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Strawberry Picking Bonduel WI June 2016

Strawberry Picking Bonduel WI is finally here!  Yipee! Our first day for our Strawberry Picking Adventure is Thursday June 16th at 7am.  Hours for strawberry picking Bonduel WI are 8am to 4pm Daily, weather permitting of course.  Plenty of sweet juicy strawberries await you and your family.  Stop on out to the Farm and make some lasting memories.  Prices are $1.54 for Pick Your Own Strawberries and we provide a container at no charge for you to take your berries home in.  If you want to skip the picking adventure or no time to pick, we offer Pre – Picked Strawberries for $4.75 per Quart or $38 per Flat.  Our traditional Shucking Peas and the Sugar Ann Snap Peas (edible pods) will be available shortly for $1.54 per # Pick Your Own and $5 per # Pre – Picked. We always recommend a call to place an order or check picking conditions before your trip to the Farm. The fields for the u pick strawberries are accessible from your vehicle, as you can drive right out to the Patch, can’t get any easier than that. The Strawberry Farm is located a short distant from the Fox Valley, only 25 minutes to Pick Your Own Strawberries Appleton WI, 20 minutes for Strawberry Picking Green Bay WI area, and a very short drive from Hortonville, Clintonville,  Neenah, and Northeast Wisconsin communities.  Stay tuned for updates and keep in mind our season only last about 15 to 20 days once it begins.  Check us out at https://www.facebook.com/porterspatch/

See You Soon at the Farm!

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Sweet & Tasty
Sweet & Tasty

Calendar of Events at the Farm

July……. Raspberries, Blueberries, Peas, Beans, Tomatoes, Pickling Cucumbers, Dill

August……Raspberries, Blueberries, Pickling Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Sweet Corn, Dill, and Gladiolas

September – October…..FARMTOBERFEST…..our Fall Family Farm Fun Adventure.  Fun Fun Fun  

                                       

 

Pick Your Own Strawberries Appleton WI June 2016

The anticipation is here for sweet juicy red Pick Your Own Strawberries Appleton WI. Our Pick Your Own Strawberries Appleton WI and the Pea Picking Adventure to begin approximately June 20th to the 25th , give or take a few days on either side.  Just a friendly reminder, our strawberry picking season is very short and only last 2 to 3 weeks once we begin picking.  Plan now, as it is easy to miss the season, and we wouldn’t want you to run out of jam this winter. It won’t be long and we will all be enjoying some fresh juicy sweet strawberries…..yummy!

We offer both pre picked and pick your own strawberries Appleton WI, during our season. Strawberries are sold by the pound for you pick and by the quart for we pick strawberries. We always recommend a call to place an order or check picking conditions before your trip to the Farm. The fields for the u pick strawberries are accessible from your vehicle, as you can drive right out to the Patch, can’t get any easier than that. The Strawberry Farm is located a short distant from the Fox Valley, only 25 minutes to Pick Your Own Strawberries Appleton WI, 20 minutes for Strawberry Picking Green Bay WI area, and a very short drive from Hortonville, Clintonville,  Neenah, and Northeast Wisconsin communities.  Stay tuned for updates and keep in mind our season only last about 15 to 20 days once it begins.  Check us out at https://www.facebook.com/porterspatch/

Strawberry Picking Hours Open Daily 7am to 5pm

Pricing:

Pick Your Own Strawberries……. $1.54 per pound and containers furnished at no charge

Pre – Picked Sweet Strawberries………….. $4.75 per Quart or $38.00 per flat

Pick Your Own Peas……….…. $1.54 per pound and containers furnished at no charge

Pre – Picked Peas……………. $4.75 per pound

Pre – Picked Fresh Tender Asparagus……………… $4.00 per pound

Our Pea Patch consist of the edible pods called Sugar Ann Snap peas and the traditional (shucking or shelling) called Knight.  We offer both Pick Your Own and pre-picked, both are sold by the pound.

sweet peas
Freshly picked sweet peas

Fresh tender yummy Asparagus is available at the Farm Store and we plan to have pre-picked Asparagus till around the 19th to 24th of June.

