Good Eats Down on the Farm

Now that summer’s officially here, foodies everywhere are in heaven with all the farm-fresh produce that is available for their dinner tables.

Living in a rural area of Bucks County offers residents a wealth of choices when it comes to picking up some locally-grown fruit or veggies during the growing season.

To help scout out the region, Bucks County and the Penn State Cooperative Extension Service have produced a 30-page booklet called “Fresh From Bucks County Farms.” The publication, also available online, is a guide to where you can stop and pick up some of the seasonal products offered.

Everything from Mom-and-Pop roadside stands to sleek air-conditioned farm markets are included, with more than 70 farms, wineries and farmer’s markets listed.

Check out the harvest calendar, too, which lists what crops are in season right through November.

We’ll give you a head start on finding some great food to prepare. Your family and local farmers will applaud you for your choices.

Here are just a sampling of farms, wineries and markets in the Doylestown-Buckingham-New Britain Patch coverage area that are noted in the guide and what they offer:

Buckingham Valley Vineyards

Forest family, 1521 Route 413, Box 371, Buckingham

(215) 794-7188

kevin@pawine.com http://agmap.psu.edu/Businesses/1666 Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m.

Wines, wine making supplies, tours and tasting.

Center Farm

Miles Slack and family, 2224 Forest Grove Road, Furlong

(215) 794-7702

Open daily June–November, 10 a.m.–7 p.m.

Pick-your-own strawberries (June), seasonal vegetables, flowers, fall field pumpkin picking, gourds, etc., hay and straw.

Doylestown Farmers’ Market

Buckingham Township Civic Association, Hamilton and West State streets, Doylestown

(215) 345-5355; www.buckinghampacivic.org.

Saturdays, 7 a.m.–noon from mid–April to Thanksgiving

Locally grown or produced only, chemical free and conventionally grown vegetables and fruits; eggs, honey, cut flowers, fresh herbs, baked goods; preserves and pie fillings, soaps, candles, baked goods, prepared foods, handcrafted woodenware and other crafts, vegetable, flower and herb plants for your garden, events and music.

Eastburn Farm

George and Ginny Eastburn, 1085 Durham Road, Pineville

(215) 598-3396; ginnyeast@verizon.net;  http://eastburnfarm.com

Open daily mid-July through Thanksgiving, 9 a.m.–6 p.m.

Tomatoes, sweet corn, more than 60 varieties of pumpkins, ornamental squash, pie pumpkins, gourds, corn stalks, straw bales.

Fairview Farm

Timothy and Sharon Ruth, 831 Pineville Road, Pineville

(215) 598-3257

Open Monday–Saturday; call for hours.

Farm fresh milk in glass bottles, our own tree-ripened peaches and plums, organic eggs, strawberries, sweet corn, tomatoes, apples, peas, other seasonal vegetables, fresh turkeys for Thanksgiving.

Hellerick’s Family Farm

5500 Easton Road on Route 611, Doylestown

(215) 766-8388; info@hellericksfarm.com; www.HellericksFarm.com

Open daily May, June and October.

Pick-your-own strawberries, pumpkins, gourds, cut flowers. Pumpkin festival, straw bales, corn shocks, Indian corn, pie pumpkins, winter squash, family fun, fall decorating supplies, apples, dried gourds for crafting, straw maze, Jungle trail maze, hayrides (Saturday and Sunday), school tours, 5-acre corn maze, birthday parties, corporate parties, old-fashioned fun area.

Lilies and Lavender

Kate Sparks, 729 Limekiln Road, Doylestown

(215) 345-7282; www.liliesandlavender.com

Sell at the following: Doylestown Farmers’ Market, Emmaus Farmers’ Market, New Hope Farmers’ Market, Wrightstown Farmers’ Market, Middletown Farmers’ Market Farm stand is serve yourself.

Cut flowers and herbs, culinary herbs in pots.

Maximuck’s Farm Market

Matthew and Cheryl Maximuck, 5793 Long Lane Road, Buckingham

(215) 297-9894

Open year-round, Tuesday–Sunday; call for hours.

Our own bird feed along with produce, plants, flowers, hanging baskets, hormone-free frozen beef, crafts, holiday and seasonal merchandise, glass-bottled milk, pumpkins, Christmas trees, our own year-round hydroponic lettuce.

None Such Farm Market

Yerkes family, 4458 York Road, 1/4 mile south of Route 413, Buckingham

(215) 794-5201

Market open year-round, Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–6:30p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m.–6 p.m.

Full-service farm market, butcher shop, bakery, deli, our own farm-raised Angus beef, sweet corn, tomatoes, assorted vegetables, asparagus, pick- your- own strawberries, pumpkins, floral department, garden center in spring.

Palovchak’s Produce

Gail Palovchak, 1541 Lower State Road, Doylestown

(215) 272-2200

Farm stand–daylight hours Sunday–Sunday; CSA Farm–Sunday and Wednesday

All spring/summer and fall vegetables: corn, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and more. Berries: strawberries, blackberries and raspberries.

Peace Valley Lavender Farm

802 New Galena Road, New Britain Township

(215) 249-8462; www.peacevalleylavender.com

Gift Shop: year-round Thursday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Sunday, noon–5 p.m. Holiday hours: daily, 10a.m.–5 p.m. Thanksgiving–Christmas.

Pick-your-own lavender plants, lavender flowers, lavender sachets and pillows, lavender bath and body items, dried lavender and more.

Peace Valley Winery

300 Old Limekiln Pike, New Britain Township

(215) 249-9058; peacevalwinery@enter.net; www.peacevalleywinery.com

January to mid-August: Wednesday-Sunday, noon-6 p.m.; mid-August through December: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.;

Sunday, noon-6 p.m.

Wine, vinifra natives and hybrids, pick-your-own strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, melons, squash, oriental vegetables, grapes, apples.

William Serwell

917 Cherry Lane, Box 66, Pineville

(215) 598-3768

Phone orders: year-round; every day delivery available

Hay and straw for horses, large and small bales, cleaned and bagged, shelled corn for feed and corn burning stoves, hay huts.

Tabora Farm and Orchard

1104 Upper Stump Road, Chalfont

(215) 249-3016; www.taborafarmandorchard.com

Open daily, 7 a.m.–7 p.m.

Closed Tuesdays January-March.

Apples, strawberries, vegetables, from scratch bakery and deli, country store and gift shop, seasonal festivals.

The Market at DelVal College

2100 Lower State Road, Doylestown

(215) 230-7170; www.themarketatdelval.com; themarket@delval.edu

Open Monday–Saturday, 7a.m.–7 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Pick-your-own nursery plants, fresh summer and fall produce, pumpkins, blackberries, Rose Bank Winery kiosk, deli, hormone-free milk in glass bottles.

Wildemore Farm

Jacob and Jayne Wildemore, 977 Upper Stump Road at Upper Church and Lower Stump roads, Chalfont

(215) 249-3683

Open May–October; call for hours.

Phone orders also at Doylestown Farmers’ Market.

Pick-your-own apples, blueberries, raspberries, lettuce, beans, herbs, summer and winter squash, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, eggplant, garlic.

Wycombe Vineyards

1391 Forest Grove Road, Furlong

(215) 598-WINE

Open year-round Thursday–Sunday, noon-6 p.m.

Dry white wines, dry red wines, semi-sweet blush wine and small gift shop.