Produce Overview

Strawberries, Blueberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Sweet corn, Tomatoes, and Seedless Watermelon are our main crops.  We strive for healthy, sustainable farming practices.

For the latest recent news bulletins on these primary crops, see Farm Headlines.

To focus on a specific crop, select its News & Views page using the menu at left or from the complete Crop Calendar, which includes many crops not featured on this page.

Strawberries 2008    Pictures    News    How to pick strawberries
At Plow Creek we often hear a preference for Jewel strawberries.  Since many of you value them this year we offer Jewels in 94 of our 114 rows of strawberries.

But our other varieties of strawberries should not be overlooked. Here is the list in the approximate order in which our berries ripen.
 
    Earliglow yields deep red uniformly colored berries known for their sweet flavor.  They are usually the earliest to ripen.  Many of us here think they are the best tasting.  But after the first picking, later berries are often pretty small.  Many think the extra work is worth it.  They're great for making jams and jelly.  Four rows.

    Northeaster is prized for its very fine flavor and attractively firm berries. The strong flavor is interesting and has been described as like strawberry candy.  Four rows.

    Honeoye is our most misspelled strawberry. The berries are large, firm, and bright red with an "old-fashioned" strawberry flavor.   Eight rows.

    Jewel has very large, excellent quality fruit, especially delicious for desserts and for freezing.  Currently 94 rows in production.

    Allstar bears large symmetrical, very firm fruit with a mild, sweet flavor.  It is considered by some to be the most outstanding recent variety. It is ripe without turning a deep red color; don't let this fool you. Four rows.

In April 2008 we planted 8 rows of  Honeoye, 5 rows of Darselect, 1 row Wendy and 14 rows of Jewel, to start production in 2009.



Blueberries    Pictures    News    How to pick blueberries
Plow Creek blueberries are on the rise. We have several delicious varieties to extend the season and will offer several more in a few years. In 2006 we planted 550 new bushes to replace those that had died over the years.

After the significant investment of drip line replacement, we enjoyed our best crop ever in 2007. The 2008 crop about as good, but be sure to check our schedule before coming to pick.

People are learning about newly discovered health benefits of blueberries.













Blackberries    Pictures   News
Many think thornless blackberries lack flavor so we grow the thorny ones, so dress appropriately for the challenge.


Raspberries    Pictures    News
We have a limited quantity of red raspberries early in the summer, and tremendous quantities of red raspberries available for U-Pick in late summer and early fall. Most bushes are the Heritage variety. No black raspberries this year (well, maybe a few samples from the fall 2006 planting, which will produce in 2008).



Watermelon    Pictures    News
Our Specialty is Seedless Watermelon. They are harder to get started, and so cost a little more, but they are sure worth it! We also have traditional red and yellow watermelons with seeds, including Sangria and Sugar Baby.


Sweet Corn    Pictures    News
For 2007, we have selected several varieties of sugar-enhanced and synergistic sweet corn. white and yellow hybrid, including Lancelot, Providence and Kristine. Each is known to provide excellent flavor and quality.

Tomatoes    Pictures    News

We have some of the earliest field-grown tomatoes around.  We plant very early, covering our rows to protect against the cold.  We believe delicious homegrown early tomatoes are worth the extra labor and costs.

Our 2007 crop includes eight varieties of tomatoes.  We planted mostly our old faithful Daybreak.  We also have Sunshine, Orange Blossom, Brandywine, (an heirloom variety), Plum Crimson, (roma), red grape, Washington Cherry (red) and Be My Baby Cherry (yellow).

Peppers    News
In 2007, Plow Creek peppers will take on some new colors. In addition to Boynton Bell green/red, we have New Ace (a very early variety), Lipstick (a sweet non-bell), Labrador yellow, Gourmet orange and Chocolate.

Jalepeños, mild banana peppers and various other temperatures are available in smaller quantities.




We work with Agrienergy Resources renewable agricultural  systems for healthy soil and plants without using poisons.