Richardson Farm

10/30/2024

We are now closed for the year, due to heavy frost from sodium nitrates, accumulating over the last number of nights since 'fall fertilizer' day a week ago across these farm valleys; it really drove the temperatures down from mock whore-frost.

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10/20/2024

Bulk amounts have become difficult to find as the cooler weather has slowed the ripening of berries. Limit, 6 pounds per visit.

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10/20/2024

Our strawberries fully survived the 31 degree light frost three nights ago, so we are still open for business, until a heavier frost.

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10/16/2024

We have reached to near the end of our season. Cooler, wetter weather is finally rolling in, so we have dropped our prices to 2.50 per pound, (limit: 20 pounds) as the berries, like apples, become sugary during these cool nights, and are super ideal for picking; even when not fully ripe they become sweet and firm. But in between rain storms, when the nights are clear, if the Payette River Swamp Valley does not produce enough pre-dawn butane fog, then flash frosts at sunrise can ruin all kinds of crops. If the sun/fog/rain/wind/residual ground heat melts the frost on the berries quickly enough, it can make them even more delicious, like apples, but too much internal frost exposure can also bruise the flesh.

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09/15/2024

We still have strawberries all the way to October so if you want to make holiday jams or pies we have the berries you need.

09/06/2024

Just a quick reminder: Our usual strawberry season goes all the way until Halloween (first heavy valley frost), so there is still plenty of time for u-picking!!!

08/15/2024

Strawberry Plants Soaking Up The Solar Rays.

07/27/2024

Our summer u-pick season has started! The berries are ripe, so come on out and get them @ 3.50 per pound!

07/20/2024

We seem to be easing back into our summer u-pick season extraordinarily early! Over the last few days, people have been easily finding 5-10 pounds. But for some reason (smokey air?) we haven't seen any u-pickers yet, this Saturday morning... so come on out and start your harvest!

07/18/2024

There are a lot of built up strawberries in the field right now that are ripe today.
So if people want more before the full season starts again then come on out.
Flowers take time to turn into strawberries.

07/15/2024

We have a few ripened berries again. But still very limited, like, probably only five-ten pounds are currently ripening per day. Next month, August, is when production usually picks up again.

07/05/2024

There are so few readily ripe berries right now, after July 4th, that we've gone into offering only free samples on most days, until sometime in August, when our Summer/Fall crop starts ripening. Then there will be plenty again for bulk jamming or freezing.

07/02/2024

We got a few pounds of ripe berries per family for the 4th of July. But the flowers are starting to bloom again, so we will have a lot in august.

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06/24/2024

There seems to be a little bit of spring leftover berries ripening each day now, so if you just want a couple pounds, then we will be tentatively be open through this next week, until the end of June. I will update again once we run out entirely. Some of our plants in the field are starting to blossom, so with this hot weather, out summer u-pick season might start a little sooner than August!

06/22/2024

There are some strawberries that somehow ripened slower than expected through the week, so there are still some available for u-picking today, ...but if you want a mass amount for jamming/freezing, consider waiting until the summer u-pick season starts up again in August.

06/16/2024

We seem to be having the shortest spring season ever, and starting this next week there will be a reduced amount of berries. But never fear, because there is always our Summer/Fall season of u-pick, which starts up in early August and goes all the way until Halloween some years! Also, we still are unable to accept debit/credit cards. But we do accept cash, checks, and PayPal.

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06/12/2024

A quick recipe idea.

Its a simple concept & very yummy too!