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Strawberry Picking April 2021

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Hello Strawberry Picking Enthusiasts!

2021 Pick Your Own Strawberries & Peas begin Tuesday June 15 at 8am…….Pre-Picked Strawberries & Peas Start Friday June 11th.  We have entered the spring season at the Farm.  The warmer temps feel so good on the soul and the Farm.  Our Fresh Picked Asparagus & Lettuce availability is just around the corner.  We just need to wait till around beg-May for these fresh goodies.  We have begun the planting process for getting everything in the ground.  A few of the fields have been worked up, soon seeds and plants will be in the ground and start to flourish at the Farm.  Anticipation about strawberry picking starts to ramp up this time of the year and only builds till they are ready for the picking.  Strawberry picking at the Farm usually starts about mid-June and only last 2 to 3 weeks.  Fresh Peas (edible pods and garden shucking types) will also be available for picking around the Strawberry season, along with pre picked peas.  We offer both pre picked and pick your own strawberries during our season.  Strawberries are sold by the pail or box for pick your own.  We Pick Strawberries are sold by the Quart or 8 quart Box.  The fields for the u pick strawberries have easy access from your vehicle, you park right next to the field you are picking in, can’t get any easier than that.  The Strawberry Picking Farm is located, only 20 minutes from Green Bay, a short distant from the Fox Valley, 30 minutes for Strawberry Picking Appleton area, 18 miles from Clintonville, and a very short drive from Hortonville, Suamico, and Neenah areas.

We want to invite your family and friends to the Farm this year to enjoy one of our picking adventures or just stop out to pick up some Fresh Picked Produce and veggies from the Farm Store to take home to your dinner table.  Stay tuned for more updates on our blog post from your Friendly Farmer Troy or follow our daily activities on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/porterspatch.?ref=ts 

Or check out some of our videos on YouTube at   https://www.youtube.com/feed/my_videos

 Here is our schedule of the fun events planned for the 2021 Farm Season:

March 13 – Farms 108th year in the family

Beginning to Mid May – Opening of the Farm Store with Fresh Picked Asparagus and Lettuce

Middle of June – Our Yummy Pick Your Own Strawberry & Pea Picking Adventures & Pre-Picked Strawberries, U-Pick & Already Picked Fresh Peas, Green Beans, Cucumbers, Lettuce

Last week of June – Fresh Strawberries, Fresh Picked Green Beans, Cucumbers, Tomatoes and Peas

Mid July – We Pick Sweet Raspberries, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Pickling Cucumbers, Yellow & Purple Beans and Green Peppers

Late July – Blueberry Picking, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Pickling Cucumbers

Sat Sept 18 – Farm closed for private event

Sat/Sun – Sept 25/26, Oct 2/3, Oct 9/10, Oct 16/17, Oct 23/24, Oct 30/31 – Weekends for Our Big Pumpkin Celebration known as Farmtoberfest.  Come and spend the day and search the Patch for that perfect pumpkin you have been dreaming of all year, don’t get lost in our Corn Maze, enjoy a scenic relaxing Hayride on the Porter Patch Pumpkin Express, make your very own Scarecrow, paint a pumpkin, try your aim at the Corn Cob Chuck, jump in the Rat Racers, hang out in the Craft Shed, visit our Barn Yard Buddies and so much more.

See you soon at the Farm

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Strawberry Picking Jan 2021

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Hello Strawberry Picking Guru’s!

Our Asparagus Countdown to fresh picked tender stalks is well under way, we just need to wait till around mid-May.  Fresh Lettuce will also be available that is grown in our high tunnel and maybe some farm fresh Spinach.  We all just need to be a bit patient yet.  Soon the Farm will come alive, the frost will be out, frogs and birds will be back and planting season will arrive.  All kinds of seeds and plants waiting to sprout, grow and thrive.  This time of the year is very special for a farmer as planting season starts the whole process of the growing season.  It’s like magic for us at the Farm and we can’t wait! 

Have you thought about Strawberries lately?  We hope so, as it will be here before you know it.  Strawberry picking at the Farm usually starts about mid-June and only last 2 to 3 weeks.  Fresh Peas (edible pods and garden shucking types) will also be available for picking around the Strawberry season, along with pre picked peas.  We offer both pre picked and pick your own strawberries during our season.  Strawberries are sold by the pail or box you pick.  We Pick Strawberries are sold by the Quart or Box.  The fields for the u pick strawberries have easy access from your vehicle, you park right next to the field you are picking in, can’t get any easier than that.  The Strawberry Farm is located, only 20 minutes from Green Bay, a short distant from the Fox Valley, 30 minutes for Strawberry Picking Appleton area, 18 miles from Clintonville, and a very short drive from Hortonville, Suamico, and Neenah areas.

