Went this past Sunday (06-12) at 10:30 am and there were SOO many strawberries!…read more So glad I found this place because so many other farms in the Bay Area are RSVP only OR are out of strawberries!! The strawberries at Crystal Bay Farm were the sweetest and yummiest strawberries ever! My friends and I bought 4lbs worth, but we are definitely coming back for more! $2 entrance fee + $5 per lb Open: Sundays & Wednesdays Instagram: crystalbayfarm We walked to the worker's stand by the entrance to get our boxes, and we paid our fees after the picking (Cash & card is OK). Everyone was tasting their strawberries when I went, so I'm sure it is ok :) Just bring water to risk & don't taste too much. As long as it's red, it should be sweet! (I promise)

Very nice proprietors. The farm is kid-friendly with chickens, goose, goats, and bunnies. The…read morestrawberry fields are spacious with lavenders and other flowers framing them. No overwhelming crowds and parking is along the road. We spent about an hour and half picking berries and wandering around.

BEST organic berries ever. Each berry could be in a magazine photo…read more They pick fresh every day. They are sold by the nicest family. I'm going there NOW!

OMGoodness Monterey bay farms organic strawberries are the best no joke !!! Driscoll strawberries…read moredon't have the flavor these do . I feel like I'm eating food from my childhood. Keep up the great work growers . Thank you

Nice ranch where you can get fresh apple products (juice, pies) and a wide variety of pies for a…read morevery reasonable price. I got a slice of cherry and berry and they were excellent. Flaky crust, delicious filling, good size. The whole pies were even a better deal and large pies. Not the hugest apple fan - actually I like them, but try to stay away from fruit juices and given all the interesting choices in pies, wanted to try other flavors. It was fairly crowded on a weekend late morning, but worth stopping in. Parking was doable and it was a nice drive out there.

Stopped by 10/4/2026 and it was the last day of the season for apple picking. There weren't too…read moremany apples left but we still managed to pick a handful. Very affordable prices. We also got slices of apple pie a la mode at the pie shop. Unfortunately they were out of the Dutch apple pie but the regular apple pie was still quite delicious. It was warm, fresh, and had a flaky crust. The vanilla ice cream was icy though and felt like it had freezer burn. The line at the pie shop moved quite slowly and got pretty long. Great vibes here and you get a pretty inclusive experience with fruit picking, a souvenir shop, the pie shop / deli, and a small pumpkin patch.

Love the farm stand! I've been coming here 2-3 times every fall to grab a bag of delicious, super…read morefresh apples. On my visit today I was so disappointed. Some knuckleheads torched the lock on the honor box and stole the farms money. Scumbags. I'm an older guy and remember as a kid the many farm stands my folks would stop at. Nowadays you rarely see one. I feel so bad for the farm. You no longer can pay at the honor box. You have to Venmo your payment. The phone reception out there is poor so we had to come back into Soquel to send the money. I hope this place sticks around for many years to come.

On line it says there is t a farm stand, I'd like to know where. Went but no farm stand…read more Disappointed!!!

We enjoy an afternoon at Clearview Orchards a couple of times every fall. It's a sweet, magical…read moreplace where the kiddos can play and explore and if course pick delicious apples! It's a family run operation with multi-generations welcoming guests to their beautiful property. This year we arranged a visit with several families from our learning group and the owner Mel took the time to talk to us about organic farming. We love Clearview and have made it a family tradition to visit each year.

Came out to Clearview Orchards for fall apple picking with my partner and our 3-year-old, and it…read moremade for a lovely weekend outing. The orchard grounds are stunning and peaceful, though the picking itself was surprisingly strenuous. Most of the ripe apples were fairly high up and out of reach for our toddler, so it turned into quite a workout for the adults. Fortunately, the orchard makes up for it with great family touches. There's a mini park area where kids can play, and their farm stand treats are top-tier--the fresh apple bread and apple ice cream are worth the drive alone. Highly recommend adding this to your autumn bucket list if you're looking for a classic fall activity in the area!

My kids and I loved picking the gorgeous dahlias at this sweet family farm. The supplies and…read moredirections made picking/cutting easy. Max was friendly and answered all our questions and gave us some great recommendations for some delicious local spots for our post flower picking adventures. Thanks Max and fam. We will be back.

Went with my aunt for the first time. Beautiful selection and variation of colors. Yummy green…read morebeans to snack on too. I'll definitely be back again!!!

Amazing fruit. Kind staff. $3/lb org sic strawberries while others are charging $8/lb. Go here…read more You won't regret it.

Came down to spend the day in Capitola and started with some fruit picking we got a bunch of…read moredelicious tomatoes and strawberries along with some items from their farm stand including potatoes and beets. Can't wait to have them. They look delicious. Their pricing is very reasonable and it's very easy to navigate through their fields. I had sandals on and my arm in a brace and I was still able to do it.

