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Blueberry U-Pick Orchards in Northern Mississippi in 2025, by county
Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for blueberries that we know of in this area. Not all areas of any state, nor even every state, have blueberries orchards that are open to the public. If you know of any others, please tell us using the add a farm form!
Remember to always check with the farm's own website or Facebook page before you go - or call or email them if they don't have a website or Facebook page. Conditions at the farms and crops can change literally overnight, so if you want to avoid a wasted trip out there - check with the farm directly before you go! If I cannot reach them, I DON'T GO!
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De Soto County
Cedar Hill Farm - Minimizes chemical and pesticide use, beans, blackberries, blueberries,
broad beans, corn (sweet), cucumbers, eggplants, peas, pumpkins, summer
squash, strawberries, tomatoes, other vegetables, Honey from hives on the
farm, Fresh eggs, U-pick and already picked, farm market, gift shop,
concessions or refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, face painting, pony
rides, petting zoo, farm animals, birthday parties, weddings and wedding
parties, school tours 008 Love Rd, Hernando, MS 38632. Phone:
662-429-2540. Email:
cedarhfarm@yahoo.com. Open: April - August; Dates and times vary
depending on crop availability; Visit our website or for picking times.
Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Picking updates:
Click here for picking updates. Directions:
Click here for a map and directions. We minimize use of pesticides and
other chemicals. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard,
Discover, AmEx.
Click here for our Facebook page. We also have a restaurant in our big
barn, called Cedar Hill Farm's Country Kitchen. The restaurant is open for
lunch seasonally whenever the farm is open to the public and it is open for
dinner on Friday and Saturday nights year around. Our restaurant and
facilities are available for rent for private parties such as: rehearsal
dinners, weddings & receptions, company parties and family reunions.
120 acre Agri-Tourism Farm featuring a restaurant called The Barn, specializing
in private events, you pick berries, pumpkin patch, corn maize, choose and cut Christmas Trees, Haunted Farm and so much more! [Click
here to update the listing] (UPDATED: May 2, 2025, JBS)
Nesbit Blueberry Plantation - blueberries, 690 Bankston Road, Hernando, MS 38632. Phone: 662-429-3778. Email: traicoff5489@aol.com. Directions: south on I 55 from Memphis. take exit
284, Nesbit rd exit. at stop sign turn left (east), proceed under the
overpass and go 50 yds beyond the interstate and take a left (north) on
sidewinder Road. we are a mile up the road on the left hand side. Click here for a map and directions. Open: Tuesday through Saturday, 7 till 7. we furnish picking
containers and freezer bags to transport the berries home. Call ahead for prepicked berries.
blueberries available from June 17 to July 20 We use natural practices, but
are not yet certified Organic. Payment: Cash, Check. Nesbit Blueberry Plantation Facebook page. [Click
here to update the listing] (UPDATED: May 2, 2025, JBS)
(UPDATED: July 02, 2008)
Comment from a
visitor: "we had such a great time picking berries. the farm
is very well kept, the staff is sweet and helpful. I am trying out several
versions of a Blueberry buckle recipe trying to find the one most like my
childhood version.
Itawamba County
Briar Creek Vineyards - 2025 assumed permanently closed, apples,
blackberries, blueberries, grapes, Muscadines, grapes, pears,
tomatoes, Honey from hives on the farm 20495 Highway 23
North, Tremont, MS 38876. Phone: 662-652-3446. Alternate Phone:
662-760-9170. Email:
mascadine@yahoo.com. Open: UPDATE for 2025: Call before you go, Does anyone have current information, are they still offering pick your own
or are even open? If so,
please write me; last reported hours were
Monday through Sunday, from 7 am
to 7 pm; May 1 to October 31. Directions: Drive 8 miles on
Highway 23 North of Tremont. Drive 8 miles south of Red Bay,
Alabama on Highway 23 North. Located at Bounds Crossing on
Highway 23 North. For a map to our farm,
Click here. Blackberries: June 1; Blueberries June 7 through
July 15; Tomatoes: July 1; Muscadines and Scuppernongs:
September 7; Apples: September 1; Pears: September 1; Gourds:
October 1 through November. Payment: Cash, Check. Staghorn
Ferns, Fiddle Leaf Fig plants, Ficus Benjamin, Christmas Cactus,
Epiphyllum. [Click
here to update the listing](ADDED: July 19, 2016)
Leflore County
Roebuck Plantation Blueberry Farm/ Roebuck Blues - 2025 assumed permanently closed, No pesticides are used blueberries, porta-potties 56321 Cr 555,
Sidon, MS 38954. Phone: (601) 209-2623. Email:
jtsaa@netdoor.com. Open: UPDATE for 2025: Call before you go, Does anyone have current information, are they still offering pick your own
or are even open? If so,
please write me; last reported hours were
Monday through Sunday Sunrise to Sunset; Late May through late July. Directions: 5 miles south of Greenwood off of Highway 49.
