Outstandingly fresh vegetables will make you a homebody all summer. It's a crime to eat out when…read moreyour pantry is full of such delicious produce. Shares seem a bit pricey when you write the check at the beginning of the season, but they are more than fair if you make the pick up every week, and are true bargains if you fully avail yourself to the abundance of herbs, beans, tomatoes, peppers and flowers that you pick yourself in the fields. Management bends over backwards to satisfy diverse shareholder preferences and has struck a fine balance between the need for sufficient quantities of staples and a wide variety of choices for the foodies. One share will easily feed a family of four, but a share can be split, making it work well for couples, too. Sign up early. Shares sell out fast.

We rejoined the CSA this year and enjoyed it as much as ever. My wife purchased a flower share as…read morewell so for 10 weeks we had lovely flowers at our table as well. As always, I had to scramble to use all of the shares once the summer started warming up and the volume started to increase, but it was fun to try and/or to give away fresh tomatoes and other produce to friends for them to try. Very glad we rejoined and looking forward to doing it again.

The owner was polite and courteous and the store was clean and they had lots of plants! Their raw…read morehoney is delicious, it has a wonderful flower flavor and they have 5 LB - (80 oz) jars for $50.00 but they also have smaller jars as well. We are very happy to have such a place so close to home!

I recently visited Marshall farm for plants and flowers. I purchased their farm free range chicken…read morefrom the freezer in their store. It's expensive but so worth it. It's the best chicken I have ever cooked on my grill. Not like rubbery store bought. Check it out! You can see the chickens free ranging in their property.

My mom and I went to the farm for their "pick your own flowers." To our happy surprise, they had a…read moregreat variety of beautiful flowers! The staff were so friendly and kind. We also bought a lot of the fresh produce & food at the farm store and it was all delicious! The lady at the register told us that the corn we bought would be the "best we ever had" and it really was! They also have gluten free ravioli in the freeze, something I've never had before! It was delicious. Since it is fall now, we picked up two pumpkins that are a nice decoration for our porch.

Indian Head Farm is a lovely little place tucked out of the way in Berlin Massachusetts. The farm…read moreis currently being cared for by the sixth and seventh generation of this family. Just pulling in the driveway takes you away from it all, you can see the beautiful flowers and produce in the fields, flags flapping in the breeze. Despite being small, Indian Head Farm has a lot to offer. You can select local plants-perennials, vegetable plants and more on the front porch and in the greenhouse. The best items available here are the berries! In early summer they have strawberries and then come the blueberries, & the black, red, and Golden raspberries-impossible to pick a favorite. You can find the already picked half pints and pints in the store or you can pick your own. The nice thing about Indian Head Farm is that there are no other distractions or amusements besides picking. So if you have children with you and want a much quicker in an out than at some other local farms where you can end up being there all day, this is a great place to go. IHF has their own farm grown vegetables as well as some brought in from local farms. They also offer regional honey, their own jams and jellies, as well as some nuts, dried fruit and frozen fruits & pies. You can also purchase regional cheeses and even birdseed. If you are lucky and arrive when they have their fresh muffins right out of the oven make sure you treat yourself, they are delightful. COVID-19 Note: This is a very small storefront but they have done a great job of making sure everyone is safe. To enter the store there is a handwashing station and mask are required to enter the store. The store is laid out in directional patterns so that everyone can keep their distance. See their website for specifics.

This was a wintertime visit at Marini Farm for their annual Tree Jubilee, benefiting the Ipswich…read moreHumane Group. There were some trees in their market, especially one particularly cool looking Heat Miser, but inquiring got me through the double doors by their refrigerated case to the greenhouse type structure out back where a multitude of trees and wreathes sat to be admired and won. Admission was free. Tickets were to be purchased for a chance at your pick of the lot. After my visit, I took another shopping eye look through the market and left with a box of 4 fat muffins and a chilled soup - butternut squash and apple - yum!