What a wonderful experience! I am so sad I didn't come here earlier in the season. I must say, the…read moreowner, Karell, is an angel. I found this orchard on some Instagram reel and on a whim, this morning, decided I wanted to try to go with my pups. I gave the orchard a call around 1 pm to ask if they had any more reservations available. Karell actually mentioned she was planning on wrapping up but one other group with reservations was planning on coming at 2 pm, so if I could make it by 2 pm we could pick. From San Jose on a Saturday with early afternoon traffic, it was going to take just about that hour to get there, so we set off! Mid drive we realized we forgot our dog's leashes. We had initially tried to buy some on the way down and were unsuccessful so we called the orchard to let them know we weren't going to make it since we didn't have leashes and Karell said not to worry, she had some she could lend us! As we set off from some Target an Aptos, we got into a minor fender bender and by this point, arrival time was pushing 2:50pm. Karell was so sweet and understanding. The other party never came so she was really just waiting on us. She was so kind - she didn't want us to feel rushed. She said take our time, pick as many or as little apples as we wanted. We ended up spending about an hour picking and looking at the horses. At $2/lb, these apples are very fairly priced. I'll definitely have to come back next year. They start apples picking on Labor Day through this weekend. Thank you for everything, Karell!

Great farm for apple picking! Relaxing atmosphere, you can roam all the apple trees, 13 differ…read morevarieties of apples. There are also horses you can pet and feed, sweet horses. They have a cool scavenger hunt, Harry Potter themed. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves there. Great photo op spot. It is hidden, if you go, follow the signs and it will be though gates lined with rows of apple trees, barn is to the right. We bought our tickets ahead of time.

Braeburn Fuji Gala…read moreGolden Delicious Granny Smith Gravenstein McIntosh Pink Pearl Pippin Red Delicious Why exactly am I naming these apple varieties you ask? Prior to my visit to the Hillview Farm these were the only 10 varieties of apples I could name if someone were to ask. For somebody like me who eats more apple pie and drinks more apple juice than I do eating fresh apples I thought 10 was pretty impressive. Then I met Joe Stabile. Joe and his wife own an 18 acre apple orchard in Watsonville. When they bought the property in the early 1980's 4 varieties of apples were grown at this 450 tree orchard. Joe and his wife now have over 200 varieties of apples on this orchard and nearly 4200 trees! Yup, shows you how little I know about apples! For the Stabiles it's all about custom grafting and creating new varieties of apples. Many of the varieties found in the Hillview Farm orchard are not found anywhere else. Joe, a former IBM engineer who retired in 1992 to become a full time farmer, is a man of great patience. He loves the art of taking different types of apple trees, grafting the branches together and playing the waiting game on how successful the graft will be. Some grafts take years to develop. That doesn't faze Joe though; no matter how long it takes the bottom line is that the apple has to taste good. Overall taste is the deciding factor in deciding whether a custom graft is successful or not. For our recent farm tour the Stabiles went all out and pre-picked three big baskets of delicious Gravensteins, sweet Sansas and tart Pink Pearls for our group to enjoy. Judging by how quickly the fruit in the basket disappeared I'd have to agree with my fellow farm visitors that the Pink Pearls were our favorites for its beautiful color and delicious taste. Joe showed us the heavy machinery that sorts his apples by size. Then he showed us his juicer and talked about his juicing techniques. Joe and his small staff presses 80 to 100 gallons of juice per day. He bottles the juices immediately and stores the fresh pressed, unfiltered juices and juice blends in freezers then sells the product in assorted sizes at local farmers markets. Joe also sells dried apples at the farmers markets. He uses an industrial sized dehydrator and gave us delicious samples of both the Golden Delicious and Fuji varieties to sample. Our group was already in apple heaven when we stepped out into his orchard to look at the fresh fruit trees and examine some of the grafting techniques used. In addition to apples the Stabiles harvest dozens of varieties of pears, plums and persimmons plus other tree grown fruits. The different sizes, shapes and colors of the apples in the Hillview orchard were mind-boggling. I took tons of photos but after awhile they all started to look the same to me. The Stabiles didn't seem to have that problem though. They knew exactly which variety was which and even gave us data on the fruit's characteristics when we asked. True apple geniuses those Stabiles are. After our tour we gave the family some business too buying up fresh pressed apple juice, and homemade apple products such as preserves, syrups, dressings and butters. Hillview Farm products are sold at three local farmers markets. They are at the Vallco Farmers Market in Cupertino on Fridays, the Danville Farmers Market on Saturdays and the Jack London Square Farmers Market in Oakland on Sundays.

Hillview Farm has all kinds of fruits on display. not so interested in them…read more what caught my eye was the apple cider. locale: JLQ farmers market (9/7) drink: apple cider(32 oz, $5) -100% pure preminum-cold pressed, -marked "plain" assumed it meant nothing added -so sweet! like drinking candy. hopefully no sugar added 4.5 stars

Taco Tuesday. Yummy!…read more Martes de tacos. No podíamos dejarlo pasar cuando volvimos a casa esta tarde. Gracias.

The tamales and skirt steak ! To die. So much fresh local produce. Grab a gizdich pie too. The…read moreservice was incredible and the staff were super friendly and helpful. Check out their amazing meat department. Cute and quaint amazing little farmer market located in Watsonville.