fruit home as well. Refrigerate or freeze them as soon as possible.

We occasionally offer bottled water and assorted drinks for sale, because it’s summer in south Louisiana and we’re all outside.

Fruit

  • Blueberries: we will have a variety of rabbiteye blueberries available for picking from mid-May to the end of June.
  • Blackberries: we will have a variety of thornless blackberries available for picking from mid-May to the end of June, but the season tends to be shorter and more intense than that for blueberries.
  • Peaches: our peach trees were impacted by the late frost. We will not have any peach picking sessions, but if you find some ripe peaches while we’re open for berry picking, you can throw them in your bucket and pay the same price as for the berries.
  • Plums: we have some scattered random plum trees that have a small amount of fruit. Same deal as with peaches, if you find some ripe plums, you can throw them in your bucket and pay the same as for the berries
  • Figs: our fig trees were severely damaged by the big snow event south Louisiana had in January 2025. The trees are putting up new branches, so they are alive, but it’s unclear if they will fruit. In 2024, we had figs from August through the end of October, so check back with us then.

Honey

We are out of honey for the 2025 season. We may get to harvest some this summer, but we expect the supply may be limited so we may not have enough to sell in 2025. Check back with us later this summer.

 

 

Before You Visit

Posted on by Mike Waugh

Pick Your Own

Before You Visit

  • Wear comfortable clothes that can get dirty/stained. Wear closed-toed shoes or boots and socks. The ground may be muddy. Red ant piles can be anywhere.
  • Wear sunscreen and/or wide brimmed hats and long sleeves.
  • It’s an 800 foot walk from the parking area to the orchard. The back of the orchard is even further.
  • Most of our blackberries are thornless, but a few select rows have thorned varieties. Wear gloves and long sleeves and pants if you wish to tangle with them.
  • The farm hosts a wide variety of wildlife, including stinging insects such as wasps and bees. If you are allergic, please be advised.
  • It’s Louisiana, which means it will likely be hot. Bring your own water, but we’ll try to have cold water and other drinks available for purchase. 
  • It’s best to refrigerate berries within an hour of picking. Bring a cooler with ice to maintain peak freshness.
  • If you hear thunder, please return to your car. There is no shelter in the orchard. We will not open if there is lightning in the area, or if it’s raining.
  • Do not enter the goat pastures or the bee yard. Do not open any closed gates.
  • Respect our plants. Do not tear, break or cut limbs or branches.  Do not step on the roots. 
  • Be mindful of the trellis wires at knee and head height. Do not stand on them or hang off of them.
  • Please do not consume berries off the vine. We have lots of wildlife that visit the orchard, so it’s safest to wash all produce before consuming.
  • We do not offer pre-pick berries at this time. Pick-your-own only.
  • Our orchard is not organic, but we try to minimize spraying as much as we can. We follow our regional integrated pest management (IPM) guides for blueberries and caneberries.