Berries at Sauvie Island Farms

All three BERRIES available at Sauvie Island Farms this week.

Strawberries are in their final week, we do have some nice beautiful Hood strawberries waiting to be picked.  The strawberries are $1.50/lb.

Raspberries have started!!  We are picking our Tulameen and Saanich varieties.  

These berries are so easy to pick, large and great flavor. 

The Early Blue Blueberry bushes are loaded with ripe fruit right now.  So easy to pick, and as you may be hearing in the news, so good for you nutritionally!!  Blueberries freeze nicely, and are a great snack right out of the freezer.  Raspberries and Blueberries are $2.00/lb.

We will begin picking CHERRIES on Saturday, June 30th.  

We don't have a lot of cherry trees

so don't miss out on them!  They are $2.00/lb.

We also have 5 baby ducklings, just hatched last week.....they are so cute!  

It's a great time to come out to the farm.

Blueberries.

Sauvie Island Farms will begin picking the first of our blueberries on Friday, June 22.  The Early Blue crop looks great this year.  There are plenty of ripe ones and they are so easy to pick.  Pick Your Own are $2 per lb.  

Below is a picture of 'what not to do' as a u-picker on our farm.  We ask that you please pick and pay for the fruit before you eat our sweet berries.  We understand that a taste or two is part of the u-pick experience, just try not to eat handfuls at a time, like this guy is doing.  
(He seems to think he is allowed since his dad is the farmer.)  Thanks! 

 It is getting to the end of the STRAWBERRY season, so if you haven't picked enough sweet Oregon berries, there are still nice ones in the fields.  They are smaller in size, but still sweet. We will keep the fields open as long as there are berries to be picked. 

A strawberry by any other name would taste as sweet.

STRAWBERRIES at Sauvie Island Farms are ripe and ready to be picked.
We are growing four different varieties of strawberries in our fields this year.
Understandably, this may not matter to some people, but since others may have a preference,
I just thought we would explain that you have a choice this year!

HOODS

 An Oregon berry that has been around for years.  Very sweet with a bright red color. Many people only want Hoods.  This variety has a short growing season, only lasting about 2 weeks.  Also after the first picking, the fruit is smaller, but sweeter!  Strawberry transplants are planted in the spring, but we do not get the first harvest until the next June.  At Sauvie Island Farms, we usually keep our plants for three harvest seasons. This year our first year field of Hoods has beautiful big berries waiting to be picked.  They won't last long!!  We also have a 2nd and 3rd year field with sweet berries, just not as big.

VALLEY RED 

 New to the farm this year, this berry is sweet, with a nice red color throughout the entire berry and is excellent for preserving, or freezing.

HONEOYE

We have had this variety on the farm for 3 years now, it is the first berry to ripen, producing a firm, deep red berry, but isn't as sweet as some of the other berries.  This variety is excellent for freezing due to its firm texture. These are smaller in size this year.

SHUKSAN  

This is the last variety to ripen on the farm, and it has become a favorite of many, due to its size, and flavor.  It is easy to identify a Shuksan because the berries tend to have deep ridges in them.  This variety is my favorite for flavor and texture.
So, that's the line up of the berries available at Sauvie Island Farms, AND they are all ripe and ready to be picked this week. If you want to experiment and choose a favorite, you are welcome to u-pick in all four varieties!  All of our strawberries are OREGON grown, with great flavor, and are easy to pick.
Come and decide what your favorite is!  We are open Monday-Saturday, 8am-7pm.

Sauvie Island Farms is located at 19818 NW Sauvie Island Road, Portland OR  503.621.3988