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Welcome to Mead Orchards
Pick-Your-Own 2013

It's Spring, and we're busy on the farm preparing
and planting for the 2013 harvest season.
Strawberries will be ready to pick
in June (actual dates not yet known).

There is no entrance fee. Strawberry, Blueberry, and Cherry pickers will find containers and will pay at the tents in the orchards. For Peaches and Apples, pickers will stop at our farm stand near the barn to pick up containers and get directions, and then drive up into the orchards. You'll pay for your U-Pick items at the farm stand. You may also park and walk -- just keep in mind there are some hills, and fruit can be heavy to carry.

Our Farm Stand is open from Late JULY through OCTOBER, on WEEKENDS ONLY, DURING U-PICK HOURS. Here we have more already-picked fruit and vegetables in season: peaches, pears, plums, berries, and many varieties of apples. Plus vegetables, including  tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, greens, broccoli, cauliflower, corn, eggplant, summer and winter squashes, and pumpkins. In addition, we usually have our own honey, apple cider, tomato sauce, and homemade jams.

The orchards are lovely, with views of the Catskill Mountains, a couple of picnic tables, and of course fragrant trees heavy with fruit that's within easy reach from the ground.

Because ourFarm Stand / U-Pick operation is seasonal and rustic, we have no concession stand, and no running water (bottled water is available), and our bathroom "facilities" are limited: "porta pottys" (with hand-washing). So please be prepared, and SMILE!  And, if you're thinking of bringing a large group, PLEASE call Beth Mead at 845-756-5641 or 845-756-2526 to see about making arrangements ahead of time. Thanks!

Please review our ORCHARD SAFETY and "ETIQUETTE" information below. Thanks.

ORCHARD ETIQUETTE: As you're in our orchards and vegetable gardens, please keep in mind that our berries, fruit trees, and vegetable plots are a long term investment for us -- our livelihood! We've nursed our crops through frosts (ouch), wind, rainfall variations, hail (ouch, ouch!), drought and other assorted problems and pests in order to bring you the highest quality food we can. So, while you're enjoying the fruit of our labor, please respect our farm and the trees... the way you'd want us to respect your garden, yard and plantings!

Almost all our trees are semi-dwarf or dwarf trees.  PLEASE! No climbing the trees! Period! Also, we do NOT allow picking tools (except your hands). There's plenty of delicious fruit within easy reach from the ground. Thanks!
 

And for Safety's Sake--yours and others-- PLEASE:

- ALWAYS Drive  S-L-O-W-L-Y ! There are other pickers and children on foot, and other vehicles on the roads. Plus, our driving "roads" (used mostly by tractors and other farm vehicles) are pretty rough and narrow, with some 2-way traffic sections, "blind" intersections and turns. So please pay attention as you drive.

- Watch your step and wear shoes and clothes suitable for the "un-manicured" outdoors and the weather. As a working farm we have tractor ruts, holes, rocks and roots, so please take care. Also beware of the occasional patch of poison ivy.

- Keep the kids under control for their safety. PLEASE - No climbing, riding bikes, throwing stuff ... and running can be hazardous! There are other cars and sometimes farm vehicles moving through the orchard, as well as uneven ground with occasional ruts, holes (usually from varmints), roots and rocks. We want everyone to enjoy their picking experience, and be safe at the same time!

- Please leave the pets at home, or keep them leashed. Thanks.

- Please don't leave litter, and PLEASE--no smoking!

Thanks! Come visit us soon!

Mead Orchards LLC
Mailing address: 15 Scism Rd, Tivoli NY 12583
Phone: 845-756-5641 -- Fax: 845-756-4008