We would love to invite your family to the Farm this year to enjoy one of our picking adventures or just stop out to pick up some Fresh Picked Produce from the Farm Store to take home to your dinner table for friends and family.  Stay tuned for more updates on our blog post from your Friendly Farmer Troy or follow our daily activities on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/porterspatch.?ref=ts 

Or check out some of our videos on YouTube at   https://www.youtube.com/feed/my_videos

 Here is our schedule of the fun events planned for the 2021 Farm Season:

March 13 – Farms 108th year in the family

Beginning to Mid May – Opening of the Farm Store with Fresh Picked Asparagus, Lettuce and Spinach

Middle of June – Our Yummy Pick Your Own Strawberry & Pea Picking Adventures & Pre-Picked Strawberries, U-Pick & Already Picked Fresh Peas, Green Beans, Cucumbers, Lettuce

Mid July – We Pick Sweet Raspberries, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Pickling Cucumbers, Green Beans and Green Peppers

Late July – Blueberry Picking, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Pickling Cucumbers

Mid-September-End Oct – Kick off for Our Big Pumpkin Celebration known as Farmtoberfest.  Come and spend the day and search the Patch for that perfect pumpkin you have been dreaming of all year, don’t get lost in our Corn Maze, enjoy a scenic relaxing Hayride on the Porter Patch Pumpkin Express, make your very own Scarecrow, paint a pumpkin, try your aim at the Corn Cob Chuck, jump in the Rat Racers, hang out in the Craft Shed, visit our Barn Yard Buddies and so much more.

See you soon at the Farm

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Strawberry Picking around Green Bay WI Area June 2019

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Hello Friends of the Farm:

The 2019 Strawberry Picking around Green Bay WI area will soon be here, we all can’t wait. We are anticipating to begin around the 25th to 27th of June for our Strawberry Picking Adventures.   All the Strawberry fields are progressing very nicely and looking great with plenty of berries, they just need to ripen up. The anticipation of that first Sweet Juicy Fresh Yummy Strawberry is hard to take, but we all must be patient, as soon everyone will be enjoying them around Northeast Wisconsin. Pick Your Own Strawberries at Porter’s Patch is very popular among families and friends, however we do pick them for you too if you can’t afford the time to pick them yourself or physically can’t do it anymore. We will be happy to pick you some yummy berries for you and your family. Strawberry Picking around Green Bay WI area will be here just in the nick of time to satisfy our cravings for those sweet juicy treasures from Wisconsin.

Come celebrate the Harvest! Simplicity, quality, and down-home comfort are a genuine part of everyday life at the Farm for us. Just remember, yes there is a difference between buying produce from your local supermarket and picking it yourself in our fields. When produce is naturally ripened and at its peak freshness, the flavors are unbeatable. In addition, U-Pickin’ is just good old country fun! And you save money to boot. Remember the good old country air is free for the sniffin!

Here are the approximate dates for the upcoming 2019 harvest events at the Farm.

Available Now – Fresh Picked Asparagus & Lettuce

Anticipating around the 22nd to 26th of June – Our Strawberry & Pea Picking Adventures begin

Around the 23rd of June – Cucumber Slicers, Tomatoes & Green Beans

Beginning to the 10th of July – Raspberries begin

Middle of July – Blueberries & Green Peppers

End of July – Roma canning Tomatoes & Pickling Cucumbers (pickles)

Middle of September – Farmtoberfest, our Fall Family Farm Fun Celebration. Plenty of Pumpkins, Fall Décor, Challenging Corn Maze, Hay Rides, Scarecrow Making, Pumpkin Painting, Corn Cob Chucking, Activities in the Pumpkin Village, Food & Drink, and so much more.

Like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/porterspatch/ and keep up to date on behind the scenes – what we do at the Farm on a daily basis.

Once the Strawberry Picking season starts we try to be open every day from 8am to 5pm. Times and days are subject to change due to weather, picking conditions and availability of strawberries in the fields. Please be respectful of our closing time, plan you’re picking accordingly.

Honeoye is our earliest ripening berry, they are very plentiful, but can be on the smaller size. Jewel is a berry that ripens a little later than a Honeoye and tends to be bigger, just not as plentiful. Unfortunately we cannot guarantee that you can pick a certain variety when you arrive at the Farm due to a lot of variables that affects our picking schedule. Keep in mind that both berries are berry sweet!

