Archives for June 2014

What a great country we have! And strawberries to celebrate Canada Day is who we are. Just like vacant streets when the gold medal hockey game is on! Join us this weekend to celebrate and be thankful for Canada. We have lots of berries and lots of fun down on the farm. … [Read more...] about Happy Canada Day

Today's Berry Forecast: Slightly awesome with a chance of fantastic. Lots of straw, no mud. 100% chance of sweetness. 100% chance of juiciness. Open 8 am - 8 pm. … [Read more...] about Berry Forecast

It's always an exciting day at the farm. Many of our students are starting their summer job for the first day. The wagons are freshly painted. The tires have been checked (hopefully no flats) - but we have spares ready to go! But more importantly the berries look great and the weather forecast is wonderful. We hope you can make it out to pick … [Read more...] about PYO Strawberries Are Here

Fresh peas in the market this morning and boy are they sweeeeet! … [Read more...] about Peas Please

The long wait is over. The summer solstice is June 21 at 6:51 a.m. But everyone knows the real start of summer is when the strawberry fields are open for picking at Barrie Hill Farms! This year that's Monday June 23 at 8:00 a.m. So cancel your golf game. Switch your work shift (because calling in sick wouldn't be right). Gather up your picking … [Read more...] about PYO Strawberries Start June 23

We have the first berries of the season in the market today! These are our day neutral (fall) berries that you loved so much last year. They ripen a little earlier than the June berries. We expect to have a limited supply of ready picked berries in the market over the next few days and PYO strawberries will begin approximately June 26. … [Read more...] about Strawberries for Dad