Mountainview Blueberry Farm is located not too far outside of the city and opens up for blueberry…read morepicking in July, though the dates can shift a little year to year. At about $3.50 / lb, it's literally cheaper than picking up blueberries from the store. They have a small grass / gravel parking lot with ropes outlining the rows and plenty of buckets in different sizes, which were surprisingly very clean (rare for a U Pick tbh). We pulled up around 10:45 AM on opening weekend and were in the first batch of folks in, but it was pretty crowded by the time we left around 11:30. Their blueberries were honestly incredible, super plump and not bland at all, which is my biggest complaint about store bought bluebs. When you check out, they've got some extra goodies like blueberry syrup with no added sugar (super good, have been using them on my pancakes ever since) and the service is super sweet. They also have a little food stand selling blueberry snacks (lemonade, ice cream, muffins, etc.) and some shaded picnic tables. The lemonade was a skip, definitely just made from the mix and wayyyy too sweet, but the blueberry ice cream which I want to say is a collab with one of the local ice cream wholesalers is DELICIOUS. Part of me wants to keep this place a secret so it doesn't get more crowded, but it's a great little weekend activity. Will definitely be back next year.

We always look forward to when blueberries are in season and you can get fresh local ones but for…read moresome reason have never gone out to you pick them ourselves. My wife got a tip from her aesthetician that Mountainview you pick had great blueberries and at a great price $3.45 / pound. So we went out there in mid-August. They have a number of varieties of blueberries and what's available to pick changes throughout the season. They post on their website daily what's available that day. On the day we went it was the Concord blueberry. We'd never heard of them but they had a deep blueberry flavor for a small berry. At the entrance they have three sizes of buckets to use to pick your berries. We liked the smallest size buckets. If you pick berries there is $5 minimum you have to pay (per group as best we could tell) That works out to picking at least 1 1/2 pounds which is totally easy to do. It was easy and fun to pick them off the bushes and the staff was good at giving advice if it's your first time. The Concord blueberries turned out to be so good! We at them fresh, my wife made blueberry muffins and we made blueberry freezer jam! The flavor of the jam was incredibly deep and intense. It turned out so good that we went back the next week to pick more blueberries. We'll be back next year for sure!

Fun and family friendly activity! I love going during strawberry picking season/check their website…read morefor what produce are in season. Paying by the lb, they provide boxes and cartons.

