We started picking strawberries this year on June 9th and ended the raspberry season on July 21–making 2012 one of the longest berry seasons we’ve had at Lindy’s Berries.  Thank you to everyone that came out and picked or bought berries pre-picked and also those that stopped and purchased fruit from us at our roadside stands.  We sincerely appreciate your business.

We are now busy preparing the fields for next year, including hoeing and setting runners on the new 4 1/2 acres of strawberries.  We’re also pruning the raspberries, which involves cutting out all the canes that produced fruit this year and removing them from the field.  In late fall we’ll bed down the strawberries with straw which protects them from the harsh winters that we are so ‘blessed’ to experience in northern Wisconsin.   Next spring will be here before we know it and we’ll start the season with pruning the raspberries again, uncovering the strawberries, and planting another 4 to 5 acres of strawberries and possibly more raspberries.

Again, thanks for a great 2012 berry season and we’ll see you in 2013!

Raspberries are ready for picking!  This will be a great week to visit the farm and pick-your-own raspberries.  We provide you with pint containers for picking and our hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Raspberries are a great fruit to have in the freezer for winter baking and salads.  Freezing raspberries is so easy–just pour them into a freezer bag and place in the freezer.  No need to wash the berries or add sugar.  They work great for muffins, pies, coffee cakes, gelatin salads, and smoothies all year round.

We charge $3.25 a pint if you pick your own raspberries and $4.25 a pint if we pick them for you. To ensure that we have berries available for you, please call ahead to place an order.  We will have raspberries available at our roadside stands in Spooner, Siren, Hayward, and Cumberland. Give us a call at (715) 468-7635 for more information.

Monday, June 18 will be our first day of pick-your-own strawberries.  If you have your own ice cream pails, bring them with you; otherwise, we have some you can borrow and we’ll transfer your berries into our flats for you to take home.

U-pick strawberries are $1.75 per pound, which comes out to about $8-$10 dollars per pail, depending on your pail and the size of the berries you pick.

We are open from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. but we think you should come early to avoid the heat and the chance that we are picked out.