BrightBerry Farm

08/02/2024

Regular PYO berry picking hours, 9 - 1 today, Aug. 2, 2024, for both organic high-bush blueberries AND now for the blackberries on the long row on the other side of the farm road! Blueberries $6 per pound, blackberries $6 per pint.
Peak picking for the blueberries, AND first official picking for the blackberries. A few pints should be ripe and ready today, maybe, as the patch hastens to plump up and ripen its loaded canes. Please remember that the blackberries have impressive thorns. Flip-flops not recommended.
Extended weekend hours, 9 - 3 both Sat. & Sunday. (Worked well last weekend, we're doing it again.) BrightBerry Farm, 4262 Kennebec Rd, Dixmont ME phone 207-234-4225. We take cash, checks and credit cards.

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08/01/2024

Foggy this morning (Aug. 1, 2024), but no real rain forecast, so we'll be open today 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for picking our organic high-bush blueberries. $6/lb.

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07/31/2024

Open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today (Wed., July 31, 2024), perfect picking weather, cloudy and breezy. And the organic high-bush blueberries, they are aplenty. $6 per pound.
AND, our one long row of blackberries got our attention yesterday, with this ONE nice cluster of ripe berries. (They were yummy!) Single ripe berries on several other clusters, should have enough of a critical picking mass of ripe berries by Friday/this weekend. Just like the blueberries, the blackberries are ripening five days earlier than last year.

07/30/2024

Open 9 a.m to 1 p.m. today (Tues. July 30, 2024), forecast has scattered showers missing our area. Those juicy ripe high-bush blueberries are just waiting for you to come get them. (And, if you time it right, we may have a few pints of picked berries at the table under the tent, $6/pint.)

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07/29/2024

We're back to regular 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. hours for Pick-Your-Own Blueberries this week, with our two organic high-bush blueberry patches at the peak of their season right now. Clusters of tempting ripe berries make it quick and easy to reach your picking goals, $6 per pound, we take cash, checks and credit cards.

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07/28/2024

Just a reminder that we've extended our weekend blueberry picking hours until 3 p.m. (We usually open at 9 a.m., close at 1 p.m.) When rainy weather comes our hours will adjust accordingly. So, BrightBerry Farm pick-your-own organically grown high-bush blueberries, $6 per pound, we supply picking cups and boxes, and send your berries home in traditional green fiber quart containers (unless you bring your own). We take cash, checks and credit cards.

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07/26/2024

Beautiful weather, beautiful big bountiful organic high-bush blueberries -- what's not to like? Open TODAY (Friday, July 26) 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., then open Sat. & Sun. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Yes, since the rain this week limited our open hours, we're EXTENDING those hours today and this weekend -- the last weekend in July. BrightBerry Farm, 4262 Kennebec Road, Dixmont ME 207-234-4225.

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07/25/2024

We're OPEN today (Thursday, July 25, 2024) 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for Pick-Your-Own organically grown high-bush blueberries. Weather map predicts this morning light rain will end right around 9, with clear skies the rest of the day. $6 a pound -- which translates to $4.50 per pint. Looking forward to the next three days of sunshine.

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07/24/2024

UPDATE: We CLOSED EARLY today, at 11:30 a.m., after the two families who braved the non-stop rain had finished their picking (umbrellas and raincoats in play). They said they had fun, but we figured enough is enough. Weather forecast uncertain for tomorrow, we'll see what the morning brings and let you know.
OPEN today (Wed., July 24, 2024), 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Morning showers have stopped, scattered showers predicted, but the organic high-bush blueberries are big and beautiful, and with no picking yesterday, they are also bountiful. BrightBerry Farm, 4262 Kennebec Road, Dixmont ME, phone 207-234-4225. $6 per pound, we take cash, checks and credit cards.

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07/23/2024

Raining today (7/23) so we're closed. Please check back tomorrow.