Calendar of Events at the Farm

July……. Raspberries, Blueberries, Peas, Beans, Tomatoes, Pickling Cucumbers, Dill

August……Raspberries, Blueberries, Pickling Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Sweet Corn, Dill, and Gladiolas

September – October…..FARMTOBERFEST…..our Fall Family Farm Fun Adventure                                         

Activities to do in the Pumpkin Villages during Farmtoberfest:

 Scenic relaxing Wagon Hay Ride aboard the Porter Patch Pumpkin Express

The Corn Maze……..Old Fashion Water Pump Races……..Round Bale Play

Corn Cob Chuck…….Pumpkin Bowling………Silo Graffiti

Pumpkin Painting………..Pumpkin Toss…….Pumpkin Tic TAC Toe

Scare Crow Making………Pumpkin Twister……..Pumpkin Smash

The Pumpkin Patch………..Guess the weight of your Pumpkin

Growing Memories, Sharing Traditions

See You Soon at the Farm – the Porter Patch Staff

 

 

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Strawberry Picking Hortonville WI May 2016

Strawberry Picking Hortonville WI, we are anticipating tasting those sweet juicy strawberries around the Hortonville WI area. The strawberries are all budded out and soon will be blossoming. Our Strawberry Picking Hortonville WI and Pea Adventure to begin approximately the 3rd week in June. Just a friendly reminder, our strawberry picking season only last 2 to 3 weeks once we begin picking. Plan now, as it is easy to miss the season, as it goes by so fast. It won’t be long and we will all be enjoying some fresh juicy sweet strawberries…..yummy!  We offer both pre picked and pick your own strawberries during our season. Strawberries are sold by the pound for you pick and by the quart for we pick strawberries. Once in the fields, a friendly field guide will greet you and get you all set up to start your picking and filling your flat with red juicy strawberries. The Strawberry Farm is located a short distant from the Fox Valley, only 20 minutes to Pick Your Own Strawberries Green Bay WI, 25 minutes for Strawberry Picking Appleton area, and a very short drive from Hortonville, Clintonville,  Neenah, and Northeast Wisconsin communities. Stay tuned for updates and keep in mind our season only last about 15 to 20 days once it begins.

Our Pea Patch consist of the edible pods called sugar ann snap peas and the traditional (shucking kind) called knight. We offer both Pick Your Own and pre-picked, both are sold by the pound.

Fresh tender yummy Asparagus is now available at the Farm Store and we plan to have pre-picked Asparagus till around the 15th of June.  We always recommend a call to place an order before your trip to the farm.  Asparagus is $4.00 per pound. Fresh cut locally grown lettuce available at $2.00 per bag.

tender and yummy!
tender and yummy!

 

If you enjoy hearing what we did at the Farm this spring, here is the list

  • Planted 18,000 strawberry plant
  • Planted lettuce in the hoop house
  • Planted cucumbers in hoop house
  • Planted tomatoes in hoop house
  • Planted grass rows for picking and parking
  • Planted 1.5 acre of  Peas
  • Planted 34 acres of oats
  • Planted 1 acre of Sweet Corn
  • Planted colored corn, zucchini
  • Planted Green Beans
  • Planted Gladiolas bulbs

 

Still to plant

  • some cover crops of soybeans, oats and tillage radishes
  • pollinator plots of canola rape
  • our 8 acre Corn Maze
  • Pickling cucumbers and Dill
  • Pollinator plots, Buckwheat, Hairy Vetch
  • Cover crops (oats, buckwheat)
  • 7 acres of Pumpkins (all sizes and shapes), Squash (burgess buttercup, butternut, spaghetti, hubbard, festival, acorn) and Gourds
  • 2 acres of Sweet Corn
  • Potatoes

