Open Days and Hours
For 2026, we will open for the season on Saturday, May 26. Our season lasts for about 5-6 weeks.
Our open days and hours are variable, according to the season, the weather, and how much ripe fruit there is to pick.
- Wednesday, May 20: 6 pm to 7 pm.
- Saturday, May 23: 8 am to 10 am. Field closes at 10:30 am or when we get picked out of ripe fruit.
- Monday, May 25 (Memorial Day): 8 am to 10 am.
We will post our open days and hours at least a day in advance. We will close early if we run out of fruit. We close if there is bad weather or lightning in the area. Always check this page or our Facebook page before heading over because we sometimes make last minute announcements.
In order to provide the best experience, we sometimes require reservations before your visit. The number of open reservations is based upon the amount of fruit available to pick. If reservations are not specifically mentioned in our post or website, then it’s first-come, first-serve.
Our season peaks from Memorial Day to early June, with the most fruit being available then.
Pick-your-own Pricing
New for 2026!
In order to speed up the check-out process and improve consistency, we are switching to selling by weight rather than volume.
Blackberries and blueberries:
- $8 a pound
Generally one of our one gallon picking buckets can hold 5-6 pounds of picked fruit.
We’ll provide picking buckets and bags with handles. You only pay for what you pick (no entry fee). 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.
Waughsome Farm Golden Bucket
We offer a Waughsome Farm branded “Golden Bucket” for $40 that you can bring home.
Any fruit picked into the one-gallon golden bucket will be 50% off for the current season, and 10% off for later seasons. Limit one golden bucket per person. Discount limited to 1 gallon of fruit per visit, which is conveniently the size of the bucket. You must have the bucket with you to receive the discount.
If you purchase a golden bucket on the way in for your first visit, you break even after the second visit, and get a great discount after that. It’s a great deal for repeat customers!
You don’t need a golden bucket to pick. Most customers will use a regular white bucket (one gallon size or quart size) and transfer the fruit to take home containers.
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. Thornless varieties include Arapaho, Caddo, Osage, Ouachita, and Ponca. We have one thorned variety called Kiowa – it’s delicious enough to be worth the thorns! We have some new varieties planted that will start fruiting in 2027.
- Peaches: we will not have any peach picking sessions for 2026, 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: we have several fig varieties, which were variably impacted by cold weather in the winter of 2026. If and when we have figs available, it is in late summer and early autumn. Our fig varieties make dark colored fruit, such as LSU Purple, Brown Turkey, Black Mission, Violet de Bourdeaux, Celeste and Magnolia.
Honey
We will have honey for sale on our open days, harvested from our hives located on the farm. Our supply is limited, so we will not be stocking our self-serve honey box in spring of 2026, but we’re hoping to harvest more in summer.