Those scones! To die for!…read more So decadent we had to save it for later. Texture and flavor .... Meets exactly price ... very happy with this place. I will def come back again

One of my favorite farms in the Boston area. I had family in the neighborhood and that's how I…read morediscovered this gem that has been my go-to farm for over 8 years. They recently renovated, upgrading the charming farm stand to a full on rustic market. Fresh veggies, coffee station, frozen goods, jams, chocolate goodies and more. I usually come for the little walk around the farm to see what's growing, the u-pick flower garden, to swing on the swing set, and to see if any farm animals are around. There's a parking lot and picnic tables scattered around. Pricing is reasonable, u-pick is about $15, they used to charge by flower stem. They also host events and have activities for kids. Honestly, Weston is more of a suburb so it's a nice surprise for people when I tell them that there is actually more to see than large homes!

I had so much fun picking flowers here! It was only a $15 experience and you got to fill your cup…read morewith as many flowers as you could fit. There are definitely lots of bees but in my experience the bees were not bothering me. It was also cool to check out the bunnies and goats while I was here. Overall such a cute spot with easy highway access to downtown boston!

Salisbury Farm makes for a great autumn day trip. They have the small-farm feel with a lot of the…read morefun activities of a bigger operation. We loved the free hayride that dropped us off at the pumpkin patch, and the highland cow was adorable. Corn maze was pretty steeply priced but the employees were really great to work with. Would definitely come back!

On this sunny Autumn day, I just needed to get out and enjoy autumn in New England. I was thinking…read more'apples, I want some Macintosh apples'. So what did I do? I went on yelp and searched 'orchards'. Which lead me to Salisbury Farm. First of all, I know you all are thinking "Johnston?" This farm is right down the road from the Scituate art festival location. It's rural. This is not the Johnston I think of (sorry Johnston). Don't let the location dissuade you. It's lovely. A small store is located in a big old barn and sells gourds, pumpkins, soap, peppers, tomatoes, mums plus some merch, honey and more. Goats and a cow named Finlay (who I am obsessed with) are located just outside for everyone to enjoy. They also have some kid sized fun things to do right there by the barn. They also have a corn maze which I was interested in doing, but wasn't sure about, so I asked 'how big is your corn maze' and was told '5 acres.' What? Five acres? No way. I'm not sure how they measure that (I'm not a surveyor) but that sounded like a nice stretch of the legs and I was all in. We were given maps of the maze with our purchase, which is absolutely necessary. Without the map I have no idea how we would have gotten through. Honestly, we passed two women, going the wrong way, who said they had been in there for 45 minutes and couldn't find the way out. They did not follow the map. For all I know they are still in there. We spent about 30 minutes in the maze (I'm a good map reader) and then walked on over to the pumpkin patch. Most of the pumpkins are at the barn, but it was a nice walk and we passed fields of strawberries (out of season in October). In the Spring I'll check back for their strawberry harvest. The sunflowers are past their prime in October, but last month you could cut your own sunflowers and I bet they were gorgeous then. The maze is not an inexpensive experience, but it is something you only get to do in the Fall and it does support a local farm, so for me it was worth it and I had fun. The corn crop this year is having some difficulty (2024). Much of the maze is tall and conceals all as you would expect. Parts of the maze however are not dense and the farm has a sign up in that section with information about their plans to amend the fields for next years crop. There are a lot of signs throughout the maze: Jokes Emergency flags to wave if you are totally lost Four emergency exits Information about Halloween and the farm. There is also a raffle with your purchase so ask at the store about that. Two picnic tables are near the entrance/exit. If you have a group this could be your meeting place if you are separated or if you have little ones, you can hang out here while the bigger ones go through the maze. Bring snacks. Enjoy the day! I did get to buy myself some Macintosh apples (for those of you wondering). We were here on a week day, so it wasn't a full tilt, weekend extravaganza. I am thinking on the weekends it's a lot of family fun in the Autumn.