Hanson’s Farm

This review is for their CSA.
Their CSA gives loads of stuff every week, so much so that we’re splitting it with a neighbor. Also, there’s a fair bit of variety, and every week there seems to be a fair bit of spices, like cilantro, dill, or parsley, all of which tend to get pricey in the supermarket.

I went the other day to «pick» pumpkins with my family, only to find already picked pumpkins in a plot of land. To say I was underwhelmed would be an understatement. The hay ride looked like a cage attached to a tractor that rode up and down a long grassy driveway and the few suckers on it looked embarrassed that we now knew they all paid money for that ride.
This place as everyone and their mother mentioned, «has potential.» However, it seems Noone from this place reads the Unilocal comments.
Furthermore, to the person who wrote in that said they felt they needed to ask the summer staff if their mother was around, I feel ya! This summer I actually did that! The adult was helpful and that is why I came back.
Although I have been here twice I have bought nothing from this farm.
Bottom line, you can’t half ass a farm, especially in an area where there are tons of farms and in New England.

Took the family there for the Haunted house /​hayride, it takes about 2 minutes to go through the haunted house if you take your time, mostly children trying to scare you, the hayride is OK, very rickety I wouldn’t recommend it if you have a bad back, at $ 16 a pop I can’t recommend it that’s ridiculous, eight or ten bucks would be reasonable…

This review is only for their farm stand.
This little farmstand is right off the street and has plenty of parking.
Everything they have is local — not necessarily their own but when it’s not they mark the signs to let you know.
I have had lots of veggies from them already this season and everything has been great — Tomatos, squash, zucchini, blueberries, corn, peppers and garlic.
There prices are really great too — so much better for you and cheaper than buying at the grocery store.

Unfortunately this place is awful! The ‘staff’ consists of rude, uneducated teens. I get that teens need to work, but these kids could not have been more bothered.
The ‘store’ area is measly… limited selection and far too expensive.
DRIVE BY this place and spend your money somewhere else!

Less than impressed with their version of «pumpkin picking» what a shame… such a nice location but the service was horrible, please hire someone besides your kid sisters… they spent the entire time my family was asking questions braiding each others hair (really). the pumpkins are trucked in from lord knows where… i’m not even going to get into their version of a $ 6 hay ride… really, i mean really just dragging people around an open field…
Its just sad because they have such potential at this location! The tractor drivers were nice and friendly and the view is awesome.

We got a half-​share CSA this year from Hanson’s Farm, and we will not do it again next year. The quality and selection of the produce is just not good. The highlights: Kale, lots of Kale. Cherry tomatoes (you need to pick these). Just about everything else is small (green peppers), misshapen (potatoes), tasteless (sweet corn), or (for us) undesirable (tomatillos, hot peppers). Next year, we’ll pick and choose what we want from a good farm stand like Barbarian’s in Northborough.

Took the whole fam to the haunted house and hayride. Loved it! It was so fun and worth the $ 16 (adult) $ 14 (child).

My favorite farm in the area. Beautiful place, well-​stocked and affordable farm store, warm atmosphere. Just stocked up on a bunch of colorful gourds and pumpkins for fall and corn picked that very morning, and took a bunch of pictures. Spend some time here next time you need produce or would just benefit from being on a farm for a little while.

Found Hanson’s here on Unilocal,was out having a Farm Friendly day and thought, «Hey, lets stop in Hansons»… We googled Haunted HayRide & I found out they had one.
So we stopped in one night to take the boys (2 3yr olds), and they were all excited, Talked to a nice man at the farm stand who gave us all the info about the Hayride & off we went for dinner with plans to come back.
7:00 comes, we go back to get the hayride & seconds into the event our boys instantly wimped out, so we had to ask for a refund and they were nice & gave us our $ back.
They have the cutest little pumpkin thing you could sit in to take pics, we also found out they do HayRides that are not Haunted & we might come back for that. Loved the stand, they had tons of variety, tons of things. Nice people…
Will def make several stops back at Hansons once the winter ends.

I was looking for a place to go blueberry picking but sadly it wasn’t here and was redirected to Togus Farms.
They have a cute little store but I thought the prices were a bit high.
It was off the beaten path so I don’t think I’ll be back for a while. Maybe I’ll try the strawberry picking next year since the reviews gave a few thumbs up.

I called ahead and asked whether they were doing pick-​your-​own blueberries today and they said yes, so I drove the half hour or so to get there only to be encouraged by young farmhands/​clerks (who were more interested in hanging out with each other than helping customers) to pick raspberries instead. Worse than that, come to find out the blueberries weren’t even ripe yet! The crop of raspberries was meager and most of the berries looked weird. I enjoyed the beauty of the farm, walking down to the pond, and looking at the animals, but I hated being misled over the phone when I called specifically to avoid a situation like this. I feel like I should have asked, «Can I talk to your mom?» after seeing who I likely spoke to on the phone. I walked out without picking any berries or buying anything from the farm store (which stocked neither raspberries nor blueberries, which should have been my first clue). My guess is that this young crew is summer staff and they need some training so they won’t waste potential customers’ time and create resentment. I might try it again, since it is the closest PYO to where I live, but boy, was I disappointed.

Went to Hanson’s farm last weekend for strawberry picking and loved it! Had an amazing experience, it was a beautiful day and their strawberries are absolutely delicious! Prices are very reasonable too $ 2.50 entrance fee person and about $ 5 per quart for strawberries which were AMAZING. Will come back for sure!

The Hanson’s farm ROCKS! Strawberry picking in spring, haunted hay rides in summer and a corn maize in Fall — add all the animals and this family run farm experience is everything you could hope for.
Their weekly summer Farmers’ Markets are great for pruduce, but it is well worth the effort to get out to the farm.

This is a lovely small farm and farmer’s market. Everything in their market is local, and they clearly label what’s from their own farm. Most recently I picked up summer squashes, red tomatoes, kale, apples, and heirloom tomatoes.
They didn’t label the type of apple but I know it was very tart, and won’t get apples for wating here again. Also, I’m assuming the squashes came fromanother farm, as they were recently refrigerated.
They also was decent prices on plants and hangers. The tomatoes I’m growing as home, which are wonderful, started as a plant at Hanson’s too.
Hanson’s also makes a presence at the Wayside Inn Farmer’s Market on Saturdays, but I’d suggest skipping that and heading directly to Hanson’s little shop.