Blueberry U-Pick Orchards in Northern Mississippi in 2024, by county

Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for blueberries that we know of in this area. Not all areas of any state, nor even every state, have blueberries orchards that are open to the public. If you know of any others, please tell us using the add a farm form!

Remember to always check with the farm's own website or Facebook page before you go - or call or email them if they don't have a website or Facebook page. Conditions at the farms and crops can change literally overnight, so if you want to avoid a wasted trip out there - check with the farm directly before you go! If I cannot reach them, I DON'T GO!

PLEASE report closed farms, broken links and incorrect info using the "Report Corrections" form below.

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De Soto County

• Cedar Hill Farm - Minimizes chemical and pesticide use, beans, blackberries, blueberries, broad beans, corn (sweet), cucumbers, eggplants, peas, pumpkins, summer squash, strawberries, tomatoes, other vegetables, Honey from hives on the farm, Fresh eggs, U-pick and already picked, farm market, gift shop, concessions or refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, face painting, pony rides, petting zoo, farm animals, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours
  008 Love Rd, Hernando, MS 38632. Phone: 662-429-2540. Email: cedarhfarm@yahoo.com. Open: April - August; Dates and times vary depending on crop availability; Visit our website or for picking times. Directions: . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. . . Picking updates: Click here for picking updates. We minimize use of pesticides and other chemicals. We also have a restaurant in our big barn, called's Country Kitchen. The restaurant is open for lunch seasonally whenever the farm is open to the public and it is open for dinner on Friday and Saturday nights year around. Our restaurant and facilities are available for rent for private parties such as: rehearsal dinners, weddings & receptions, company parties and family reunions. 120 acre Agri-Tourism Farm featuring a restaurant called The Barn, specializing in private events, you pick berries, pumpkin patch, corn maize, choose and cut Christmas Trees, Haunted Farm and so much more!
• Nesbit Blueberry Plantation - blueberries
  690 Bankston Road, Hernando, MS 38632. Phone: 662-429-3778. Email: traicoff5489@aol.com. Open: Tuesday through Saturday, 7 till 7. Directions: south on I 55 from Memphis. take exit 284, Nesbit rd exit. at stop sign turn left \(east\), proceed under the overpass and go 50 yds beyond the interstate and take a left \(north\) on sidewinder Road. we are a mile up the road on the left hand side. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . south on I 55 from Memphis. take exit 284, Nesbit rd exit. at stop sign turn left (east), proceed under the overpass and go 50 yds beyond the interstate and take a left (north) on sidewinder Road. we are a mile up the road on the left hand side. we furnish picking containers and freezer bags to transport the berries home. 2008 prices $11/gallon upick and $15/gallon prepicked. Call ahead for prepicked berries. available from June 17 to July 20 We use natural practices, but are not yet certified Organic. Facebook page. (Prices UPDATED: July 02, 2008) Comment from a visitor: "we had such a great time picking berries. the farm is very well kept, the staff is sweet and helpful. I am trying out several versions of a Blueberry buckle recipe trying to find the one most like my childhood version.

Itawamba County

• Briar Creek Vineyards - apples, blackberries, blueberries, grapes, Muscadines, grapes, pears, tomatoes, Honey from hives on the farm
  20495 Highway 23 North, Tremont, MS 38876. Phone: 662-652-3446. Email: mascadine@yahoo.com. Open: Monday through Sunday, from 7 am to 7 pm; May 1 to October 31. Directions: Drive 8 miles on Highway 23 North of Tremont. Drive 8 miles south of Red Bay, Alabama on Highway 23 North. Located at Bounds Crossing on Highway 23 North. For a map to our farm, . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . Alternate Phone: 662-760-9170. . Blackberries: June 1; Blueberries June 7 through July 15; Tomatoes: July 1; Muscadines and Scuppernongs: September 7; Apples: September 1; Pears: September 1; Gourds: October 1 through November. Staghorn Ferns, Fiddle Leaf Fig plants, Ficus Benjamin, Christmas Cactus, Epiphyllum. (ADDED: July 19, 2016)

Leflore County

• Roebuck Plantation Blueberry Farm/ Roebuck Blues - No pesticides are used blueberries, porta-potties
  56321 Cr 555, Sidon, MS 38954. Phone: (601) 209-2623. Email: jtsaa@netdoor.com. Open: Monday through Sunday Sunrise to Sunset; Late May through late July. Directions: 5 miles south of Greenwood off of Highway 49. We do not use pesticides on the . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . . crops. Roads close sometimes due to rain, so please check the website for updates or call before going. Our normal harvest season is the first day of June through the second week in July. Mother Nature takes a big hand in that time frame and we will keep everyone up to date on this ABOUT US page. Always visit this site before making plans to come to our field to pick your own. Rain closes the field until the bushes can dry again. Picking Buckets / plastic bags are available to use as well as a clean port-o-let. Roebuck Blueberry Plantation Facebook page. During Mississippi delta blueberry season, approximately late May-mid July, folks follow the signs here from hwy 49S. Roebuck is uniquely the only plantation in the rich farm land of the Mississippi delta offering sweet, succulent, antioxidant packed blueberries commercially to its growing fan base. Blueberries have been grown here for about 30 years. 11 acres of berries sit next to a privately owned Indian mound beside fields of cotton, soy beans, and corn. Roebuck Plantation, also having been known as the Lazy Bar L Ranch, is now a 4th generation delta farm (ADDED: July 11, 2020)