We do not use pesticides on the crops. Payment: Cash, Check.
Click here for our Facebook page. Roads close sometimes due to rain, so please check the website for updates or call before going. Our normal harvest
season is the first day of June through the second week in July. Mother Nature takes a big hand in that time frame and we will keep everyone up to date on
this ABOUT US page. Always visit this site before making plans to come to our field to pick your own. Rain closes the field until the bushes can dry again.
Picking Buckets / plastic bags are available to use as well as a clean port-o-let. Roebuck
Blueberry Plantation Facebook page. During Mississippi delta blueberry season, approximately late May-mid July, folks follow the signs here from hwy
49S. Roebuck is uniquely the only plantation in the rich farm land of the Mississippi delta offering sweet, succulent, antioxidant packed blueberries
commercially to its growing fan base. Blueberries have been grown here for about 30 years. 11 acres of berries sit next to a privately owned Indian mound
beside fields of cotton, soy beans, and corn. Roebuck Plantation, also having been known as the Lazy Bar L Ranch, is now a 4th generation delta farm
[Click
here to update the listing] (UPDATED: May 2, 2025, JBS) (ADDED: July 11,
2020)
Marshall County
Riley Acres - 2025 assumed permanently closed, blueberries, U-pick and already picked 247 Wildwood
Road, Red Banks, MS 38635. Phone: (901) 240-3048. Alternate Phone: (901)
262-6061. Fax: 662-252-3406. Email:
halriley@bellsouth.net. Open: UPDATE for 2025: Call before you go, Does anyone have current information, are they still offering pick your own
or are even open? If so,
please write me; last reported hours were
Saturdays 8 until 5 until gone for berries
staring June 10; Will open during week if call and request. Directions:
From Red Banks, Ms take Red Banks Road south to Hernando Road (4 way
stop)take a left on Hernando Road and first road to left is Wildwood Road.
It will be on left. Payment: Cash, only. The ONLY pyo crops offered are
Blueberries this year. Next year, we may have tomatoes, peas, and
some other vegetables. (UPDATED: June 18, 2018) (ADDED: June 12, 2017)
Pontotoc County
Pontotoc Blueberry Ridge - Blueberries 240
Carter Lane, Pontotoc, MS 38863. Phone: 662-489-8481. Email:
teresa@brysoncaron.com. Open:
UPDATE for 2025, Their website and Facebook page are gone or years out of date,
so I assume they have closed permanently. If you know anything for sure,
please write me, their last reported hours were Monday to Saturday, from 6 am to dark.
Tate County
Burris Farms U-Pick - blackberries, blueberries,
Muscadines, grapes, 8920 Highway 4 West, Senatobia, MS 38668. Phone: 662-562-0075.
Alternate Phone: 662-562-2643. Email:
info@burrisfarmsupick.com. Open: See our website for current hours.
Directions: From Interstate 55. Take the
MS Highway 4 exit, EXIT 265. Turn west onto East Main Street / MS-4 and
follow until it dead ends at Highway 51 South. Turn south onto Highway 51
South. Take the first right (west) onto West Tate Street /MS-4 West. Travel
for 3.6 miles to reach Burris Farms located on the left. Your destination
is 0.7 miles past Moore Bottom Road. If you reach JJ Ranch Road you've
gone about 0.3 miles too far.
Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check.
Click here for our Facebook page. Blueberries and blackberries are
available as U-pick or pre-pick. Muscadines are U-pick only. All other
vegetables and herbs are fresh picked in season and available in our farm
stand. Contact us to inquire about larger orders. [Click
here to update the listing] (UPDATED: May 2, 2025, JBS)
William N. Hudspeth farm - Blueberries, Tomatoes, Okra, Peppers 400 Pioneer Village Road, Senatobia, MS 38668. Phone: 662-562-4182. Open: 7 days a week from dusk to dawn. Click here for a map and directions. .
Union County
Hays Berry Farms - Registered naturally grown, blackberries, blueberries,
carrots, cucumbers, peas, Honey from hives on the farm, school tours
1041 County Road 182, Dumas, MS 38625. Phone: 662-538-2899. Email:
rlhays25@gmail.com. Open:
Their website is often DOWN, see their Hays Berry Farms Facebook page, June 1st - July 15th 7 am to 7 pm for
Pick your own. Directions: I have a map on the contact page of my
website.
