Spring at Braehead Farm!

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Braehead Farm is open every day, year-round! Spring through Fall hours are daily 9am-6pm.  (Winter hours are 9am-5pm daily.) 

We are open rain or shine-NO RESERVATION NEEDED TO VISIT!  There is no admission fee to the front pick your own fields, just pay for what you pick!  Go to our crops page:  Pick Your Own – Braehead Farm

Call ahead if you would like something picked for you from the fields  540-899-9848, otherwise we do pick for the market as needed.

Asparagus and strawberries are ready!

 

Asparagus is not “pick-your-own”, but is prepicked and in the market for purchase. $5.99 per pound.

STRAWBERRIES!  WE HAVE SOME EARLY VARIETIES OF STRAWBERRIES FOR “PICK YOUR OWN” AND PRE-PICKED IN THE MARKET.

Braehead Farm has 5 different varieties of strawberries this year.  They all taste different!  Some produce early, some later. 

*Before going to pick, please check in with the market for field directions and to get a “busket” (basket/bucket!) or bring your busket from last year!   We offer our pre-weighed 4 quart “Busket” for a $1.00 (it will hold about 5 pounds mounded).  It is an aerated basket/bucket.  We encourage you to wash and store your berries in it.  Put your name on it and bring it back for any PYO!   Our buskets are preweighed so that the weight of the containers are taken off of the berry weight/price.  We do not tare/take the weight off of outside containers.

*Make sure when you pick, to ONLY PICK ALL RED!  Strawberries will not taste good and are not ripe if they still have white or green on them!   They DO NOT continue to ripen after being picked.  Make sure you pick the strawberry on the stem behind the CAP and leave the cap on!    After picking, bring in your berries to the market for weighing and paying.  The strawberries are weighed and sold by the pound.  They are $4.99 per pound to pick-your-own or $5.99 per pound pre-picked in the market.  Please bring in and weigh/pay for your berries before eating since we sell them by the pound.

Do not wash your berries until you are ready to eat them!  Keep them cool after picking or they will degenerate quickly!

PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED, BY LAW, IN THE FRONT PICK-YOUR-OWN PRODUCE PATCHES.   You are welcome to bring your dog on a leash and pick up after them, in the GRASSY AREAS OR other areas of our farm.  We prefer the dog NOT come into the market IF the market is busy and full of customers.  WE would be glad to help you to get to the back of the market by walking around.  Just remember that we have free range chickens.  🙂

• A  quart equals 1 and 1/2 pounds of fresh  berries. Strawberries measurements: 1 quart = 2 pints = 4 cups and is about the same as 1 liter and weighs 1.25 lbs to 1.5 lbs (or 600 to 700g). The weight varies on variety and weather conditions.  1 quart is normally enough for 4 servings.
• Unripe berries will not ripen once picked. Select plump, firm, fully red berries. Be sure to pick the berry from the stem and leave the hulls on.
• Keep the strawberries out of the sun and heat.  Strawberries quickly mold and perish when left at room temperature, and only last about 2 to 3 days in the refrigerator.
• You can easily freeze berries that you cannot use right away.  Wash, cut the hulls off and put the berries into a ziplock bag, removing as much air as possible.  The berries will keep for many months frozen without air.
• Braehead Farm strawberries are not sprayed with any kind of pesticide.  The plants  (before bearing fruit) are treated with a fungicide during the winter.  No fungicide or pesticides have been sprayed on the berries.  The fungicide we use is on the Green list.
• If you would  like to help the farmer, please pick off any berries you see that have rot, insect or sun damage and put them between the rows.  This helps to keep rot from spreading to the other berries on the plant.

For more strawberry picking and storing tips, go to http://www.pickyourown.org/strawberries.htm

Braehead Farm Market, Lunch Kitchen, and Family Playgrounds is open year round!  You can purchase seasonal produce already picked or pick your own!   Enjoy ice cream!  Shop for beef, pork, dairy products and bakery products!    Jams, relishes and pickled items!  Local Honey!  And…so much more!  Stay for lunch!  Lunch is open from 11am-2pm on weekdays and 11am-4pm on weekends.

*Daily Play in The Family Playgrounds (where the animals are!) – no reservation needed. The daily admission is $6.00 per person, children and adults.  Age 2 and under are always free.    You pay this admission in the market when you arrive.  You can visit the farm animals, play in the hay barn, play equipment and picnic.  We also offer a Seasonal Pass for unlimited visits during the 6 month pass dates.  It is $25.00 per person, age 2 and under free.     

March through Labor Day is our Spring and Summer Pass.  The Fall Winter Pass goes from September through February!     See a MARKET salesperson for details!

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Let us do the baking for you!  

• Feel free to call the Market and pre-order for pies, cakes, muffins, cookies, dairy items, for a pickup!  Let us make that special occasion dinner dessert PIE or sliceable LOAF CAKE for you!  Call the Braehead Market at 540-899-9848
• PIES: Apple, Dutch Apple, Caramel Apple Nut, Blackberry, Blueberry, Cherry, Coconut Custard, Peach, Fruits of the Forest, Strawberry Rhubarb.  Seasonal pies: Pecan, Pumpkin, and Sweet Potato.
  • SLICEABLE LOAF CAKES: Apple Caramel, Blueberry, Cinnamon Burst, Banana Nut, Cranberry Orange Nut, Zucchini Nut, Pumpkin, Triple Berry, Peach Melba, Triple Berry Loaf and French Vanilla!
• COOKIES: Chocolate Chunk, Double Chocolate Chunk, Sugar Cookie, Oatmeal Raisin, Ginger Molasses, M & M, Smore’s, snickerdoodle, coconut pecan.  
• MUFFINS: Peach, Cranberry Orange Nut, Chocolate Chip, Double Chocolate with chips, Pumpkin, Blueberry, Banana Nut, Lemon Poppyseed, Rum Butter.

Rental Barns for parties and events!  See our Birthday party page!

The Braehead Farm Lunch Kitchen is open weekdays from 11am-2pm and weekends from 11am-4pm.  You can picnic beside the market or in the Family Playgrounds if you have paid admission.  We do have limited table spaces inside the market for lunch and ice cream.

View our current menu:  click this link…

Braehead Farm Lunch Kitchen | Braehead Farm

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Contact Us

Phone: 540-899-9848
Fax: 540-899-9847
Email: info@braeheadfarm.com
1130 Tyler Street
Fredericksburg, VA22401
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