The Stoddart Avenue
Community Garden has its own strawberry patch and volunteer berry plants that
have creeped into a few plots. Our
berries have been ripening in waves for the past two weeks. I’ve had a couple. Typically, the neighborhood kids eat most of
them. The adult gardeners who are
interested in bulk strawberries drive to a local u-pick farm for our strawberry
fix. Unlike 2012 (when the strawberries
ripened two weeks early), the strawberries this year appear to be running ever
so slightly behind schedule this year.
a. Hann Farms
4600 Lockbourne Road has u-pick strawberries this year at $1.79/pound (still
the least expensive option in Franklin County). This is the closest u-pick farm
to Bexley and your least expensive option by far, but the trip there is a
little tricky (through an industrial district in Obetz, etc.). You can pick
10-6 Monday through Saturday and 12-5 on Sunday. You must pay with cash or
check, so come prepared. Call 491-0812 for more information. We’ll
be dropping by there tomorrow morning.
b. Jacquemin Farm, (between Plain City and Dublin), $2.05/pound
(a slight increase over last year). I visited here several years ago with my
nieces and it is very quaint and very close to Dublin and Sports Ohio. They are
typically open weekdays 8-5. They will not be open for strawberry
picking tomorrow because they are picked out. They recommend that you come early on
Saturday because the anticipated number of expected visitors. They also have a program for organized groups
of 10 or more young children. The
strawberry field trip costs $4 per child and includes 1 quart of strawberries
(picked by the children, of course), and an ice cold slushee to cool down with
after the picking is done. Please call the farm for more information regarding
a field trip and to set a date. Call 873-5725 for more
information.
d. Doran Farms, 5462 Babbitt Rd. New Albany, I've never been
there, but have heard good things about it. They closed early today because
they were picked out of berries and need to wait until more ripen. When they are open, they begin picking from
8 a.m. until 7 p.m. every day until the strawberries are gone (with temporary
suspensions while the ripe strawberries catch up with the pickers). Their berries
are $1.99/pound. Call 855-3885 for more information.
e. Circle S Farm,
9015 London-Groveport Rd west of Grove City. I went here a few years ago with
my oldest niece and it's a nice, large farm, but is way, way out in the country.
Their u-pick berries are $2.49/pound.
Their u-pick hours start at 8:30 a.m. and they have chicken and noodles
for lunch if you are there then.
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