Click here for a map and directions. We are registered naturally
grown for all crops. Payment: Cash, Check. We will be doing Honey Bee lectures and demos two times per year. First time is late June after the honey is extracted and then
again in mid August. We will offer a honey tasting at end of lecture of honey that was just extracted. The 2021 price for this is 8 dollars per person
Our farm is starting to have bon fires after Jan 1st 2018. We will supply the wood, 2 can drinks, 2 hot dogs (you cook over fire), various chips, and
the makings for smores. These events will be every weekend reservations needed. This price will be 12 dollars per person, group discounts available.
you can bring games and activities with you. Hays Berry Farms Facebook page.
More events coming later. [Click
here to update the listing] (UPDATED: May 2, 2025, JBS)
Blueberry
Blueberry Picking Tips, Recipes and Information
Blueberries are one of the easiest fruit to prepare and serve.
There's no peeling, pitting, coring or cutting. They have few natural pests,
(other than birds), so pesticides are generally unnecessary! This year's crop is
fantastic (see
related news story), thanks both to the weather and to
more farms planting more blueberry bushes due to increased consumer demand
over the past few years as more studies proclaim the anti-oxidant and other
health properties of blueberries.
If you are looking for information about a similar
berry, the saskatoon (also called the June berry or Serviceberry)
see this page about
saskatoons.
Picking
tips:
Select plump, full blueberries with a light gray-blue color. A berry with any
hint of red isn't fully ripened.
Ripening AFTER picking?
First, it is key to know that once picked, blueberries will NOT become any sweeter, nor will the flavor improve. The only change that occurs
is the color. They will APPEAR to ripen, but it is only a color change, from white to green to rose to red to pale blue to fully blue. So, white and green colored blueberries will not
"ripen" after they are picked; while blueberries that have already turned purple,
red or blue-ish usually DO change color after they are picked (if they are kept at room
temperature to "ripen").
As the blueberries ripen ON THE BUSH, the flavor goes from tastless to bitter to tasteless tart to tart blueberry flavor to sweet blueberry flavor.
Grocery stores sell blueberries that are tart, not sweet because they had them picked unripe by machine so they are very firm and can handled being
bumped around in shipping. They may look good, but are not as tasty as those picked when actually ripe.
So, the key is, PICK ONLY RIPE BERRIES!
How to pick blueberries
Since blueberries hang on the bushes in bunches a but like
grapes do, the easiest and fastest way to pick them is hold your bucket under
them in one hand and with your other hand, cup a ripe bunch and gently rub them
with your fingers. The ripe berries will drop into your bucket, while the
unripe ones will remain attached to the bush.
When the bushes are at peak, I can easily pick 2 gallons per
hour (if I'm not being distracted by the kids and the sun isn't too hot!).
A newbie might do 1 gallon per hour.and at the beginning or end of the season it
takes more time as the berries are not as plentiful nor concentrated
in clusters.
Tips for storing blueberries after harvesting:
Once picked, don't place the berries, still warm from the sun, in a
closed bag or container. Leave the container open so moisture doesn't form
in the container.
Don't wash berries until just before using, to prevent berries from
becoming mushy.
Chill berries soon after picking to increase shelf life. Store
your fresh blueberries in the refrigerator as soon as you get them home,
without washing them, in a covered bowl or storage container. If
refrigerated, fresh-picked blueberries will keep 10 to 14 days.
Freeze berries in freezer containers without washing to keep
the skins from toughening. Place berries one layer deep. Freeze,
then pour the frozen berries into freezer containers. Because unwashed
blueberries freeze individually, they can be easily poured from containers
in desired amounts. Remember both frozen and fresh berries should be
rinsed and drained just before serving. Just before using, wash the berries
in cold water.
Blueberry Measurements and Conversions
Keep in mind that blueberries vary considerably in density and moisture
content, so these ranges are approximates.
1 gallon of blueberries weighs about 7.5 lbs or (4
liters of blueberries is about 3.5 kg)
1 pint of fresh blueberries weights about 3/4 of a pound. (1
liter of blueberries is about 700 grams)
1 pound of fresh blueberries is usually between about 2 and
3 cups
of berries.
If you have trouble with blueberries settling to the bottom of muffins and
blueberry breads, try one or more of these tips:
Coat them with flour before adding to the batter. Just gently shake the
blueberries in a bag (plastic or paper) with 1/2 cup of flour, then dump
them mix in a sieve to remove excess flour.
It may just be that your batter is too thin. try making the batter a
little thicker!
Fill the muffin cups or baking pan up to 1/4 full with batter (which
hasn't had blueberries added to it yet); then stir the blueberries into the
remaining batter, and continue to fill the muffin cups or bread pan. The
blueberries will start off higher in the mix!