Blueberries

BLUEBERRY PICKING GUIDELINES

Some things to consider upon entering:

Please watch your step. Terrain is rough and uneven. This is not a golf course. It’s a blueberry farm 🙂

We suggest boots, shoes, or sneakers and light pants for a more comfortable experience.

It’s the Hudson Valley, and you’re on a farm. Please check yourself for ticks.

Lookout for woodchuck holes, poison ivy and snakes. Hopefully the bear remain on the other side of the fence.

If you see a bird eating a berry, tell it stop and go away.

Parents – Please use appropriate language, and don’t throw berries at one another.

Children – Be mindful of your parents. We wouldn’t want them to get lost.

If you spill a bucket of berries, and don’t want them anymore, please collect them and bring them to the stand. We will purchase them back from you 🙂 Please don’t waste blueberries.

Picking berries off the same bush as someone else is not a great way to make friends. Please give people some space. There are plenty of bushes to choose from.

We understand it’s an inconvenient walk, but there is a clean porta potty in the parking area. So please don’t pee on a blueberry bush.

Tasting is encouraged – but eating a meal is not. You’ll only pay for it in your end! If your mouth is blue, we reserve the right to charge you for a pound!

If we are open, then there are blueberries available to pick. We will only be open if blueberries are available. If you cannot find them, then you are clearly looking at the wrong bush.

And If you don’t like our blueberries, then you don’t like blueberries.

Here at Halfway Acres, we are imperfect people, on an imperfect piece of land. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to make your experience better. Meanwhile, let’s all extend grace and respect to one another. Enjoy your time out there, and make a berry nice memory 🙂