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07/20/2024

Five days of beautiful blueberry picking weather coming up, starting TODAY, Saturday, July 20, here at BrightBerry Farm in Dixmont. Open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily, Our organic high-bush blueberry bushes are loaded, and it may be a short season, so don't delay. Next stormy weather predicted for late Wednesday into Thursday.
We supply the plastic picking boxes, and send your berries home with you in traditional green quart fiber boxes. $6 per pound, weighed out at the tent in the field.
Added attractions -- flowering morning glories in gallon containers $10 per pot.
AND, for the determined BLACK RASPBERRY lovers, our neglected rows out back are ripening some nice looking beauties (aisles ARE mowed). $5/pint, we supply the green pint picking boxes.

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07/18/2024

I was hopeful, but it is raining as I write this, and scattered thunderstorms predicted, so -- WEATHER NOT PERMITTING, we're CLOSED today (Thursday, July 18, 2024) for blueberry picking.
Open tomorrow (Friday) 9-1, and daily after that until we run out of berries -- again, weather permitting. BrightBerry Farm, Dixmont ME 207-234-4225.
AND, after today, for the adventurous and determined BLACK RASPBERRY lovers, our neglected rows out back are ripening some nice looking beauties, if you can find them. Don't expect much, but you might be pleasantly surprised. Two pints were picked from there earlier this week. $5/pint, we supply the green pint picking boxes.

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07/17/2024

Two happy pickers here at BrightBerry Farm in Dixmont, showing off their bounty Tuesday, in the plastic "shoeboxes" we provide pickers to take to the berry patches. Second photo shows their yield filled nearly six quart containers to take home with them.
We're open today (Wednesday) 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and are eyeing the weather reports to decide about tomorrow. Initial forecasts said rain Thursday, so we said we'd be closed, but now it looks like an overnight storm, clearing tomorrow. We'll let you know.

07/15/2024

Our Opening Day yesterday (Sunday, July 14) was a great success. First blueberries of the season were ready to pick five days earlier than last year (yes, the heat), and more pounds of berries were picked yesterday than on opening day than last year. Looks like it will be a good season,
We're open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily, weather permitting. Today (Monday) through Wednesday look good, rain predicted for Thursday morning. We provide picking boxes and green quart boxes to take your berries home. We accept cash, checks and credit cards.

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07/13/2024

It's Opening Day tomorrow (Sunday, July 14, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) for our Pick-Your-Own organically grown high-bush blueberries here at BrightBerry Farm in Dixmont. We're glad we decided against opening today, we've dodged several cloudbursts, starting with one right at 9 a.m.
The early blueberry varieties are going full-on, and in the last two days the mid-season rows are also turning blue. So, that means for the next month or so, we'll be OPEN DAILY from 9 - 1, weather permitting. Before you come, check here on Facebook for any schedule changes. When you arrive, check in at the tent in the field, get your picking boxes, and head to the patches. Price is $6/pound, same as last year.
AND, while you're here, check out the display of Morning Glories in gallon containers, set up near the tent, $10 a pot. They're already about 2 ft tall, some are on the verge of blossoming, and are eager for a home.
Other plants from our dwindling inventory -- tomato, eggplant and parsley primarily -- may also find their way down the hill from the house-attached greenhouse. Sorry, peppers, squash, cukes and other herbs are all gone.
(We closed out our display at the Natural Living Center in Bangor last week.)

07/11/2024

So, now that our seedling season is all wrapped up, we're on to our other major farm project -- our pick-your-own berries. More specifically, our organically-grown high-bush blueberries. We have more than 300 mature plants in two different plots, with the earliest varieties just starting to ripen.

We had hoped to open this weekend, but the weather forecast for Saturday sounds dicey. So, at this point (Thursday) we're looking at Sunday, July 14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., as our opening day. And since we think there will be enough ripe berries to go a second day, we'll open again on Monday, July 15, from 9 -1. (That's assuming Sunday's crowd doesn't take them all. If so, we'll let you know.)

Price is $6 per pound, same as last year. We have plastic picking containers, and will send your berries home in green quart boxes, unless you bring your own.

Since only the early rows are in play for the next week or so, after Monday we may have to skip a day or two to give those rows time to ripen more berries, enough to make the trip to the farm worth it for you. Schedule changes will be posted here. When the mid-season rows start turning blue, we'll be open every day, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., weather permitting. The season usually extends well into August, but this early heat wave may hurry-up the ripening.

