The pick-your-own season, which starts in mid-summer with farms offering strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries, builds to a crescendo in the fall, providing locavores a chance to stock up on the ultimate in local-grown foods before winter.
In Harvard, locations for picking your own fruit this week include:
Carlson Orchards • Doe Orchards • Hammerhead Farm • Hazel U-Pick
Little Rascals Orchard • Old Frog Pond Farm • Phil’s Apples • Westward Orchards
Apples, peaches, nectarines, blueberries, raspberries
Seven days a week, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
978-456-3916
114 Oak Hill Road
www.carlsonorchards.com
Apples, blueberries
Call for days and hours
978-772-4139
327 Ayer Road
www.doeorhcards.com
Blueberries
Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
978-456-6858
56 Westcott Road
Apples
Weekends
978-456-9020
13 Westcott Road
Apples
Sept. 19 to Oct. 31
Saturday Noon to 4 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
978-456-7847
116 Ayer Road
www.pickapples.org
Apples, raspberries
Wednesday to Sunday, holidays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
978-456-9616
38 Eldridge Road
www.oldfrogpondfarm.com
Apples
Daily starting after Sept. 12, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
978-456-3361
24 Prospect Hill Road
www.philsapples.com
Apples, blueberries
Wednesday to Monday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
978-456-8363
Mass. Ave.
www.westwardorchards.com
