St. Michael Fresh Pickin’s

07/22/2024

Happy Monday! Thanks for a great weekend. ❤️ If you’re not in a corn-coma, it’s a beautiful day to stop by the stand. See you soon!

07/21/2024

We are open today (Sunday) until 5 or sell out. We look forward to seeing you!

07/20/2024

🌽Thanks for another great day, everyone! It was good to catch up with many of our regulars. We met a lot of new people too! Thank you to those who are spreading the word. It’s working! 🌽

Here is a picture of the inside of a zucchini ball. We were all curious. 😁

07/20/2024

We’d love to see you at the stand today!

07/20/2024

It’s hoppin’ at the stand today! You all must be as starved for produce with FLAVOR like we are. Bert’s corn is picked fresh every single day. We never sell day old. Stop by and see what all the hype is about!

07/19/2024

🌽🌽Good morning everyone! Stop by the stand today to grab some amazing sweet corn for your weekend gatherings. It was picked fresh this morning for you! We also have a variety of fresh produce including green beans and tomatoes. See you soon! 🌽🌽

07/16/2024

Sold out for the day (Tuesday)! We'll be open tomorrow at 10!
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07/15/2024

We are sold out for the day (Monday)! Wow! Thank you everyone who stopped by. What a great start of the season. 🎉

07/15/2024

I just wanted to clarify that we are open until 5 or when we sell out. My last post said 2:00 which was a typo.

07/15/2024

Who’s ready for some sweet corn?! 🌽 We are excited to start another great season! Opening day is tomorrow from 10-5. See you soon!🎉

07/12/2024

Only 3 more sleeps! See you on Monday! 🎉🌽🎉🌽🎉🌽🎉🌽

Fresh Pickin will be opening for the season on Monday, July 15th. Not only will we have our famous white sweet corn🌽, we will also have cucumbers🥒, zucchini & summer squash, potatoes🥔, green beans, and MORE!!!

GOOD NEWS: We are keeping the prices the same as last year!

Hours:
📍BROOKLYN PARK open at 10 daily
📍CHANHASSEN open at 10 daily
📍BLAINE open at 10 daily
📍ST. MICHAEL open at 10 daily
📍MONTICELLO open at 10 *Wed thru Sun*
📍BIG LAKE open at 10 daily
📍LAKEVILLE open at 10 *Wed thru Sun*

***We stay open until we sell out each day. Ideally, that is sometime between 5 & 6, but we do sell out early quite often. We will do our best to let you know when/if we sell out earlier than 5/5:30 on the fb page for each stand.***

🗺 Locations in the comments

07/10/2024

We’re getting so close!!! 🌽

🌽🌽🌽As you can see, our sweet corn is *almost* ready!!! 👏

The heat this week is really helping push the growing along, so we are looking at opening up for the SWEET CORN🌽 season on MONDAY, JULY 15TH! This spring we were hoping for the 12th or 13th, but even with weather conditions that have not been ideal, we're only a few days behind our projected date.

Of course we will have other delicious produce as well. Everything is picked fresh from our farm here in Brooklyn Park: Cucumbers, green beans, zucchini, summer squash, potatoes, and MORE!!!

***We are planning to open at all locations next week, stay tuned for info on hours and locations.***

07/01/2024

Hi everyone! Here’s an update on Bert’s sweet corn. 🌽😁

🌽Many of our loyal customers have been asking about our sweet corn: "How is it doing with all the rain?", "When will it be ready?", "Where can we get sweet corn this year?"

The good news is that all the rain has not hurt the corn because we farm in Brooklyn Park where the soil is extremely sandy and drains well. We've had a LOT of rain, but many of the big storms missed us, so no damage to the crops. In fact, all this rain is a relief from last year when we had to irrigate all summer long! The cooler than normal weather has slowed the sweet corn growth though. It was looking like we might have sweet corn as early as the 10th or 11th of July, but due to the lack of really hot days, we're looking at around the 15th of July. Sweet corn needs heat to grow. We are planning to have the same Fresh Pickin's locations as last year:

•Brooklyn Park
•Chanhassen
•Blaine
•St. Michael
•Monticello
•Big Lake
•Lakeville Pickin's in Lakeville

More information on locations and hours as the season gets closer. Our sweet corn will also be available at a few Twin Cities grocery stores including select Hy-Vee's.

🍉For those of you asking about melons: Muskmelon are typically ready at the end of July, & watermelon in early August. As always, our crops are pampered, and every effort is made to get them ripe as early as possible. So we are hoping to have melons earlier than normal as well!

