Formosa Nursery

* Private picking *
One of the summer highlights for me is berry picking. We decided to try a new spot today for strawberry picking. We wanted to try an organic farm instead of the heavily sprayed ones which are a bit larger and more commercial.
Formosa Nursery is a family run farm which specializes in blueberries later in the season and a good portion of their farm is filled with blueberry bushes that look like they will make for good picking in a month or so.
They have a wide variety of items in addition to blueberries, but in limited quantities including pawpaw, several varieties of pears, persimmons, apples, several types of plums, grapes, cherries, currants, etc.
But today’s mission was strawberries…
Being an organic farm, there is a lot more biodiversity and natural growth than at some of the other u-​pick farms — which somehow just felt better overall.
Also wandering around the farm and knowing there is no chemical pesticide is a really nice feeling. It makes eating what you pick feel a LOT better! (Not to mention whatever you may be breathing in at some of those other farms while picking!)
Since this farm specializes in blueberries and only has a very limited amount of strawberries, it was kind of a private picking. They unlocked the gate and let us in. We were the only people there!
So be sure to call them and ask what they have available and if you can come before taking a long trip out to be disappointed.
The strawberries are delicious. We enjoyed some tonight with prosecco before dinner. And then a few more after dinner with some of our homemade vanilla ice cream. Delicious!
The only thing keeping me from giving a 5^th star is the pricing. The pricing is quite high for U-​pick at $ 5/​pound! Granted since you get to pick the quality is higher than what you get at the produce store, but the price is about the same without them doing any of the picking work! Humph…
We will almost certainly return for the blueberry season as it looks really promising. Doubt it will be a private picking again… But you never know!
Viva la berry!