Note: This PYO list is geared towards our CSA farm share members, but we also offer Pick Your Own to the public when the crops are abundant. Read on below for public picking pricing and CSA member weekly amounts. PAGE UPDATED MONDAY PM or TUESDAY AM WEEKLY.

 As part of your Vegetable CSA membership, you have access to our Pick Your Own patches. The farm is family-friendly, so bring your little ones and check out our land. PYO includes herbs, flowers, berries, peas, tomatoes, tomatillos, hot peppers, and more (changes with the season).

June picking includes delicious strawberries, peas and herbs- and more fun on the day of our Strawberry Soiree!

Late July, August, and September are great months to come for pick your own, as by then we’re brimming with crops like cherry tomatoes, basil, tomatillos, hot peppers, green beans, herbs, flowers, and husk cherries.

Pick Your Own is a perk for members that can make it out – we still aim to give all members the value of their share in harvested and delivered vegetables :). But of course, we want you to come out to visit. The whiteboards located in barns have the most updated PYO limits and info, so please follow those if they differ from what is written online.

• If you are traveling to the farm for over 1 hour to do the picking (Boston area and Worcester members), then you probably will come for picking only a few times during the season. This means that when you are here you can pick a lot at once, once the limits have gone up.
• If you are a member from Franklin, Hampshire or Hampden County and you can easily make it to the farm each week, then we ask that you pick weekly but not as much each time. This is why there are different limits posted for each crop depending on where you are coming from.
• Stand & Market Members ($300 level) can pick a lot at once if desired, but you must pay as you go (by using credit from your card). Prices are posted for each PYO crop on the board. There are sometimes limits on crops for Stand Members.

What to Bring and Where to Go
Come ready for outdoor weather. Also please bring containers to take your pickings home in, and leave the quart and pint containers for reuse if possible. If you have a car, share a ride! Meet some other local food loving people. You can post on our facebook seeking rides. Read below to find out which farm location you should visit based on your CSA pickup location.

GRANBY Pick-Your-Own (Public & CSA 9am-7pm)

Open to CSA and Farmstand & Market Members from Granby, Springfield, Holyoke, Worcester and the Boston area. And Montague and Northampton members visiting Granby.

Pick Your Own details are inside the farm store in the center of the barn at 7 Carver St., including a map of field areas and a list of picking limits, and often containers for harvesting. Any time the farm store is open you can come pick! To find farm store hours you can check our farm store page. The PYO is all self-serve, but please be sure to sign in at the PYO station and check in with staff. There’s extra parking in the Brown-Ellison Park next door if needed.

Hot Peppers

• Western MA Regular Share: 12 fruits per week
• Western MA Small Share: 6 fruits per week
• Boston Area Regular Share: 24 fruits (if making single visit to farm for the season)
• Boston Area Small Share: 12 fruits (if making single visit to farm for the season)

Herbs (Mint, Rosemary, Parsley, Sage)

• All CSA Members: Pick as needed!
• General Public: $10 per pound

Cut Flowers

• Western MA Regular Share: 12 stems per week
• Western MA Small Share: 6 stems per week
• Boston Area Regular Share: 18 stems (if making single visit to farm for the season)
• Boston Area Small Share: 10 stems (if making single visit to farm for the season)
• General Public: Sunflowers $1 per stem and all other flowers $12 per pound

MONTAGUE Pick-Your-Own (CSA Members Only)

Of note, Montague green beans died out in the dry period we had.

Cherry Tomatoes

• Western MA Regular Share:  1 pint per week
• Western MA Small Share: Half pint per week
• Boston Area Regular Share: 3 pints (if making single visit to farm for the season)
• Boston Area Small Share: 1 and a half pints (if making single visit to farm for the season)

Husk Cherries

• Western MA Regular Share: Half pint per week
• Western MA Small Share: Half pint per week
• Boston Area Regular Share: 1 pint per week (if making single visit to farm for the season)
• Boston Area Small Share: 1 pint per week (if making single visit to farm for the season)

Herbs (Oregano, chives, thyme, sage, winter savory, garlic chives, chamomile, tarragon, chocolate mint, spearmint, peppermint)

• All CSA Members: Pick as needed

Cut Flowers

• Western MA Regular Share: 10 stems per week
• Western MA Small Share: 5 stems per week

Tomatillos

• All CSA Members: Pick as needed

Hot Peppers

• All CSA Members: Pick as needed

Green & Yellow Beans

• Western MA Regular Share: 2 quarts per week
• Western MA Small Share: 1 quart per week
• Boston Area Regular Share: 4 quarts (if making single visit to farm for the season)
• Boston Area Small Share: 2 quarts (if making single visit to farm for the season)

We now have a patch on our Montague farm at 184 Meadow Road. This section is small, so there’s capacity for Montague, and Northampton area members only!

Please park on the grass along Meadow Road, not blocking any thruways or driveways, or equipment access. 

Pick Your Own information is at the large old tobacco barn next to Meadow Road near the red hand-painted Red Fire Farm hanging sign. Pick Your Own details will be there, including an informational map attached to the side of the barn facing the road, a list of picking limits, and often containers for harvesting and measuring. Bring containers to take things home!

The PYO is all self-serve, but please be sure to sign in at the PYO station. You can come to pick any day 9am – 8pm. There will be a log book, so you can keep track of your picking if you are at the $300 Stand Member level, as those members pay at the posted prices per item. Please tally your purchases as you go, and we will process them periodically at the office. PYO for CSA level members is free up to limits provided.

Fun things to do in Montague:

• Visit our Red Fire North farm store at 485 Federal Street, Montague, MA, with our produce and tasty local products.~ 4 miles from the farm.

• Check out the Bookmill, a cafe with waterfall, used bookstore, cd shop, art gallery, beer. ~ 2 miles from the farm.

Enjoy the season and the fields!