A tentative calendar for upcoming events at the Farm:

June 2016……Asparagus, Lettuce, Sweet Juicy Strawberries, and Fresh Picked Peas

July 2016……. Raspberries, Blueberries, Peas, Beans, Zucchini, Pickling Cucumbers, Dill, Tomatoes

August 2016……Raspberries, Blueberries, Pickling Cucumbers, Dill, Gladiolas, and Sweet Corn

September – October 2016…..Our FARMTOBERFEST Celebration…..our Fall Family Farm Fun Adventure                 

See You Soon at the Farm

Growing Memories……..Sharing Traditions

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Pick Your Own Strawberries Clintonville WI April 2016

Pick Your Own Strawberries Clintonville WI

Ah, it’s getting closer to that favorite time of the year for pick your own strawberries Clintonville WI. We will soon begin to uncover the strawberry rows from their winter straw mulch cover, this goes between the rows making a nice matted straw area for your picking pleasure. Pick your own strawberries Clintonville WI will begin approximately the middle of June, that’s a pretty average start date for us at the strawberry patch. Our strawberry picking season at the Farm last only two to three weeks, so yes it does go by fast. So keep in mind, Sweet, juicy and tasty strawberries await you and your family. Venturing out to the farm and enjoying one of our picking adventures is a great way to spend some time with your family and create some lasting memories. Start a new or continuing tradition at the Farm during pick your own strawberries Clintonville WI. We can’t wait to see all those smiling faces in our strawberry fields!

Something else yummy for your dinner tables is coming soon, fresh, tasty and tender Asparagus just picked from the fields. How about putting some Asparagus on the grill, now that sounds awesome and delicious. You just have to love springtime at the fruit and vegetable farm.

Our upcoming events at the Farm during the 2016 season.

May – Fresh picked Asparagus and Lettuce

Mid to 3rd week June – Pick Your Own Strawberry Adventure begins.  Fresh Sweet Peas available.

Mid July – U Pick Raspberry fun begins, Green Beans, Tasty Tomatoes

Late July – Fresh Pickling Cucumbers will be ripe and ready for your canning needs.  Fresh Sweet Pre-Picked Blueberries.  Sweet Corn.

August – Sweet Corn

3rd Weekend September – FARMTOBERFEST begins at the Farm through the end October

Growing Memories, Sharing Traditions

See You Soon at the Farm – the Porter Patch Staff

Pick Your Own Strawberries Clintonville WI
Pick Your Own Strawberries Clintonville WI

 

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Pick Your Own Strawberries Green Bay Wisconsin March 2016

Pick your Own Strawberries Green Bay Wisconsin

Hello Friends of the Farm, spring officially starts in a few days, so that is a good sign for Pick Your Own Strawberries Green Bay Wisconsin. We just have to wait for some warmer weather and before you know it our Asparagus will be popping thru the soil and ready for picking. Can’t wait, as we all been having a craving for some fresh grilled Asparagus here at the Farm. As the Asparagus season is going in full tilt, which only means that those juicy, red, sweet Strawberries are not that far away from being picked by berry lovers from all over. Pick Your Own Strawberries Green Bay Wisconsin at the Farm usually starts about mid-June and only last 2 to 3 weeks. We offer both pick your own and pre picked strawberries during our picking season. Strawberries are sold by the pound for u pick and by the quart for we pick strawberries. Our fields for you pick strawberries are accessible from your vehicle, can’t get any easier than that. The Strawberry Farm is located a short distant from the Fox Valley, only 20 minutes to Pick Your Own Strawberries Green Bay Wisconsin, 25 minutes for Strawberry Picking Appleton area, 18 miles from Clintonville, and a very short drive from Hortonville, Neenah, and Suamico areas.

Fresh Sweet Peas will also be available for picking around the Strawberry season, along with pre picked peas. The season will soon be here.

