Rudd Farm

2010-04-27T19:11:00.000-07:00

Well we've survived our first day and a half of berry season. The berries are just beautiful, and very sweet. Today we celebrated our 10th anniversary. On April 27, 2001 we sold our first berries. Can't believe it's been 10 years and we have grown from a little over one acre to nine acres this year. A big thank you to all our customers! Hope to see everyone at the farm real soon.

2010-04-25T14:50:00.001-07:00

It's berry picking time. We will open our farm stand at 7:30 Monday to sell pre-picked berries, greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers. We will open our picking fields tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 pm. We plan on closing at 7:00, but if we get picked over we may have to close earlier. We'll update our phone message and blog if we have to close early. Starting Tuesday we'll go to our strawberry season hours: M - F 7:30 am - 7:00 pm and Saturday 7:30 am - 5:00 pm. Call for possible times on Sundays. Our prices this year are as follows: pre-picked 4 quart baskets - $9.50 each, quarts - $3.00 each. Pick your own --$7.00 for a full 4-quart basket. We supply the picking containers. We also offer a frequent buyer card--pick or buy 12 white 4 quart baskets, get 13 th free. Since supplies of the cards is limited come out early to get your card. We do not accept credit or debit cards--just cash or checks.

2010-04-25T07:34:00.000-07:00

Our farm stand will open today at 12:00 noon to sell a limited supply of berries. We will close when sold out, so it's a good idea to call before coming out. We will update our message tonight with our operating schedule for Monday.

2010-04-24T04:56:00.000-07:00

Our farm stand will be open on Saturday at 9:00 to sell a limited supply of greenhouse tomatoes, cucumbers, and quarts of strawberries. We'll close when sold out. We'll let you know when we get open next week.

2010-04-22T15:47:00.000-07:00

We will open our farm stand on Friday April 23 at 1:00 to sell a limited supply of greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers. We'll close when sold out, or by 6:00 pm. Not sure about Saturday yet, but I'll update our phone message on Friday night with possible opening times for Saturday.

2010-04-12T11:31:00.000-07:00

What crazy weather we had last week. We went from overhead sprinkling our berries to cool them down two days last week--to a couple of sleepless nights worrying about frost at the end of the week. Let's hope all this cold and way to hot weather is gone for the year.

The berries are looking good and we hope to open for berry season by sometime the last week on April.

The greenhouse tomatoes are also looking great. We have just picked the first three tomatoes of the season. The first three are traditionally eaten by Kenneth and I, one for my mom and one for Kenneth's dad. Everyone agrees they are delicious as always. We hope to have a few to sell by sometime next week.

We'll let everyone know when we open to sell tomatoes and strawberries. We'll update our blog, put a message on our facebook page, and also send out a note to our email customers.

Back to work for now!

2010-03-15T13:47:00.000-07:00

Well the rain has finally eased a bit and the temps are a little better than at my last writing. We have been busy uncovering the strawberries. They appear to have weathered the winter pretty well. They already have a few blooms, so spring will be here before we know it. Hopefully this weeks dry weather will allow us to get through the fields by the end of the week, and do some much needed work on the strawberry crop. Since last writing we have planted some cabbage in the field, and hopefully will get some spring onions and potatoes planted soon. The greenhouse tomatoes are looking great. We hope to have some for sale by the middle of April. It's too early to know what date we will open for strawberries, but hopefully by the end of April. Looking forward to seeing everyone soon. Until next time--take care.

2010-02-11T12:54:00.000-08:00

Well--the farm has survived another snow storm and strong winds. As far as we can tell the strawberries are just fine--but Matt spent most of yesterday making sure that the covers were still on the strawberries and not in the trees somewhere.

The greenhouse tomatoes are growing and looking great. We now have blooms on the tomato plants and my job of pollinating each bloom is beginning.

We are looking forward to some dryer and warmer weather, so the land will dry out.

Back to work--more later.

2010-01-11T09:31:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year from the Rudd Farm. Our farm stand is now closed for the winter. We have covered our strawberries with covers for the winter months. We will soon be planting our greenhouse tomato plants in their final bags, so hopefully by the first of April we will have vine ripe tomatoes. We hope to have berries by the end of April--but to soon to tell. Look forward to seeing all our customers in the spring.