Pick what's actually ripe.
We are planting the last of seven acres this season. Young trees need a few years to bear, so we are aiming to open the gate for u-pick around Fall 2028. Here is what those rows are being grown to hold.
Goldberry Grove's u-pick is laid out across about seven acres of cleared hillside, planted in layered agroforestry: a chestnut, hazelnut, and walnut canopy with serviceberry, mulberry, elderberry, pawpaw, and persimmon below. Everything is grown without synthetic fertilizer or pesticide, on JADAM and Korean Natural Farming inputs only.
What each season will hold
- JuneMulberries, early serviceberries, the first elderflowers (for syrup, not eating).
- JulyServiceberries finish, elderberries set, the first wild raspberries along the woodland edge.
- AugustElderberries ripen. Late summer wild plums in the hedgerow if the birds don't beat us to them.
- SeptemberPawpaws drop. Persimmons follow once the first hard frost hits the tannins. Hazelnuts start coming in.
- OctoberChestnuts. The main event. Hazelnuts finish. Black walnuts drop and we'll show you how to hull them without staining everything you own.
How it will work
When u-pick opens, it will run by appointment rather than drop-in. That lets us match the gate opening to what is actually ripe and keep the rows from getting trampled before they are ready. Dates and what's open will get posted to Instagram and the journal about seven days out. You'll pay by the pound on the way out, and we'll tare baskets at the table.
The land is steep in places, so plan on closed-toe shoes. Our farmhand crew (George and Wesley) will be able to point you to the easiest rows if the trail looks rough. Children are very welcome. Most of the folks we expect are families.
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