Just so you know, we've been entirely PYO for the last few years. No longer do we do the picking, packing, and selling wholesale to stores. Nor will we have picked boxes available at our check-in tent. We're trying hard to retire, so PYO is the best way we can see to ease into that.

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06/30/2024

This first week of July will be our last for the three seedling carts we stock at the Natural Living Center, Longview Drive in Bangor. With the 4th of July in the middle of this week (with maybe some extra time off from work), this is an excellent time to finish up that home garden. And to close out our seedling season the coming week.

Those three carts still have a nice selection of tomato seedlings (cherries, cocktail, paste, slicers and heirlooms), plus the totality of our pepper inventory (both sweet and hot) begging to be put into their forever home gardens. Likewise petunia plants in pint pots. The last of our zucchini and yellow squash plants, eggplants, catnip and parsley are now on those three carts. When they’re gone, they’re gone.

This terrific arrangement with the NLC means our seedlings are available seven days a week, every day while that store is open for business. Don’t miss this final opportunity.

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06/22/2024

Last Spring Seedling Weekend!!
This is our Last Spring Seedling Weekend at BrightBerry Farm in Dixmont. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat. & Sun., June 22 & 23. We still have a nice selection of pepper and tomato seedlings, begging to be put into their forever home gardens. Likewise petunia plants in pint pots. Morning glories already reaching for a trellis. Zucchini and yellow squash plants, eggplants and parsley. Bulk sale of full flats of peppers ($30 for flat of 32 in 2.5" pots) and tomatoes ($30 for 18 in 3.5" pots). We're at 4262 Kennebec Road, Dixmont, ME Phone: 207-234-4225

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06/08/2024

Little rainy today,
but good for planting.
Our Weekend Seedling Sales here at BrightBerry Farm have been extended into June. Which means we're open this Saturday and Sunday, June 8 & 9, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day. We're at 4262 Kennebec Rd., Dixmont, ME 04932, phone 207-234-4225.
Four-packs of cucumbers (picklers and slicers) are going fast, and the morning glories (hard to find as seedlings) are starting to climb. Also, fresh basil (Genovese, sweet thai, towers), parsley and a few other herbs are still in supply.
Tomatoes are still available, although some of the 34 varieties of cherry, paste, cocktail, slicing and heirloom tomatoes are in short supply or sold out, so don't wait too long. Same for peppers (sweet and hot), and eggplants, Lots of colorful petunias in pint pots. The marigolds have sold out.
And we're still stocking our seedling display carts at the Natural Living Center in Bangor, which is open every day, all week, for your convenience.

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05/31/2024

Just a reminder that our Weekend Seedling Sales here at BrightBerry Farm have been extended into June. Which means we're open this Saturday and Sunday, June 8 & 9, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day. We're at 4262 Kennebec Rd., Dixmont, ME 04932, phone 207-234-4225.
Four-packs of cucumbers (picklers and slicers) are going fast, and the morning glories (hard to find as seedlings) are starting to climb. Also, fresh basil (Genovese, sweet thai, towers), parsley and a few other herbs are still in supply.
Tomatoes are still available, although some of the 34 varieties of cherry, paste, cocktail, slicing and heirloom tomatoes are in short supply or sold out, so don't wait too long. Same for peppers (sweet and hot), and eggplants, Lots of colorful petunias in pint pots. The marigolds have sold out.
And we're still stocking our seedling display carts at the Natural Living Center in Bangor, which is open every day, all week, for your convenience.

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05/27/2024

05/25/2024

This is a GREAT weekend to get your garden in. (Or do some container planting.) Visit the farm this weekend or pick up your seedlings at the Natural Living Center in Bangor.