See you soon at the Farm – we can’t wait to see all those smiling faces!

kid eating strawberry
Yum Yum!

 

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Strawberry Picking Appleton Wisconsin March 2016

Spring has sprung, that only means that strawberry picking Appleton Wisconsin will soon be a reality for all you berry lovers out there. We will again offer pick your own strawberries sold by the pound with containers furnished at no charge. We allow you to drive right out to the patch with your vehicles, doesn’t get any easier than that. Our pre-picked strawberries at the farm are sold by the quart or in 8 quart flats and they are so yummy and sweet, our mouths are already watering. Strawberry picking Appleton Wisconsin is a much anticipated event in Northeast Wisconsin, many families have their calendars marked and are dreaming of tasting that first ripe sweet strawberry fresh from the fields. Stay tuned for more updates on our blog post from your friendly farmer Troy or follow our daily activities on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/porterspatch.?  If you like what we do at the Farm please feel free to write us a review on Facebook or visit our google page https://plus.google.com/+PortersPatchBonduel and rate us with some stars.  The Strawberry Farm is located a short distant from the Fox Valley, only 25 minutes to strawberry picking Appleton Wisconsin, 20 minutes for Strawberry Picking Green Bay WI area, and a very short drive from Hortonville, Clintonville, Neenah, Chilton and Suamico areas.

Don’t forget about our upcoming events at the Farm during the upcoming 2016 season.

March 13 – Farms 103rd year in the family

May – Fresh picked Asparagus and Lettuce

Mid to 3rd week June – Pick Your Own Strawberry Adventure begins.  Fresh Sweet Peas available.

Mid July – U Pick Raspberry fun begins, Green Beans, Tasty Tomatoes

 

Late July – Fresh Pickling Cucumbers will be ripe and ready for your canning needs.  Fresh Sweet Pre-Picked Blueberries.  Sweet Corn.

August – Sweet Corn

3rd Weekend September – FARMTOBERFEST begins at the Farm through the end October

Growing Memories, Sharing Traditions

See You Soon at the Farm – the Porter Patch Staff

Sweet
Sweet & Tasty

 

 

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Strawberry Picking Northeast Wisconsin Feb 2016

We are just waiting for spring to arrive to begin Strawberry Picking Northeast Wisconsin.  After a long winter of being dormant, the strawberry plants will start growing and producing buds, that will turn into blossoms.  These strawberry blossoms will turn into fresh juicy sweet strawberries that we all can enjoy.  Who doesn’t love strawberry picking northeast Wisconsin.  We just have to wait for some warmer weather from old Mother Nature and before you know it our Fresh Tender Asparagus will be popping thru the soil and ready for picking and your families table. Can’t wait, as we all been having a craving for some fresh grilled Asparagus here at the Farm. As the Asparagus season is going in full tilt, which only means that those juicy, red, sweet Strawberries are not that far away from being picked by berry lovers from all over. Strawberry picking Northeast Wisconsin usually starts about mid-June and only last 2 to 3 weeks. We offer both pre picked and pick your own strawberries during our season. Strawberries are sold by the pound for you pick and by the quart for we pick strawberries. The fields from the u pick strawberries are accessible from your vehicle, can’t get any easier than that. The Strawberry Farm is located a short distant from the Fox Valley, only 20 minutes from Green Bay WI, 25 minutes for Strawberry Picking Appleton WI, 18 miles from Clintonville, and a very short drive from Hortonville, Neenah, and Suamico areas.

Strawberry Picking Northeast Wisconsin
Strawberry Picking Northeast Wisconsin

Fresh Peas (edible pods and garden shucking types) will also be available for picking around the Strawberry season, along with pre picked peas.  Don’t forget about our Raspberry picking adventure, which usually begins right after the strawberry picking season at the Farm.  We just keep going to the next fruits or vegetables that are ripe and ready for picking.

See you soon at the Farm

 

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