Produce Farms near Skaneateles, NY

Auburn

Strawberry Fields U-Pick lets you pick your own strawberries on East Genesee Street Road in Auburn, in the Finger Lakes. Strawberry picking here runs a short window, usually from mid-June into early July depending on the spring. Call ahead before driving out; berry fields open and close day to day with the weather and what's ripe. Cayuga County farmland surrounds the site.

Town of Spafford

Burdock's Berries grows u-pick berries on West Lake Road above Skaneateles Lake in the town of Spafford, at the northern edge of the Finger Lakes. Hillside farms along this road grow strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries through the summer. Picking availability shifts with the weather and isn't posted online.

Auburn

Ruwet Berry Scary Acres works both ends of the season in Auburn, in the Finger Lakes' Cayuga County. Summer brings pick-your-own berries; fall turns the property into Scary Acres, a haunted attraction. Online details are limited, so confirm picking conditions and haunt dates before heading over. The farm sits near downtown Auburn, north of Owasco Lake.

Baldwinsville

Hencles Berry Patch is a pick-your-own berry farm on Perry Road in Baldwinsville, northwest of Syracuse in Onondaga County. The patch focuses on seasonal berries, typically strawberries in June and other summer fruit as it ripens. Central New York's berry season runs short and weather-dependent. Call ahead or check locally for daily picking conditions, since patches open and close with the crop.

Cato

Stevers Berry Harvest Farm offers pick-your-own berries on White Cemetery Road in Cato, north of Auburn in Cayuga County. This flat, fertile country between Lake Ontario and the Finger Lakes grows strawberries and other summer berries. Exact picking days depend on the season and aren't posted online.

Cato

Cato

Phoenix

Pick-your-own is the whole point here: summer berries followed by a pumpkin patch in the fall, on Pendergast Road outside Phoenix. The farm sits in Oswego County's produce country north of Syracuse, close to the Oswego River. Families come for the seasonal picking rather than a year-round stand.

Seneca Falls

Shuster's grows pick-your-own strawberries on Route 89 in Seneca Falls, along the Cayuga Lake side of the Finger Lakes. The family operation, registered as P&K Shuster Farms, focuses on June-bearing strawberries picked by the quart during the few weeks they peak. Route 89 is a well-traveled lake road, making the patch an easy stop. Selection is strawberry-season only, so timing matters.

Groton

Homer

Dave's Veggies is a greenhouse and farm market on Route 41 in Homer, in Cortland County's Central New York countryside. It grows and sells produce alongside greenhouse plants: bedding flowers and vegetable starts in spring, fresh vegetables through summer and fall. The roadside operation serves the Homer and Cortland area with its own and local-grown stock.

Homer

Homer

Dave's Veggies runs a farm stand and nursery at 5178 State Route 41 in Homer, growing its own asparagus, sweet corn, and tomatoes through the season. Pick-your-own berries open when they ripen, and the stand also carries bedding plants, baked goods, homemade preserves, and local cheese. It stays a family operation, selling mostly what the family grows on-site. Reach them at (607) 543-0226.

Seneca Falls

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Truxton