Wegmeyer Farms

11/29/2020

Update for Sunday, Nov 29
Thanks everyone who came today to get donuts and take advantage of the 20% off case of jam deal.
We will be back at the Gilbert’s Corner Farmer’s Market on Sunday 8am-3:30ish with our donut truck. Donut flavor of the day is Apple Cider. Our strawberry jam is going fast. If you want some for your family or as gifts for family/friends, plz don’t wait as we are likely to sell out.
Address for Gilberts Corner is 39958 John Mosby Highway, Aldie (corner of rt 15&50)
Parking has changed since the Christmas tree guy is there...parking is allowed on both ends but driving through is not permitted during the Xmas season. We will be on the south end or off of the rt 50 entrance.
Our farm in Hamilton is closed for the season but we are busy taking care of the strawberry crop that we planted in September. The picture below is of the baby plants happily enjoying the warm fall weather we’ve had. Soon we will be putting on the row covers (aka blankets) for the winter. I’m already craving fresh-picked strawberries! Only about 5 more months !🍓

11/28/2020

For Small Business Saturday we will be at the Gilbert’s Corner Farmer’s Market (corner of rt 15&50 in Aldie) from 8am-4ish. Flavor of the day will be Apple Cider donuts! We also will have our strawberry jam and other goodies available by the jar or get 20% off the case to help you with your shopping.
There will be several other local vendors including Christmas trees at Gilbert’s Corner.
Hope to see you there!
🍓

11/11/2020

Happy Veterans Day 2020. We are thankful and grateful for all who have served.

10/29/2020

Last 2 days of the 2020 season update!:

Friday and Saturday (Halloween) will be our last days of the season to spend some time in the country getting your pumpkins and/or stocking up on our jar goods for the winter months. We will be open 10-6 both days and reservations are required to visit at www.wegmeyerfarms.com for $25 per family/car (not individual) which reserves your timeslot to visit. Your first $25 at the farm will be deducted from your total purchase.
-upick pumpkins- we still have a great selection of traditional jack-0-lantern varieties as well as heirlooms and lots of decorative gourds in our barn and in the field.
-Pumpkin butter, strawberry jam and strawberry poppyseed salad dressing by the jar or save 20% for a 12 jar case. Great for your family or a gift for other families you know.
- various really good smelling candles
-rustic centerpiece bowls to display seasonal decor
-other really cool misc items
AND
- fresh baked warm apple cider donuts!

We’ve had a lot of questions about when our 2021 strawberry/pumpkin CSA will be available. We promise to have news on that soon.

Have a great evening. 🎃

10/22/2020

Pumpkin picking update for the next 5 days;

Right now we still have reservation time-slots available for upick pumpkins for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Thank you all who have visited our farm this fall.
Reservations are $25 per family unit (not individual) and include your first $25 of pumpkins. They can be made on our website at www.wegmeyerfarms.com under the reservation tab. Reservations are non refundable and non transferable. Upick pumpkins are at our home farm in Hamilton only. (38299 Hughesville Rd. Hamilton, VA)
We’ve still got a great selection of about 50+ varieties of pumpkins along with a bunch of newly added local items this year in our expanded 1700s stone barn store. This fall season and strawberry season in the spring, we have gone to a reservation system to make sure we can give you and your family a safe and fun environment to enjoy the farm. Although it’s not perfect, it definitely eliminates the potential chaos that could occur without it. Thank you all for your patience and support. Our family wishes everyone a happy fall season! 🎃

09/23/2020

Pumpkin update for Thursday, September 24 (and the next several days)
The cool weather brought us some early frost this past week and that means it’s time to get in the fall spirit and plan a trip to the pumpkin patch.
Like Heilooms? We’ve got 55+ varieties including many types of Jack-0-lanterns and other gourd types. This year we are reservation only much like strawberry season was earlier this spring. It’s working well so far as we’ve put all the available dates up on our website to choose your day and time. We are open Thursday - Monday (closed Tuesday and Wednesday)
The serenity of being out in the field in the country amongst thousands of pumpkins is a pretty cool thing to experience with your family.
Here is a link to our website to make your reservation www.wegmeyerfarms.com
A few varieties pictured in the pile is a silver moon, green cushaw, Long Island cheese, jarrahdale and gladiator.
See you in the field 🎃

