Where to pick strawberries on Long Island

The only organic u-pick on Long Island was omitted. It is Garden of Eve, just east of Briermere's, in Riverhead.

These berries are so easy to grow in your own backyard. Order or buy plants from a reputable company, mound up a row of dirt, and plant 'em. In the spring, put straw down between the rows. The plants send out runners that become new plants that can be transplanted back into the rows. Mine in my backyard are going to produce half-dollar size berries that'll be ripe in a few weeks, and the number of plants I have has doubled over the course of just two years here smack dab in the middle of New York state. They require very little work, and they are so GOOD and so ORGANIC! Perfect for jam, fresh, or for the blender! We are under a frost warning tonight, I just used my solar cover from my pool to cover up the plants.

Thanks for remembering Garden of Eve...i;m not surprised Newsday forgot the one truly responsible farm!

Thanks for the Garden of Eve info I was looking for an organic farm to go to here on the island!

DrCritter wrote:

These berries are so easy to grow in your own backyard. Order or buy plants from a reputable company, mound up a row of dirt, and plant 'em. In the spring, put straw down between the rows. The plants send out runners that become new plants that can be transplanted back into the rows. Mine in my backyard are going to produce half-dollar size berries that'll be ripe in a few weeks, and the number of plants I have has doubled over the course of just two years here smack dab in the middle of New York state. They require very little work, and they are so GOOD and so ORGANIC! Perfect for jam, fresh, or for the blender! We are under a frost warning tonight, I just used my solar cover from my pool to cover up the plants.

Good info - The runners are important to manage or they'll be everywhere.

We have tomatoes, eggplant, zuchinni, green beans, and bell peppers going this year.

Farming out back is a joy and nothing tastes better when the crops come in.

Golden Earthworm Organic Farm has the best U-Pick organic strawberries on Long Island! Their farm is off the beaten path, but it's such a charming place. It's clean and all their produce is beautiful. Our family had a great time picking there this past weekend. They're on Peconic Bay Blvd. in Jamesport.

whenever I eat strawberries from Long Island, they taste like.....

Guinness Drinker wrote:

whenever I eat strawberries from Long Island, they taste like.....

don't hold back !!!!!!

Guinness Drinker wrote:

whenever I eat strawberries from Long Island, they taste like.....

I hear ya, everytime I eat strawberries from california, they end up tasting like strawberries.

Tap San in LIC wrote:

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don't hold back !!!!!!

I'll wait for Doc's telephone call

I don't know about strawberries but you go to the Suffolk County Offices for dingleberries.

Vote No on Bozo wrote:

I don't know about strawberries but you go to the Suffolk County Offices for dingleberries.

Funny as that may be...strawberries are very easy to grow. BUT..you have to keep them covered or the berries will be eaten by everything. We used to go someplace on LI when I was a kid to pick strawberries and asparagus, I don't remember wyhere now, but we called it the strawberry field, might have just been public lands with berry plants, heck, I dont know, but the berries were delicious!!!

DrCritter wrote:

These berries are so easy to grow in your own backyard. Order or buy plants from a reputable company, mound up a row of dirt, and plant 'em. In the spring, put straw down between the rows. The plants send out runners that become new plants that can be transplanted back into the rows. Mine in my backyard are going to produce half-dollar size berries that'll be ripe in a few weeks, and the number of plants I have has doubled over the course of just two years here smack dab in the middle of New York state. They require very little work, and they are so GOOD and so ORGANIC! Perfect for jam, fresh, or for the blender! We are under a frost warning tonight, I just used my solar cover from my pool to cover up the plants.

This is the third year since I've planted strawberries, and the bed has spread. However, the strawberries are very small. Any suggestions?

As a dumb suburban farmer years ago I grew a few rows of corn in my backyard.

They were great but then the squirrels got every ear of corn I had.

The very next year we had a lady rotteiler with malice in her heart growing out back and my piddly crops never saw another squirrel.

Farming on a tiny backyard plot is not all about rain and sun. It's about drinking beer and having a huge dog to take care of things while you're working the day job.

Just Saying wrote:

<quoted text>This is the third year since I've planted strawberries, and the bed has spread. However, the strawberries are very small. Any suggestions?

I'm really not sure. Do you put straw around the plants when they flower? How much sun do the plants get? Mine get good sun for most of the day, and I put straw all around the plants when the flowers appear so the berries don't sit on the dirt. I was getting wonderful berries up until a week ago. Yesterday, I saw a squirrel sitting on top of the fence eating one. I may have to cover the plants with a sort of chicken wire fence next year.

Guinness Drinker wrote:

whenever I eat strawberries from Long Island, they taste like.....

Taste like what a di ck you ho mo?

DrCritter wrote:

<quoted text>I'm really not sure. Do you put straw around the plants when they flower? How much sun do the plants get? Mine get good sun for most of the day, and I put straw all around the plants when the flowers appear so the berries don't sit on the dirt. I was getting wonderful berries up until a week ago. Yesterday, I saw a squirrel sitting on top of the fence eating one. I may have to cover the plants with a sort of chicken wire fence next year.

The straw is news to me. As far as sun goes, there hasn't been much on Long Island this spring. We also have squirrels, but our 2 dogs do a good job keeping them away. I had some of the strawberries for breakfast today on my cereal. They were tasty, even though small. Thanks for the information!

Ray Henry wrote:

<quoted text>Taste like what a di ck you ho mo?

Not a fan, eh ?

Ray Henry wrote:

<quoted text>Taste like what a di ck you ho mo?

which one's ? NY or California ?

DrCritter wrote:

<quoted text> Yesterday, I saw a squirrel sitting on top of the fence eating one. I may have to cover the plants with a sort of chicken wire fence next year.

I swear it wasn't the Sanchez Clan, Momo, or myself...I swear!