You have two options when you arrive to pick your own strawberries. Pick a pail of strawberries for $11, a great option if you just want a few fresh sweet berries. Pick a flat for $25, this is your best value at the Farm. We do allow you to heap both of the containers. This price also includes the cost of your container. A pail will hold about 5 to 6 # heaping and a flat will hold about 14 to 16 # heaping. Keep in mind the size and water content in the berries does vary the weight of the berries in your container. We do allow you to sample the berries or the crop you are picking, but please do not make a meal out of them

We also will have a large selection of Pre-Picked Strawberries available daily. Keep in mind, we only take orders one day in advance, as many variables effect our picking schedule. We do recommend placing an order, especially if you are not picking up till the afternoon hours. We sell by the Quart for $5.50 or a full flat for $44.

Other item available at the Farm Store during Strawberry season:

Peas, Asparagus, Lettuce, Green Beans, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Pectin (sure jell), Hullers, Beverages, Hats, Tee’s, and Hoodies.

As Always Have a Berry Good Day!

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Pick Your Own Strawberries near Green Bay Wisconsin May 2018

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Pick Your Own Strawberries near Green Bay Wisconsin

The anticipation is here for sweet juicy red Pick Your Own Strawberries near Green Bay Wisconsin. Our Strawberry Picking Adventures to begin Sunday  June 17.  Weather Permitting.  Hours are subject to change.  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 miss the sweet taste of these sweet treats. The anticipation is almost over and soon sweet juicy Strawberries will be watering our mouths again. All the friendly Farm staff can’t wait to see you again at the Farm.

We offer both pre picked and pick your own strawberries near Green Bay Wisconsin, during our season. Strawberries are all sold by the Quart or Box price. We always recommend a call to place an order or check picking conditions before your trip to the Farm. The fields of the you pick strawberries are accessible from your vehicle, for your convenience, as you can drive right out to the Patch. 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 Clintonville, Hortonville, Neenah, and all Northeast Wisconsin communities.  Stay tuned for updates and keep in mind our season only last about 15 to 20 days once it begins.

Strawberry Picking Hours Open Daily 8am to 4pm…..weather permitting…..Hours subject to change

Pricing:

Pick Your Own Strawberries…….  $11 per  pail or $22 per Box (approx.15#)

Pre – Picked Sweet Strawberries………….. $5.25 per Quart or $42.00 per flat

Pick Your Own Peas……….…. $1.99 per pound

Pre – Picked Peas……………. $5.00 per pound

pick your own strawberries near green bay wisconsin
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Tomatoes………….$1 each or $25 per 1/2 Bu

Cucumbers Slicers……..$1 each

Pickling Cucumbers……..$1.99 per #

Green Beans……….$5 per #

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

Calendar of Events at the Farm

July……. Raspberries, Blueberries, Peas, Beans, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, and Sweet Corn

August……Blueberries, Cucumbers, Pickling Cucumbers, Tomatoes, and Sweet Corn

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

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Picking Strawberries near Green Bay Wisconsin June 2017

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Picking Strawberries near Green Bay Wisconsin

Your Strawberry & Pea Picking Adventures will begin Friday June 16th from 7am – 5pm…..weather permitting and Daily for about 2 to 3 weeks. The Strawberry Picking season will end sometime shortly after the 4th of July. Strawberry fields yield family fun! This year 2017 marks the 30th season for pick your own strawberries.

PYO Strawberries & Peas (shucking/edible pods Sugar Ann Snap)…. $1.59 per #    boxes furnished at no charge 

Already Pick Peas…..$5 per #

Asparagus……. $4.50 per #           Lettuce………$2 per bag   

Sure jell (pectin) and Hullers available                

Week of June 20th – Fresh Picked Tomatoes, Cucumbers and Green Beans

Sat. August 5th – 9am to Noon – Meet Your Farmer – Want to know where your food comes from and how it is grown.
September 16 & 17 Our Farmtoberfest Kickoff – and every weekend through end of October

The Picking Season is here for sweet juicy red Pick Your Own Strawberries. 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 delicious sweet jam this winter. It won’t be long and we will all be enjoying some fresh juicy sweet strawberries. The friendly farm staff is waiting to see all your smiling faces and make your experience at the farm memorable to you and your family.

We always recommend a call to place an order or check picking conditions before your trip to the Farm. The fields for you pick strawberries are accessible from your vehicle, as you can drive right out to the Patch, nice and guest friendly. The Strawberry Farm is located a short distant from the Fox Valley, only 20 minutes to Picking Strawberries Green Bay Wisconsin, Pick Your Own Strawberries Appleton WI, and a very short drive from Hortonville, Clintonville,  Neenah, and Northeast Wisconsin communities.  Stay tuned for other crop updates and keep in mind our season only last about 15 to 20 days once it begins.

