Produce Farms near Groton, NY

Groton

Freeville

Brookside Berry Farm grows berries near Freeville, in Tompkins County just northeast of Ithaca. Freeville sits in the Fall Creek valley, dairy-and-produce country where small u-pick operations open for a few weeks each summer. Little about the farm is posted online, so picking availability is best confirmed by phone or a local farm-stand listing before visiting.

Homer

Dave's Veggies is a greenhouse and farm market on Route 41 in Homer, in Cortland County's Central New York countryside. It grows and sells produce alongside greenhouse plants: bedding flowers and vegetable starts in spring, fresh vegetables through summer and fall. The roadside operation serves the Homer and Cortland area with its own and local-grown stock.

Homer

Homer

Dave's Veggies runs a farm stand and nursery at 5178 State Route 41 in Homer, growing its own asparagus, sweet corn, and tomatoes through the season. Pick-your-own berries open when they ripen, and the stand also carries bedding plants, baked goods, homemade preserves, and local cheese. It stays a family operation, selling mostly what the family grows on-site. Reach them at (607) 543-0226.

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Cortland

Halls' Hill Blueberry Farm offers pick-your-own blueberries on Tower Road in Cortland, in the Southern Tier hills between Syracuse and Ithaca. The bushes ripen through mid-to-late summer. The farm posts little online, so check locally for opening days and picking conditions before you drive up.

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Ithaca

Kestrel Perch Berries is a small berry farm at the EcoVillage community on Rachel Carson Way in Ithaca, in Tompkins County. It grows berries on a modest scale within one of Ithaca's cooperative farm plots. Little contact information is posted online, so reach out through EcoVillage or a local farm listing to confirm picking or sales.

Richford

Negus U-Pick Berries offers pick-your-own on Payne Marsh Road in Richford, part of the Negus family's Tioga County farm. Summer is berry season in the Southern Tier, with strawberries in June giving way to raspberries and blueberries into July. Bring containers and check daily picking conditions.

Town of Spafford

Burdock's Berries grows u-pick berries on West Lake Road above Skaneateles Lake in the town of Spafford, at the northern edge of the Finger Lakes. Hillside farms along this road grow strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries through the summer. Picking availability shifts with the weather and isn't posted online.

Marathon

Twin Tower Blueberry Farm grows blueberries on Route 221 in Marathon, in the hills of southern Cortland County. The berries ripen from mid-July into August, the upstate pick-your-own season. It's a seasonal berry farm, so picking and sales follow the summer crop rather than year-round hours.

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Newark Valley

Berry Good Acres is a pick-your-own berry farm on Upper Fairfield Road in Newark Valley, in Tioga County's Southern Tier hills north of Owego. Its crop calendar isn't posted online. Berry farms in this area open for strawberries in June and move through raspberries and blueberries as summer goes on.

Auburn

Strawberry Fields U-Pick lets you pick your own strawberries on East Genesee Street Road in Auburn, in the Finger Lakes. Strawberry picking here runs a short window, usually from mid-June into early July depending on the spring. Call ahead before driving out; berry fields open and close day to day with the weather and what's ripe. Cayuga County farmland surrounds the site.

Auburn

Ruwet Berry Scary Acres works both ends of the season in Auburn, in the Finger Lakes' Cayuga County. Summer brings pick-your-own berries; fall turns the property into Scary Acres, a haunted attraction. Online details are limited, so confirm picking conditions and haunt dates before heading over. The farm sits near downtown Auburn, north of Owasco Lake.

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Seneca Falls

Shuster's grows pick-your-own strawberries on Route 89 in Seneca Falls, along the Cayuga Lake side of the Finger Lakes. The family operation, registered as P&K Shuster Farms, focuses on June-bearing strawberries picked by the quart during the few weeks they peak. Route 89 is a well-traveled lake road, making the patch an easy stop. Selection is strawberry-season only, so timing matters.

Whitney Point

Frosty Mountain Blueberry Farm grows blueberries on Bull Creek Road near Whitney Point, in Broome County north of Binghamton. Hill patches like this usually open for pick-your-own from mid- to late July as the fruit ripens. Since small farms set days by the weather, call ahead before visiting.