05/21/2024

Herbs are back in the mix on our seedling carts at the Natural Living Center in Bangor. Basil (Genovese, Sweet Thai, and Towers), parsley, catnip, dill.
And Morning Glories were added today, most of them doubles in 4.5" pots.
They join the 34 varieties of Tomatoes (cherries, cocktail, paste, slicers and heirlooms), all of them two months old with healthy root balls prime for transplanting into larger pots or into your garden.
And we re-stocked the four varieties of Eggplant that almost got cleaned out over the weekend. They're right below the sweet and hot peppers, on one of our three carts. Marigolds in 4-packs and petunias in pint pots round out the inventory.
Check it out!
(Cukes are coming soon, but we're not doing summer squash or melons this year, sorry. Still time to start them yourself -- seed packets are available in the produce aisle at NLC.)

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05/14/2024

It's Tomato Seedling Week at the Natural Living Center in Bangor. Our BrightBerry Farm seedling carts are fully stocked with samples of the 34 - count 'em! - varieties of tomatoes that we grow.
Cherry tomatoes (4 reds plus crowd favorite Sun Gold), 6 popular cocktail (golf-ball sized) tomatoes, 6 paste tomatoes (including Roma, San Marzano, and Hog Heart), 6 traditional slicing tomatoes (including Big Beef and Beafsteak), and 11 (!!) varieties of heirloom tomatoes.
All were started here at our farm in March, so they are well on their way to producing for you in your home garden. All pots are $5 each, and are available 7 days a week, when the Natural Living Center is open for business.
Also on our carts at the NLC are 8 varieties of sweet peppers, 4 hot peppers, 5 types of eggplants, plus marigolds in 4-pks and petunias in pint pots.
A second round of herbs, plus cukes are in the pipeline but not yet ready for prime time. Watch for them later this month.
And a reminder that again this weekend, we will be selling our seedlings here at the farm. Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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05/09/2024

Petunias waiting for Mother's Day.
Open Sat. and Sun. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

04/29/2024

It's Official. BrightBerry Farm's SPRING SEEDLING SALES will start this coming weekend, May 4-5, and will continue every WEEKEND in May, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.
Along with 34 tomato varieties (cherries, paste, slicers, heirlooms), we'll have peppers (sweet and hot), flowers, and herbs, all organically grown.
Summer crops will be added to the seedling inventory as the season warms up.
We're at 4262 Kennebec Road, Dixmont. 207-234-4225
Our seedlings are also available at the Natural Living Center, Longview Drive in Bangor.
web: brightberryfarm.com

04/20/2024

An expanded tomato seedling cart is set up this weekend at , Longview Drive, Bangor (opposite BJ's & Target). Four flats hold 23 varieties, most are in one row with 4 plants each. All are now in 2.5" pots, but many are growing so fast they'll be up-potted (and up-priced) to 3.5" soon. So don't delay.
Cherry tomatoes -- Sun Gold, Cherry Bomb, Supersweet 100, Washington Cherry.
Cocktail/Paste Tomatoes -- Clementine, Indigo Rose / Roma, San Marzano, Juliet, Hog Heart, Speckled Roman.
Slicing tomatoes -- Celebrity, Jet Star, Oregon Spring, Big Beef, Beefsteak.
Heirloom tomatoes -- Brandwine, German Johnson, Cherokee Purple, Cosmonaut Volkov, Green Zebra, Pineapple (bicolor), Pruden's Purple, Valencia
More varieties are coming, with peppers (sweet and hot) & flowers to follow.
We're also gearing up for our OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND here at BrightBerry Farm on May 4 and 5, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day. We're at 4262 Kennebec Road, Dixmont, phone 207-234-4225.

08/02/2023

Had some visitors from Ohio on Tuesday. They know how to pick berries!
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08/02/2023

Beautiful day today (Thursday). Blue sky, crickets and birds are singing in three-part harmony. Families from Iowa and Texas here right now. Come on over and say hello.
BrightBerry Farm is open every day, weather permitting, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for Pick-Your-Own organic high-bush blueberries, until we run out of berries (usually near the end of August). More than 300 bushes, some 20 years old, in two patches. $6/lb. Check in at the tent for picking boxes and directions to the best rows.
Blackberries are still about two weeks out from being ripe, but the crop looks good. We're at 4262 Kennebec Rd, Dixmont ME 04932. Phone 207-234-4225