09/18/2020

Update for Saturday, Sept 19
Opening day of the fall pumpkin season starts at 10am Saturday! Reserve your family’s spot in the upick field by going to our website www.wegmeyerfarms.com
All this fall until November we will be open all week (closed on Tuesdays and Wednesday’s) from 10-6.
Reservations are required so that we can ensure you and your family are not in a crowded situation.
One of the new varieties we grew this year is Grizzly Bear, pictured below. It’s already a favorite of our kids!

09/17/2020

It’s time! It’s officially pumpkin harvest season!
Announcing our fall hours for upick pumpkins at our home farm location in Hamilton (38299 Hughesville Rd. Hamilton) Please read to the end.

Upick is by reservation only this year. It will work very similar to strawberry season except we are releasing all the time slots for the season now rather than the day before. We want to make sure you and your family have the best possible experience when visiting the farm. We are open rain or shine.
Opening Day is this Saturday, September 19.
After Saturday, we will be open Sunday, Monday (Closed Tuesday & Wednesday) Thursday, Friday and Saturdays.
Time slots start at 10 and the last reservation is at 5. We may adjust things a little as the season progresses. Like strawberry season, this is all new and we are going to try our best to be as organized as possible and create a safe comfortable environment to pick pumpkins for your family.
Reservations are $25 per family(not per person) and include your first $25 in pumpkins. When u get to the checkout, $25 will be deducted from your total purchase.
Reservations can be made on our website at:
https://wegmeyerfarms.com/
Reservations are only for our Home Farm in Hamilton. We will not have pumpkins at Oatlands or Gilberts Corner this year.
Thanks for reading to the end and all your positive support this year!
More will come with further updates such as more info about all the 60+ varieties of pumpkins we grow and the delicious fresh made donuts and the cool and tasty items that will be available at the farm.
Have a great day everyone 🎃

09/15/2020

We have just started to plant the 2021 crop of strawberries! For the next few days we will be doing all three fields - Home farm in Hamilton, Oatlands in Leesburg and Gilberts Corner in Aldie.

Our next farm update will be about Pumpkins! We are opening soon for upick pumpkins and will have all the details. We will have a reservation system in place like we did for strawberry season.

08/21/2020

Our magical 2021 strawberry season starts with laying the strawberry beds. Hopefully if the weather cooperates we will get our fields at our home farm in Hamilton, Oatlands in Leesburg and Gilberts Corner in Aldie all done by tomorrow. In three weeks we will begin planting. 🍓

08/20/2020

This happy Strawberry Farmer was excited to see strawberries on this year’s birthday cake! For the past 40-something years (special thanks to my mom and wife Harriet) I’ve gotten a John Deere cake and this year’s was one of the best yet.
*the strawberries are not the real thing since we are not in season....they were made of pure frosting

06/28/2020

Sunday, June 28
Good morning.
We got a fresh batch of strawberry ice cream made from our last picking of strawberries so we decided to bring the goods to the Gilbert’s Corner market today from 8-4. Our donut truck is here also baking fresh donuts and the flavors of the day are chocolate frosted, cinnamon sugar and strawberry-iced.
Address for Gilbert’s Corner is 39958 John Mosby Hwy, Aldie.

