Produce Farms near Cullman, AL

Cullman

Cullman

Grandview Mountain Strawberry Farm sends visitors into the rows above Cullman to pick their own strawberries each spring, with pre-picked flats available for anyone who'd rather skip the bending. The farm hands out gloves and bottled water at the gate and keeps growing through summer with watermelons, cantaloupes, sweet corn, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, and fall pumpkins. It sits up on a ridge, so the picking comes with a view of the North Alabama hills.

Hayden

Sleepy Hollow Blueberry Farm runs a family-operated u-pick season in Hayden, in Blount County's blueberry belt, typically from late May through July. Pricing and daily hours shift with the crop, so the farm's Facebook page functions as the de facto front desk during picking season. There's no listed phone number or website beyond that, which is common among the smaller blueberry patches scattered through this part of north Alabama.

Somerville

William and Lora Mims grow blueberries on their Somerville farm without chemical sprays. The u-pick season runs from late June or early July until the berries run out, typically by late August or early September, sunrise to sunset, seven days a week. Payment is cash only. It's one of several u-pick blueberry operations scattered across Morgan County, part of north Alabama's blueberry belt.

Laceys Spring

Our Happy Place Blueberry Farm sells chemical-free, pick-your-own blueberries for $3 a pound in Laceys Spring, a Morgan County farm that started out in 2006 under a different name, Pendley Farms. The rebrand stuck, and the farm has built a following of nearly 700 people on Facebook who track picking updates there each season. It's a straightforward operation: bring a container, pick, pay by the pound.