Strawberry Picking Hours Open Daily 7am to 5pm, weather permitting

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Strawberry picking near Appleton Wisconsin May 2017

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Strawberry Picking near Appleton Wisconsin

The anticipation is here for sweet juicy red Pick Your Own Strawberries. Strawberry Picking near Appleton Wisconsin and our Pea Picking Adventure to begin approximately June 16th to the 27th, 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. I know we all can’t wait at the Farm.

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. 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.

Strawberry Picking Hours Open Daily 7am to 5pm

Pricing:

Pick Your Own Strawberries……. $1.59 per pound and containers furnished at no charge

Pick Your Own Peas……….…. $1.59 per pound and containers furnished at no charge

Pre – Picked Peas……………. $5.00 per pound

Pre – Picked Fresh Tender Asparagus……………… $4.50 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.

Fresh tender yummy Asparagus is available at the Farm Store and we plan to have pre-picked Asparagus till around the 18th to 25th of June.

Calendar of Events at the Farm

July……. Our Pick Your Own Raspberry Adventure, Blueberries, Peas, Beans, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, and Sweet Corn

August……Blueberries, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, and Sweet Corn

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

A scrumptious treasure!

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See You Soon at the Farm – the Porter Patch Farm Staff

 

 

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Strawberry Picking near Green Bay Wisconsin May 2017

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Strawberry Picking near Green Bay Wisconsin is a much-anticipated activity for many families all across Northeast Wisconsin. I’m sure we all can’t wait to taste those sweet juicy strawberries while strawberry picking near Green Bay Wisconsin. The strawberries have just started to show some buds, soon there will be more and then fields will be covered with blossoms. Our Strawberry Picking and Pea Picking Adventure should begin approximately mid to 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 the picking season. Strawberries are sold by the pound for your pick and by the quart for we pick strawberries. If you plan on picking yourself, once in the fields, a friendly field guide will greet you and get you all set up to start you’re picking and you can begin filling your flat with red juicy strawberries. The Strawberry Farm is located a short distance from the Fox Valley, only 20 minutes to Pick Your Own Strawberries Green Bay WI, 25 minutes from 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. Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/porterspatch/

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

Fresh tender yummy Asparagus will soon be available at the Farm Store.  We always recommend a call to place an order before your trip to the farm.  Asparagus is sold by the pound at $4.50. Our very own Fresh cut locally grown lettuce available at $2.00 per bag.

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

  • Planted 13,200 strawberry plant
  • Planted lettuce in the hoop house
  • Planted cucumbers in hoop house
  • Planted tomatoes in hoop house
  • Planted beans in hoop house
  • Planted grass for parking areas
  • Planted 1-acre peas
  • Planted rye cover crop
  • Still to plant
  • some cover crops of crimson clover, hairy vetch, and oats
  • 2 acre of Sweet Corn
  • Colored corn
  • Gladiolus bulbs
  • our 10 acre Corn Maze
  • 5 acres of Pumpkins (all sizes and shapes), Squash (Burgess buttercup, butternut, spaghetti, Hubbard, festival, acorn) and Gourds
  • Potatoes
Strawberry Picking near Green Bay Wisconsin

A tentative calendar of upcoming events at the Farm:

Spring 2017 (TBD)……Open House to learn about our farming practices and meet your farmer.

June 2017……Asparagus, Lettuce, Sweet Juicy Strawberries, and Fresh Picked Peas

July 2017……. Raspberries, Blueberries, Peas, Beans, Cucumbers, Tomatoes

August 2017……Raspberries, Blueberries, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Gladiolas, and Sweet Corn

September – October 2017…..Our FARMTOBERFEST Celebration…..our Fall Family Farm Fun Adventure 

As Always, Have a Berry Good Day!                

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Strawberry Pie Dec 2015

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Ingredients

1 flaky pie shell, baked
1-1/2 quarts Porter strawberries
1 8-ounce package cream cheese
2 tablespoons sour cream
3/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch softened in a little water
1/2 pint whipped cream

Directions

  1. Wash, hull and dry the strawberries.
  2. Soften the cream cheese with the sour cream and spread in the pie shell.
  3. Reserving a few to decorate the finished pie, arrange the rest of 1 quart of berries whole on the cream cheese.
  4. Cook the other 1/2 quart of berries over low heat with the sugar, bring to a boil, sieve, add the cornstarch softened in water and cook a few minutes until clear.
  5. Cool and pour over the fresh berries.
  6. Cover with lightly whipped cream and garnish with the reserved berries and mint leaves.

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