Marshall County

• Riley Acres - blueberries, U-pick and already picked
  247 Wildwood Road, Red Banks, MS 38635. Phone: (901) 240-3048. Email: halriley@bellsouth.net. Open: Saturdays 8 until 5 until gone for berries staring June 10; Will open during week if call and request. Directions: From Red Banks, Ms take Red Banks Road south to Hernando Road \(4 way stop\)take a left on Hernando Road and first road to left is Wildwood Road. It will be on left. Payment: Cash, only. The ONLY pyo . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. . Alternate Phone: (901) 262-6061. Fax: 662-252-3406. . From Red Banks, Ms take Red Banks Road south to Hernando Road (4 way stop)take a left on Hernando Road and first road to left is Wildwood Road. It will be on left. The ONLY pyo crops offered are Blueberries this year. Next year, we may have tomatoes, peas, and some other vegetables. (UPDATED: June 18, 2018) (ADDED: June 12, 2017)

Pontotoc County

• Pontotoc Blueberry Ridge - Blueberries
  240 Carter Lane, Pontotoc, MS 38863. Phone: 662-489-8481. Email: teresa@brysoncaron.com. Open: Monday to Saturday, from 6 am to dark. Click here for a map and directions. .

Tate County

• Burris Farms U-Pick - blackberries, blueberries, Muscadines, grapes,
  8920 Highway 4 West, Senatobia, MS 38668. Phone: 662-562-0075. Email: info@burrisfarmsupick.com. Open: See our website for current hours. Directions: From Interstate 55. Take the MS Highway 4 exit, EXIT 265. Turn west onto East Main Street MS-4 and follow until it dead ends at Highway 51 South. Turn south onto Highway 51 South. Take the first right \(west\) onto West Tate Street MS-4 West. Travel for 3.6 miles to reach Burris Farms located on the left. Your destination is 0.7 miles past Moore Bottom Road. If you reach JJ Ranch Road you\'ve gone about 0.3 miles too far. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . Alternate Phone: 662-562-2643. . Picking updates: Click here for picking updates. From Interstate 55. Take the MS Highway 4 exit, EXIT 265. Turn west onto East Main Street / MS-4 and follow until it dead ends at Highway 51 South. Turn south onto Highway 51 South. Take the first right (west) onto West Tate Street /MS-4 West. Travel for 3.6 miles to reach Burris Farms located on the left. Your destination is 0.7 miles past Moore Bottom Road. If you reach JJ Ranch Road you've gone about 0.3 miles too far. Blueberries and blackberries are available as U-pick or pre-pick. Muscadines are U-pick only. All other vegetables and herbs are fresh picked in season and available in our farm stand. Contact us to inquire about larger orders.
• William N. Hudspeth farm - Blueberries, Tomatoes, Okra, Peppers
  400 Pioneer Village Road, Senatobia, MS 38668. Phone: 662-562-4182. Open: 7 days a week from dusk to dawn. Click here for a map and directions. .

Union County

• Hays Berry Farms - Registered naturally grown, blackberries, blueberries, carrots, cucumbers, peas, Honey from hives on the farm, school tours
  1041 County Road 182, Dumas, MS 38625. Phone: 662-538-2899. Email: rlhays25@gmail.com. Open: June 1st - July 15th 7 am to 7 pm for Pick your own. Directions: I have a map on the contact page of my website. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . We are registered naturally grown for all crops. We will be doing Honey Bee lectures and demos two times per year. First time is late June after the honey is extracted and then again in mid August. We will offer a honey tasting at end of lecture of honey that was just extracted. The 2021 price for this is 8 dollars per person Our farm is starting to have bon fires after Jan 1st 2018. We will supply the wood, 2 can drinks, 2 hot dogs (you cook over fire), various chips, and the makings for smores. These events will be every weekend reservations needed. This price will be 12 dollars per person, group discounts available. you can bring games and activities with you. Facebook page. More events coming later.

 

Blueberry

Blueberry Picking Tips, Recipes and Information

Blueberries are one of the easiest fruit to prepare and serve. There's no peeling, pitting, coring or cutting. They have few natural pests, (other than birds), so pesticides are generally unnecessary! This year's crop is fantastic (see related news story), thanks both to the weather and to more farms planting more blueberry bushes due to increased consumer demand over the past few years as more studies proclaim the anti-oxidant and other health properties of blueberries.

Click here to find a local Blueberry Festival (usually held between April and July).

If you are looking for information about a similar berry, the saskatoon (also called the June berry or Serviceberry) see this page about saskatoons.

Picking tips:

Select plump, full blueberries with a light gray-blue color. A berry with any hint of red isn't fully ripened.