We visited Bailey Family Farm on the very first day of strawberry picking for the year (Jun 1)…read moreright after lunch. They had their fields filled with their earliest variety, Sweet Sunrise, with tons and tons of gigantic berries ready for harvest. When I say tons, I mean it - each plant was flush with berries, and it barely took us 30 minutes to basically fill up our entire flat. They also had a limited number of Shuksan and Rainier strawberries, and some barely ripe Totems available for U Pick. We ended up picking an entire box with Sweet Sunrise and two smaller pints of Shuksan and Rainier. Sweet Sunrise - These are a deep crimson red both inside and out. They are large (averaging around 33g each), but large doesn't necessarily mean better. In this case, the taste is kind of diluted down by the amount of water inside. The most ripe and soft ones are sweet and fragrant, but the vast majority are somewhat diluted in flavor. Even the sourness is dilute. The berries are mostly soft and tender. These are still really great strawberries, but are more muted in flavor compared to some of the smaller varieties. Shuksan - This is the 2nd time I've eaten Shuksans and the 2nd time I've been a little disappointed. These are medium size berries, coming in at around 15.5g each. They are extremely sour, making me pucker with every bite. They are also quite a bit firmer than the other two strawberries, even the darker crimson ones. Quite possibly it's too early in the season for these. I'll have to come back later to try more. These have the most lumps and mutant individuals with tons of multiple fused berries. Rainier - This is probably my 2nd favorite variety of strawberry after Hoods (last year, I ate half a flat every week when these were available). It's really early in the season, so there weren't too many available for us to pick. The ones that we were able to locate fill the mouth with a delightful, strong and potent strawberry fragrance. Unfortunately most are quite a bit on the sour side - the ones in the coming weeks will probably be more sweet. Size is by far the smallest, coming in at around 12g per. The berries are really soft and teeth slice through them like warm butter. They are more acidic and are the only strawberry variety to cause me some stomach issues. We visited again the following Monday and the plants were noticeably skimpier. The leftover Sweet Sunrise were only a third the size of previous, and mostly not as ripe. There were more ripe Shuksans, Totems, Rainiers, and even some Tillamooks, Puget Crimsons, and Mary's Peaks ready. Just some quick notes for these: Tillamook - 24.4g avg, 6.2 brix, varying shape, awful variety, even the super red ones are ridiculously sour. Even beyond the sour, they taste awful. The juice is sour, bitter, nasty, the worst. Puget Crimson - 35.8g avg, 8.2 brix, caps really easily, didn't pick a single strawberry where the cap stayed on. Very conical in shape. Really dark red color. Stronger flavor than tillamook and more sweet, but still quite sour. Expected more flavor for being so dark red. Juice is dark in color, no particular distinguishing characteristics. Mary's Peak - 18.8g avg, 8.4 brix, leaves stay attached, some even have stems. Mostly conical in shape but some wider. Really noticeable seeds, can feel them protruding out of the skin. Very pronounced sweeter but mild flavor, some grassy notes. Juice has some candy element like pixie sticks but more sour. Really love the juice. Sweet Sunrise - 17.2g avg, 7.3 brix, half the size of the ones picked the previous week and not nearly as good. Not as ripe I guess so they don't cap nearly as easily. Deep red color, but more sour than sweet. Shuksan - 17.6g avg, 8 brix, Lumpy strawberries, lots of them fused together into big half moon shapes. Great flavor complexity, nasal, strong strawberry flavor, a little perfumey. More stem quality in the flavor, vegetal not bitter, probably because the pith/stem area stays attached more. Juice normal and bright. I liked these way more than the previous week. Rainier - 12.2g avg, 9.5 brix, most of the ripe ones have holes in them from birds and slugs. Aromatic, sweet but sour. Super perfumey elements. Best in flavor. Juice astringent surprisingly not as sweet as the brix would imply, more acidic instead. I like eating the whole berry more than juiced. Thanks to Bailey Farm having so many varieties, this kind of turned into a little science experiment. What else can I say other than that I will definitely be back next year for more strawberries. As a side note: I really wish farms grew Hood strawberries around here. Maybe we just don't have the right climate and soil for that variety? Those are my favorite by far, with the most sweetness (one batch I measured this year when down in Portland was 16 brix!) and best flavor complexity.

Love love love Skylight Farms! You can find them on Thursdays May to October at the Bellevue…read moreFarmers Market OR just down the road from Bob's Corn. For 2021 they have a CSA and you can pick it up every Saturday at the farm from 10-1 (this is also when the farmstand is open for veggie starts and produce). I chose the Market CSA with eggs (the BEST!) and can select my items each week...so much fun! This week I walked home with pak choi, spearmint (cocktail anyone?!), asparagus, cauliflower, spinach and misome. I was excited about all of it but the misome really intrigued me (asian citrus-y green). My favorite part of 2020 with Skylight Farms was trying produce that was new to me but also finding a new appreciation for old favorites! I found a recipe that really showcased the misome and used mushrooms, onion, and garlic and I was a big fan! I'm very excited for what this season has in store and equally excited to continue to support this amazing family-owned farm! What a huge asset to our community!

The Tonnemaker family grows some of the finest organic produce in WA State. Most is grown at the…read morefamily's larger farm and orchards in Royal City. You can find them at various farmers markets throughout the state, but you can also now find them at the relatively new Woodinville farm. This smaller farm serves as a base of operations for Puget Sound. But it is a working farm, and the Tonnemaker grow many vegetables right here. Cucumbers (when they are in season) are also available as you pick here. The farm stand sells the produce from both Woodinville and Royal City. It's open a couple days of the week in the early season, then moves to a seven day a week schedule as the season progresses. Everything here is fresh and organic--and delicious! And the staff is helpful and friendly. You can't go wrong stopping at this farm and farm stand.

