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One way to save massive money on your fresh produce is to pick it yourself. Not only will you save, but its really fun to get your hands dirty and show your kids where their food comes from. Here’s some strawberry farms that have opened up their farms for a quick U-Pick season. If you know of another one near you, please comment below to let others know!

Every year my family enjoys fun time heading out to the Strawberry fields to pick berries! We usually meet up with friends and pick for about an hour in order to stock up with around 50 lbs of berries we use to make jam, smoothies and strawberry lemonade!

Berry Picking 2014

**NOTE: Berries are measured oddly. Some fields sell the berries in pounds and some in quarts. Use this as a guide: 1 Quart = 1.5 Pounds ; 1 Pound = 3/4 Quart. Also, one pound of strawberries is about 15-20 ping pong ball sized berries.

U-Pick Strawberry Sign

ORGANIC Strawberry Farms:

StrawberryStrawberry Passion Organic Farm 
Address is: 11800 Tom Folsom Rd Thonotosassa, FL,
Organic Berries are $2.50/pound! **CASH & CREDIT ACCEPTED**
OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY ONLY, March 17 & 18 and 23 & 24th from 8 AM – 4 PM (cannot enter the farm after 3:30 pm) 

They also have a full offering of certified organic produce at to go along with berries. Don’t pass over the Strawberry onions (usually cost $1.50 each and in my opinion, worth every penny!).

StrawberryHydro Harvest Farm in Ruskin FL
1101 Shell Point Rd E, Ruskin FL
Not sure of the price of their Organic strawberries. Please comment below if you go there to find out. Thanks!
OPEN SUNDAY 11 AM – 4 PM  (Open All Year Long, not just for Strawberry Season)
OPEN TUESDAY – SATURDAY 10 AM – 5 PM
CLOSED MONDAYS 
Bring your own container

CONVENTIONAL Strawberry Farms:  

StrawberryG&D Farms in Duette FL
Strawberry U-Pick Event benefiting Redlands Christian Migrant Association

37381 FL-62, Duette, FL 34219
Berries are $2 per Quart. **CASH ONLY**
ONLY ON SATURDAY 3/23/19. Containers provided.

StrawberrySpivey Farm in Plant City  (Exit 22 off I-4) 
6101 County Road 39 South, Plant City, FL 33567 NOTE: GPS is  usually incorrect that is why I linked to their website directions page)
Berries are Two Quarts for $1. **CASH ONLY**
OPEN THURSDAY 3/14/19, FRIDAY 3/15/19, SATURDAY 3/16/19 8 AM – 5 PM
OPEN SUNDAY 3/17/19 9 AM – 4 PM
CHECK WEBSITE FOR EXTRA OPEN DAYS AFTER MARCH 17th.

StrawberryFavorite Farms in Dover, FL  (Go North at Exit 14 on I-4)
10070 McIntosh Rd, Dover, FL 33527
Berries are Two Quarts for $1. **CASH ONLY**
OPEN EVERYDAY 8 AM – 7 PM UNTIL THE END OF MARCH

Bring your own container to get the berries home.

StrawberryHunsader Farms in Bradenton FL 
5500  CR 675, Bradenton, FL 34211
Berries are $2.50/pound. CASH OR CREDIT ACCEPTED
CLOSED ON SUNDAY: OPEN MONDAY – SATURDAY 8 AM – 3:30 PM THROUGH END OF MARCH (cannot enter the farm after 3:15 pm)

Bring your own container to get them home.

FIND MORE FARMS IN HILLSBOROUGH AND PINELLAS COUNTY HERE

If you go shopping, please post a picture of your berries in the comments below or in my Facebook Community! This was a “Strawberry Haul” that Cheryl Sheppard posted to my community last year! Look at all the berries she got for ONLY $4 TOTAL! Woohoo!

Strawberry U-Pick 2016

 

 

IMPORTANT TIPS FOR U-PICKING:

  • Bring LOW sided containers (you don’t want to stack the berries in a big bucket, it will ruin them). Bring pots, bowls (with lids) or rubbermaid containers. You don’t want to stack the berries too deep or they will get smashed.
  • Bring Hats and Sunscreen.
  • To pick the most, when you grab the berry, “snap” it off at the stem (kinda flick your wrist) and the berry will drop right into your hand. This is the fasted way to get the most berries!
  • Many farmers stop spraying once the fields are open for U-Pick so you have less of a chance for eating polluted berries right off the bush. However, I want you to know that before you are “sampling” while you pick (we always sample!!).
  • Try to hit the fields first thing in the morning. That is best for crowd control and safer from the heat exhaustion and sun burn.

Comment below if you know of more areas open for U-Pick in YOUR AREA! Help a fellow True Money Saver find a local field too!

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