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.