Concord Ridge Fruit Farms

Our 2011 strawberry season is winding down for yet another year. We will continue to be open through the weekend for strawberries and into the next week as long as there are quality berries to be picked.  After this weekend, we will access our strawberry fields on a daily basis.  When we feel the quality that our customers expect is no longer there, we will make the decision to close our fields.  The recent heat, humidity, and rain have not been the greatest conditions, as strawberries like sunshine and 70 degree temps.  Currently, we are still offering picked or u-pick strawberries while quantities last. Come on out and stock up on these wonderful Michigan strawberries while you still can for your freezer or for jam!  At this time, there are still plenty of good berries to be picked! We are open from 8am-7pm for strawberry season.

U-picking is a great family outing! Enjoy it while it lasts!

Sweet cherries- We are beginning to pick our beautiful Michigan sweet cherries and have these available for sale at our fruit stand. The crop looks very good and they are very tasty, too! Just a reminder, we do not offer u-pick cherries.

Our homegrown Michigan Strawberries are now producing nicely each day. The recent temps. in the 70′s have been perfect strawberry conditions!

U-PICK Strawberries- Our U- Pick is now open from 8am-7pm. Pricing is $1.00/lb. We have containers and will supply them for you!We will continue to have U-Pick while quantities last.

WE-PICK Strawberries- We still continue to offer already picked strawberries for our customers. If you would like to order a flat of strawberries, please give us a call at (269)684-5865. Flats (8 qts.) are currently $22.00.  Quarts are available as well for $3.00/qt. for 2 or more or $3.50 for one qt.

SWEET CHERRIES- Our sweet cherry crop is coming along nicely and looks like a bumper crop this year! Our early varieties look like they will be ready within a few weeks.

Freshly picked flats of strawberries ready to be delivered!

Today, June 6th, was our first day of strawberry season and a beautiful day it was! It was great to see everyone so excited to taste their

Freshly picked flats of strawberries!

first berries of the year! We are currently offering picked strawberries at $3.50/qt. or $24 for a flat (8 qts.) The berries are nice and sweet and we are looking forward to another great season of offering our homegrown Michigan strawberries! If you would like to order flats and have them reserved, please give us a call at (269)684-5865.

Our U-pick is not open currently until we get more volume to meet demands. Right now, we only have enough production to meet our retail sale needs. We anticipate opening our U-pick in mid June. As we get closer, I will keep this page updated as to the exact day we will open. We know everyone is anxious, but remember because of the cool spring we had, everything is running behind. Hope to see you all at the fruit stand!

Asparagus is winding down for the year. We do still have some available at our fruit stand and may have it for possibly another week, so stock up the freezer while it is still around!

Fresh, hand picked asparagus in one lb. bundles

Although it has been a challenging asparagus season with the cool temps, the recent upper 80-90 degree temps. have had us picking sometimes twice a day! We still anticipate having asparagus for another week or more, so stop by and pick some up for the freezer. To order a large quantity, please give us a call or e-mail us to place your order at (269)684-5865. Our FREEZER SPECIAL is 10 or more lbs. for $1.50/lb. For smaller quantities, we are at $2.00/lb. We also have rhubarb at the fruit stand while quantity lasts!

Terry and I walked the strawberry fields tonight, and were happy to finally see a few of our early variety strawberries beginning to ripen! Our first varieties will include Honeoye and Wendy and are a great tasting strawberry. We hope to begin picking sometime next week, depending on the weather. Our U-Pick will not open until sufficient quantities are available to meet demands. Please keep an eye on the website as I will keep you up to date on this.

Early variety strawberries begin to ripen!

Our sweet cherry orchard is loaded with rapidly sizing cherries, which should be available towards the end of June. We have 9 varieties of cherries from early to late, so we should have cherries available at our fruit stand for several weeks. We hope the warmer temps. will continue to help ripen and size our crops. This will help our crops catch up from the cooler than normal temps. we have been experiencing.

 Look forward to seeing you all soon! Tina

Our sweet cherry orchard in blossom!

We are currently now selling our homegrown Michigan asparagus! With the onset of the warm (hot) weather, it has really pushed the asparagus into production! We are selling our 1lb. bundles for $2/lb. We do offer quantity discounts for 10 or more lbs! Come on out and start enjoying Michigan’s first fresh vegetable of the season. Asparagus is great so many different ways whether you like to grill, steam, or roast it and the best part is that it is SO good for you! Call with any questions at (269)684-5865 or send us an e-mail!

The warm weather has also really made our homegrown Michigan strawberries grow like crazy! We are beginning to see a few varieties start to bloom which means we should have strawberries within a couple of weeks.  A favorite season of so many, we are anxious for another great strawberry season!