Ripening AFTER picking?

First, it is key to know that once picked, blueberries will NOT become any sweeter, nor will the flavor improve. The only change that occurs is the color. They will APPEAR to ripen, but it is only a color change, from white to green to rose to red to pale blue to fully blue. So, white and green colored blueberries will not "ripen" after they are picked; while blueberries that have already turned purple, red or blue-ish usually DO change color after they are picked (if they are kept at room temperature to "ripen").

As the blueberries ripen ON THE BUSH, the flavor goes from tastless to bitter to tasteless tart to tart blueberry flavor to sweet blueberry flavor.

Grocery stores sell blueberries that are tart, not sweet because they had them picked unripe by machine so they are very firm and can handled being bumped around in shipping. They may look good, but are not as tasty as those picked when actually ripe.

So, the key is, PICK ONLY RIPE BERRIES!

How to pick blueberries

Since blueberries hang on the bushes in bunches a but like grapes do, the easiest and fastest way to pick them is hold your bucket under them in one hand and with your other hand, cup a ripe bunch and gently rub them with your fingers. The ripe berries will drop into your bucket, while the unripe ones will remain attached to the bush.

When the bushes are at peak, I can easily pick 2 gallons per hour (if I'm not being distracted by the kids and the sun isn't too hot!). A newbie might do 1 gallon per hour.and at the beginning or end of the season it takes more time as the berries are not as plentiful nor concentrated in clusters.

Tips for storing blueberries after harvesting:

• Once picked, don't place the berries, still warm from the sun, in a closed bag or container. Leave the container open so moisture doesn't form in the container.
• Don't wash berries until just before using, to prevent berries from becoming mushy.
• Chill berries soon after picking to increase shelf life. Store your fresh blueberries in the refrigerator as soon as you get them home, without washing them, in a covered bowl or storage container. If refrigerated, fresh-picked blueberries will keep 10 to 14 days.
• Freeze berries in freezer containers without washing to keep the skins from toughening. Place berries one layer deep. Freeze, then pour the frozen berries into freezer containers. Because unwashed blueberries freeze individually, they can be easily poured from containers in desired amounts. Remember both frozen and fresh berries should be rinsed and drained just before serving. Just before using, wash the berries in cold water.

Blueberry Measurements and Conversions

Keep in mind that blueberries vary considerably in density and moisture content, so these ranges are approximates.

• 1 gallon of blueberries weighs about 7.5 lbs or (4 liters of blueberries is about 3.5 kg)

• 1 pint of fresh blueberries weights about 3/4 of a pound. (1 liter of blueberries is about 700 grams)

• 1 pound of fresh blueberries is usually between about 2 and 3 cups of berries.

• It takes about 4 cups (about of blueberries to make a blueberry pie (see this fantastic and easy blueberry pie recipe)

• A normal batch of blueberry preserves, jam or jelly requires 5 pints of berries.

• Blueberries do come in a variety of sizes from small (190-250 berries per cup) to extra large (<90 berries per cup).

Blueberry Recipes, Canning and Freezing Blueberries

Recipes

• The world's best Blueberry pie, recipe and directions and illustrated!
• Blueberry buckle coffee cake: illustrated directions for this great crumb-topping blueberry coffee cake
• Other easy directions to make blueberry desserts: cobblers, etc.

Canning, freezing and other blueberry recipes:

• How to Freeze Blueberries
• How to Can Blueberries
• How to Make Homemade Blueberry Jam
• How to make blueberry jelly
• How to make and can blueberry syrup (it works for strawberries, raspberries and blackberries, too)
• blueberry pie filling to use later,
• blueberry butter

Baking tips

If you have trouble with blueberries settling to the bottom of muffins and blueberry breads, try one or more of these tips:

• Coat them with flour before adding to the batter. Just gently shake the blueberries in a bag (plastic or paper) with 1/2 cup of flour, then dump them mix in a sieve to remove excess flour.
• It may just be that your batter is too thin. try making the batter a little thicker!
• Fill the muffin cups or baking pan up to 1/4 full with batter (which hasn't had blueberries added to it yet); then stir the blueberries into the remaining batter, and continue to fill the muffin cups or bread pan. The blueberries will start off higher in the mix!

Other Local Farm Products (Honey, Horses, Milk, Meat, Eggs, Etc.)
(NOT pick-your-own, unless they are also listed above)

• Farm markets and roadside stands
• Local Honey Finder
• Local Meat, Milk and Eggs
• Venues: Farms, Wineries, Orchards for your event, wedding or party
• Easter egg hunts
• Children"s consignment sales
• Fruit and vegetable festivals
• Winery tours and wine tastings
• Horse rides, stables, lessons, trails
• Maple Syrup farms and sugarworks
• Bed & Breakfasts on Farms, Wineries, Ranches and Orchards
• Pumpkin patches
• Corn mazes
• Zombie Paintball venues
• Christmas Tree Farms & lots
• Environmental resources
• Consumer fraud information
• Wholesale food sources
• Resources for Farmers