This is my favorite lower and produce stand on the west side of the mountains! You can never go…read morewrong with produce from Tonnemakers, and their flower bouquets are the best price!!!! Pro Tip: Come here for sunflowers ($5/LB versus a much higher price at the grocery store) and peaches! When fall comes around, atop by Tonnemaker's to avoid the crowded pumpkin patches, support a Washington family farm, and get your perfect front step pumpkin to carve for Halloween :) the pumpkins we got here last year were in a variety of sizes and colors (we had to get the white and orange!), all in the perfect round shape.

I've always wanted to do more U pick stuff and my friend suggested we stop here when we were in the…read morearea for another event. It's right off the main road, easy to find, plenty of parking and very clean port a potty on site. The person working the stand was super helpful and informative. On the day of our visit they had U pick green beans and pickling cucumbers. My friend spent so much money on pickling cucumbers (I guess they are all water and very heavy), but I had a nice time picking enough green beans for the next nights dinner for a reasonable price. They also had already picked corn that you could take home for about 75 cents each. Both tasted delicious when cooked up the following day, my friend is making pickles so that will take some time. Next up is squash, closer to the end of October, I'm tempted to return to pick some spaghetti squash, they will also have acorn and pumpkins. Currently they have 4 sunflower mazes, we were in a bit of a hurry so we only did one, but it was a really nice photo opp and a good excuse to add in some more steps. On the day we visited there was a sale for 5$, but the price is normally 10$ for all 4, very reasonable. The maze we choose, since we didn't go to the website like we were encouraged to do, was just an out and back, but the other 3 might be more maze like. This was my first time in a sunflower field and very fun on a warm, sunny day. I did not realize there would be so many bees, but they left us alone. I hope to make it back here some day soon.

If you want something fun to do with the kids outdoors or just love berries, this is for you…read more What's extra nice is that they open late so you can totally do this afterwork rather than wait until weekend where it can get crowded :) We decided to check this place out after work and there quite a few people there so I assume that the weekend would be super busy. The process is that you get a box that they provide, go toward the field where another person will assign where you can pick and then you just start picking. Super easy. Once you finish, you bring it back, they weigh your strawberries and you pay. Another bonus is that they accept credit cards! I had a pretty fun time here. The strawberries are sweet and fresh and it was super yummy. I definitely would recommend coming here.

So yummy and the service was great . Love Mutiny bay blueberries . Will continue to go thereread more

A sweet little fruit stand with a friendly doodle mascot and the best blueberries - hands down - in…read moreWashington. The berries are perfectly ripe - tender, but not soft- and amazingly sweet. Priced at $5 per pound for a generous three-pound bag, we came back for seconds - as did the car that pulled up just after us. Don't miss them! Stand days and hours can be found on their website. Ps. These made fabulous blueberry muffins - see my pix!

I came here during one of their "date night" experiences last summer and had a PERFECT night! For…read morethe date nights, they provide charcuterie, a fire, blankets, and picking materials, plus the option to BYOB. It was so magical watching the deer walk through the fields, picking blueberries at sunset, and enjoying time with friends around the fire at sunset. The perfect summer date! The owners are so kind and caring and have a true passion for what they do. We were so impressed with the map of all the different types of berries, their DIY tea bar, and all of the other beautiful offerings. They also were able to make my snack box gluten free, which was so kind. I can't wait to come back this summer for more blueberry magic!

We love love LOVE this little farm! It's family owned and…read moreyou can certainly tell that they love and are proud of what they do! Everytime we visit the farm, we have such a wonderful experience. We are so excited to go back and meet Santa this weekend. They always have so many fun things for kids and adults to do and so many photos opportunities! We recommend this play to everyone!!