Pick Your Own Farms in Northern Virginia
There are many "Pick Your Own" (or U-Pick, or PYO) farms in Northern Virginia, where you and the family can spend an afternoon picking what ever happens to be in season to your heart's content. Among the large varieties of fruits and vegetables available are: apples, apricots, beans, beets, blackberries, carrots, cherries, corn (sweet), cucumbers, eggplant, flowers, peas, peaches, peppers, pumpkins, raspberries (red), raspberries (Spring, red), raspberries (Autumn, red), summer squash, winter squash, strawberries, tomatoes, other vegetables, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, petting zoo, farm animals, birthday parties, school tours, and other events through out the seasons.
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Pick your own blackberrys The blackberry leaf was also used as an early hair dye, having been recommended by Culpeper, the English herbalist, to be boiled in a lye solution in order to "maketh the hair black"
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Luke Jr. dives in Researchers have known for quite some time that berries contain antioxidants which help to fight cancer causing free radicals. A study at the University of Ohio has found that blackberries are the most potent cancer fighting berries of them all, by...
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Junior would like to give a tip for blackberry hunting: Pick only the berries that are fully black. Reach in between the stems to grab for hidden berries ready for harvest. Bend down and look up into the plant and you'll find loads of berries that other people missed.
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"This is the good life..." "I'll just sit back, relax, and think pleasant thoughts ... naps, warm beds, fresh blackberries, mom and dad, relaxing in the summer breeze ... this is the good life."
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Luke Jr. would like to share an anecdote Colonists called bramble bushes “lawyers” in Shakespeare’s day because their stiff, sharp thorns grab hold of you and don’t let go until they’ve drawn blood.
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His bloodstream awash in sugar, Luke Jr. drifts off in to nap-land with visions of enormous floating blackberries paving a path to a sea of warm milk because this, folks, is what dreams are made of.
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Where's my bed? "You have the audacity ... the ... the ... temerity ... to bring me out here, let me stuff myself silly with blackberries, and then not have a portable bed on which to nap??? You're lucky I like you ..."
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Hollin Farm Hollin Farm is a three generational family farm in northern Fauquier County, Virginia, about 45 miles west of the Washington, DC beltway.
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Hollin Farm Hollin Farm is named after Hollin Hills, an award-winning community of modern houses that he developed in Fairfax county in the 1950s and 60s.
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Red Thumbs Up Pick your own red raspberries or blackberries for only $5.00 per pint box.
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Hollin Farm's farmer Eyes his way through the summer squash to determine its maturity to determine when the Pick Your Own customers can come through and have their way.
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Ms. Mack is pleased with her selection of a beautiful yellow tomato from Fauquier County, Virginia's Hollin Farms. There are numerous pick your own farms in Northern Virginia featuring almost any kind of fruit or vegetable you can imagine.
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Hollin Farm Hollin Farm is open during the summer season from 9am to 5pm. Before you go for a visit, always check their website or recorded phone message (540) 592-3574 to check for availability.
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Peach trees of Virginia Among the delights to find among Virginia's pick your own farms are peaches. In the U.S., Peaches typically peak during late June through July in the South, and July and August in the North. In order to produce good local peaches, producers depend on...
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Gorgeous peach tree in Northern Virginia For the pick your own crowd: remember that heaping Peaches more than 14 inches deep will bruise the fruit on the bottom. Plastic dishpans, metal oven pans with 3 inch tall sides and large pots make good containers.
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