06/25/2020

June 24th
Our 2020 Strawberry Harvest Season is officially over. The recent heavy rains and high humidity ended it a few days earlier than we would have liked but nonetheless it was a season we will never forget. What started out as a huge worry about not being able to be open....then turned into an overwhelming level of community support.....which then brought on our website crashing daily and going through 3 host servers.....and meanwhile our strawberry plants continued to produce delicious strawberries for 8 weeks! But through it all there was one factor that stood out above everything else: YOU. Our friends-neighbors-community-all of you who shared your happiness with us while visiting our Gilbert’s Corner market for pre-picked or one of our upick strawberry fields at our Home Farm in Hamilton or Oatlands in Leesburg. Our family (me...Tyler,Harriet, Torsten, Tucker & Colden) wish to express a heartfelt THANK YOU for visiting our farm and trusting us to provide your family with a safe environment to create a memorable experience of picking your own strawberries.
We are already busy caring for the fall pumpkin crop and hope to see your family in the fall season.
We wish you a safe and fun summer with your loved ones. ❤️
Have a berry good evening everyone! 🍓🎃

06/24/2020

9am update: we are basically sold out of strawberries for the day. Picking this morning was more challenging than I thought it was going to be.
I will be bringing only about 10 buckets up to the white tent at about 11. We still have lots of donuts and jam and ice cream

Strawberry update for Wednesday, June 24.

We are very close to the end of our strawberry harvest season.
On Wednesday we will be at our Gilbert’s Corner location from 9-1.
We will have *some* pre-picked strawberries as well as fresh baked donuts, fresh strawberry jam and Gruto’s soft serve ice cream.
*not sure how many buckets of strawberries we will have as the picking is very scattered and the recent rains have damaged a decent amount. Once we start picking at daybreak I will have a better idea of supply and will update this post if needed.

Our Oatlands upick location sold out of a limited number of reservation slots this evening and tomorrow may be the last day for picking at Oatlands. Possibly one more day after tomorrow but we will see.

Our home farm location is closed tomorrow and we are hoping for 1 or 2 more days of picking there. Tomorrow evening I will walk the field again and determine if we can open at the home farm for Thursday. The berries are super sweet and can be found with patience but it’s much much more challenging than normal. Also the recent heavy rains didn’t help things.

It’s amazing that strawberry season has been this long. A “normal” year is 4-5 weeks and this year we are on week 8. Thank you to all you strawberry lovers who have come to our farm(s) this year to participate in harvest one way or another.

Have a berry good evening everyone! 🍓

06/23/2020

Strawberry update for Tuesday, June 23
We will be closed on Tuesday for ripening and drying out from the recent heavy rains. We hope to have at least 1 field location open for Wednesday but will post an update tomorrow for Wednesday’s status.
Have a berry good evening everyone. 🍓

06/22/2020

Strawberry update for Monday, June 22
We will be closed at all 3 of our field locations for ripening on Monday. On Monday evening I will walk the fields and evaluate the supply situation for potential Tuesday picking and will do an FB post to update everyone.

06/21/2020

Strawberry Update for Father’s Day, June 21

Pictured below are two incredible Dads. Also incredible is that both them shared each other’s names. Fred Ernest Wegmeyer and Fred Ernest Pimm. Sadly, a little over a year ago we lost Mr. Pimm to cancer. Harriet and I have been so fortunate to have lived a life with such easy going, fun and caring Dads. Not only did they teach us about farming by both being dairy farmers and the work ethic it took to be successful, they taught us by example the importance of being the best person and parent we can be. ❤️

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads!
Tomorrow will be Donuts for Dad at all 3 of our farm locations!
Currently, there are still some reservation slots available at both our Home farm in Hamilton and Oatlands field in Leesburg. Reservations can be made here:
https://wegmeyerfarms.com/strawberry-picking-reservations/

At Gilbert’s Corner we will be open 9-3ish with the following:
- fresh from the field pre-picked strawberries *
- fresh Baked donuts (flavors will be a mixed box of strawberry frosted, cinnamon sugar and blueberry glazed)
-fresh strawberry jam
-Gruto’s soft serve ice cream featuring the flavor STRAWBERRY made with our own strawberries.
*our pro pickers will begin picking at daybreak and we will have a decent amount for opening at 9 and then about every hour or so I will continue to bring more up from the field to the white tent.
This may be our last weekend at Gilberts.

We are late in the 4th quarter of our magical strawberry harvest season. It’s winding down but there still is some magic left.

Have a berry good evening everyone. 🍓

06/20/2020

Strawberry Picking Reservations – Wegmeyer Farms

1:20 update. We are sold out of pre-picked strawberries at Gilbert’s Corner for the day. Will have more tomorrow.

