If you’re looking for a fun activity that is fun for adults, teens, and children alike then you may want to consider taking a trip to one of Long Island’s many pick-your-own veggie and fruit farms. You-pick-crops vary from season to season but most farms have a wide selection of produce, flowers and other plants to choose from during the summer months. The crop selection includes strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, cherries, apples, watermelon, peaches, pumpkins (during autumn), tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and gourds or squash. Visit the websites of the following ten pick-your-own farms to find out which farms are open for the summer season, what fruits and veggies are currently in season, and which crops have plentiful pickings.
1. Patty’s Berries & Bunches
48 Sound Avenue, Mattituck – (631) 298-4679
2. Lewin Farms
812 Sound Avenue, Wading River – (631) 929-4327
3. Wickham’s Fruit Farm
28700 Main Road, Cutchogue – (631) 734-6441
4. Davis Peach Farm
561 Hulse Landing Road, Wading River – (631) 929-1115
5. Briermere Farms
4414 Sound Avenue, Riverhead – (631) 722-3931
6. Richter’s Orchard
1300 Pulaski Road, Northport – (631) 261-1980
7. Windy Acre Farm
3810 Middle Country Road, Calverton – (631) 727-4454
8. Harbes Farm & Orchard
5698 Sound Avenue, Riverhead – (631) 369-1111
9. The Milk Pail
723 Mecox Road, Water Mill – (631) 537-2565
10. Krupski’s Vegetable Picking & Pumpkin Farm
38030 Route 25A, Peconic – (631) 734-6847