Open Days and Hours

Update (June 22, 2024): We are closed for berry picking for the season. Thanks to everyone who visited our pick-your-own farm this spring and summer.

We have raw unfiltered honey for sale. There is a self-serve box in front of our house at 40285 Abby James Rd (the two story house next door to the farm entrance). Pint jars are $10. Cash (use the drop box) and Venmo accepted.

Check back with us in late summer (late July to August) to see if we will open for pick-your-own figs.

The pick-your-own orchard will open 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. We will post our open hours at least a day in advance, so keep checking back.

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.

Honey

We have honey again!

$6 for half-pint jar

$10 for pint jar

 

 

Honey

Update: We’re out of honey, but we hope to be able to harvest some by middle summer 2024.

We have a self-serve honey box with a few jars of honey and a drop-box on our front porch at 40285 Abby James Rd.

Waughsome Farm honey is raw and unfiltered, which means it will crystallize over time. The taste is unaffected, but if you wish, gently warming it up will reliquefy it.

Pint jars are $10 a piece. We have a cash drop box and accept PayPal and Venmo. Payment information is on the honey box.

 

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 blackberry orchard.
  • 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 CapriSun 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 out in the orchard.
  • 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.