So here's the scene - you, your wife, and your toddler are all dressed up, buckets in hand, ready…read moreto go berry picking! You've been talking about it all morning, prepping for it since the day before. Since it's a decent drive, you call ahead just to double check ...and find out you have *completely* missed berry picking season. D'oh.
And since it's, you know, the entire season, it's not just one berry patch you've missed, it's all of them.
But, what runs later than berries? Peaches! Which I like better anyway ;) so we piled in the car, and drove twice as far, only spent maybe 20 minutes picking, but went home happy, sweaty, and with over 15 *pounds* of delicious sun-ripe peaches!
Poppa Jac's Peaches is a big peach orchard a little over ten minutes north of Searcy, Google maps gets you there, and their signage is exactly what's needed, but the last half mile or so is a rocky dirt road, so prepare for that. Once you get down it, you'll see a big open (but covered) shed, grass parking lot, porta potty, and row after row of magnificent peach trees. They have wagons you can rent and bags available, but I would still recommend bringing a basket or two - ripe peaches don't squeeze together very well, especially once you get 10+ pounds in a soft-sided bag.
Checkout is at the front where you come in, by weight, and of course it's going to vary. But, when we were there around 15lbs of peaches was around $26 - but that's total too, for the bag, wagon we borrowed, and for all the picking the family could do.
All in all, highly recommended! But definitely call ahead, they do close sometimes during the picking season (like the day after we went) to give the peaches some time to ripen more fully.