Strawberry update for Saturday, June 20.

This year we have been very blessed with a longer than normal strawberry season. Most years it’s about 5 weeks long. We’ve had a year as short as 3 weeks. This year we are on our 7th week of picking and about to match our previous long of 8 weeks back in 2017. Each week and each day actually is a different picking experience with the plant production cycle changing all the time. Right now for being in our 7th week, picking is pretty good. You have to have more patience at this stage of the season but finding great berries is definitely achievable and taking your family to pick your own delicious food still makes a memorable, rewarding experience.
We still have some reservation slots available for tomorrow (Saturday). Both at our Home Farm in Hamilton and Oatlands in Leesburg field locations. You can find them here:

https://wegmeyerfarms.com/strawberry-picking-reservations/
Fresh baked donuts will be available at both field locations.

We will be open from 9-4 at our Gilbert’s Corner market location on Saturday. We will have the following:
- fresh picked strawberries *
- fresh baked donuts (flavors are a mixed box of strawberry frosted, cinnamon sugar and lemon frosted)
-fresh strawberry jam
-fresh made Gruto’s soft serve ice cream featuring the flavor STRAWBERRY made with our very own strawberries.
* our pro pickers will start picking at daybreak to have some berries ready by 9. I will be bringing up more from the field about every hour or so until about 1. This may be our last weekend at Gilbert’s Corner.

Thank you to all who have participated in our harvest season in one way or another. And for your love of strawberries!
Have a berry good evening everyone. 🍓

Strawberry Picking Reservations Join us for a strawberry picking excursion in our pick-your-own strawberry fields. Reservations are $24 which includes your first bucket of strawberries and secures a spot in the field for no more than one hour for you and your family. The reservation is for your fami...

06/19/2020

12noon update: we are all sold out for today.
Because of the stray showers that came through we weren’t able to pick as much as I originally thought we would. We will be back at Gilberts Corner tomorrow.

Good morning from the strawberry field.
8:30am update for Friday, June 19

A brief rain shower this morning delayed us a bit but we are picking some nice berries (pic below) for our Gilbert’s Corner market location. We will be open from 9-1(maybe longer if we still have berries). Also baking fresh donuts currently.

We left our reservations open for upick today at our Home Farm in Hamilton and Oatlands in Leesburg.
We still have some open slots available for today. Lots of nice berries in the field at both locations. The picking is good. Here is a link to reserve a spot to pick today:
https://wegmeyerfarms.com/strawberry-picking-reservations/

I expect to see the sun this morning and any threat of rain would be brief and not widespread.

06/18/2020

Strawberry Update for Friday, June 19

As a farmer, a good portion of our success or failures is because of the weather. My iPhone 11 is constantly checking the forecast(s) all day everyday. Today’s forecast was definitely wrong. It turned out to be an incredibly beautiful day with blue skies and sunshine. Some forecasts are spot on but it seems like a higher percentage are not.
Tomorrow I think we will have good weather at least through the early afternoon so we have front loaded all of our upick reservations for tomorrow (Friday). They were made available at 6pm tonight and there are still slots available for tomorow at both our Oatlands in Leesburg and Home Farm in Hamilton.
Reservations can be made here:
https://wegmeyerfarms.com/strawberry-picking-reservations/
Saturday’s reservations will be available starting at about 6pm tomorrow.

Also tomorrow(Friday) we will be open at our Gilbert’s Corner location from 9-1ish with fresh pre-picked strawberries, fresh baked donuts, fresh strawberry jam and Gruto’s soft serve ice cream featuring the flavor strawberry made with our strawberries! I will update this post if needed about the berry supply situation tomorrow as I don’t know what it will be for sure until our professional pickers start picking at daybreak.
I’m sure we will have a decent amount as we didn’t pick today. We are in the 4th quarter of the season and supply is much more unpredictable.

Thank you all for your love of strawberries and reading this post to the end.
Have a berry good evening. 🍓