🍓For now, enjoy strawberry season while it lasts! We are hoping to get a few more days of picking in, so be sure to stop by and grab some while you can!

06/04/2024

🍓Helloooooo everyone! I hope you’re enjoying this beautiful weather. If you didn’t see it on the Fresh Pickin’s main page, we will NOT be selling strawberries at our St. Michael stand. There will only be berries available at the Brooklyn Park and Chanhassen stands. I will keep you posted when they’re available. Those berries are worth the drive! More details in the link. We are so excited to see you in July for sweet corn! 🎉🌽

05/19/2024

Hi everyone! I hope you are all doing well! Sorry for the delayed post. We were celebrating our daughter’s college graduation this weekend! 🎉 It looks like your mouthwatering melons got planted this weekend! Aren’t they cute? https://www.facebook.com/share/p/KAv5wCTgkdbrudAv/?mibextid=WC7FNei

04/18/2024

Hi everyone! It has begun!
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12/26/2023

🎄We hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas time and may this coming new year be your best one yet! 🎉

11/23/2023

🦃Happy Thanksgiving from our house to yours! We are thankful for you all and hope you are doing well. Anyone having Bert’s corn today? 😁

10/28/2023

It’s the last weekend to go play at the farm!

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Come spend the day with us this weekend! It's our final weekend of the season - it's a great time to get in that Hay Ride you've been meaning to do this fall, see our great selection of Pumpkins, explore our Maze, have fun in the carnival area, and SO MUCH MORE!

Tickets at the gate or in advance at https://bit.ly/tc-corn-maze-tickets

09/20/2023

Did you hear someone singing the Hallelujah chorus earlier this evening? That was me when I saw that the parking lot got resurfaced and THE POTHOLES ARE FINALLY FIXED!!! 🎉

09/04/2023

From our families to yours…thank you. We are truly grateful for a successful year! It couldn’t have been done without you. We will really miss our fabulous customers and all of Bert’s amazing corn and fresh produce. 😁 In the meantime, enjoy the rest of summer, stay healthy and come see us next year! ❤️
A special thanks to Vetsch Plumbing & Magic Water for allowing us to camp out in your parking lot all summer! ❤️

09/03/2023

Aaaaand that’s a wrap. Thank you all for an amazing season. We appreciate every one of you. See you next year! ❤️

09/03/2023

This is it folks! Last day. 😱 Come and get it! We open at noon and close when we sell out of corn. I’ll keep you posted. See you soon!

09/02/2023

We are sold out for the day! (Saturday). See you tomorrow at noon for the last day of the season! 😱

09/02/2023

Kelly just dropped off some more bouquets! Look at that Dahlia! 🌸 We still have lots of corn and watermelon left. See you soon!

09/02/2023

Good morning! We look forward to seeing you at the stand today! We are stocked up on Bert’s famous sweet corn, watermelons and Sweet Tango apples. If you’re looking for local, raw honey, we have that too! We open tomorrow (SUNDAY) at noon for the last day of the season. We’ll be open today until sell out. I’ll post when we close. The corn is flying out of here so come early! See you soon!

09/01/2023

Sold out for the day(Friday)! Thank you guys so much. It was a record day! See you tomorrow at 10!

09/01/2023

From our dear customer, Jess (with permission):
“I bought spun honey a couple weeks ago. I mentioned that I was glad to see honey cause allergy season is approaching. I've eaten (at least) a teaspoonful a day. This week, I have a ton of friends posting about how terrible their allergies are starting this year and I'm typically way worse off than them. This year I hardly have issues with my allergies - I attribute this to eating local honey every day. Maybe it's a placebo effect but I'm here for it either way! A spoonful of honey keeps the allergies away (or at least manageable, lol)!”

09/01/2023

It’s Friday! 🎉 I hope you’re able to relax and have fun this weekend before school starts. Today we have LOTS of all white sweet corn, vine ripened Black Ruby watermelons, Sweet Tango apples, raw, local honey and honeycomb, gorgeous, fresh flowers, and plenty of other wonderful produce. SUNDAY is our last day of the season. 😭 See you soon!

08/31/2023

Our dear customer, Tanya, made Joel and I the cutest, personalized Fresh Pickin’s t-shirts! How fun is that?! If anyone else wants one, she’d be happy to make you one. Just message me for details. Thanks again, Tanya. We love them! ❤️