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

The good: This place is just all-so American and I love it…read more My aunt comes here for the berry pie and buys several of them to bring to me in SoCal. She's a frequent customer and she seldom eats pies. She sometimes freezes them. It's packed with so many berries and has a pure berry taste. It's sweet but still maintains the tartness/acidity of the berries so it helps your ability to eat more of it. My husband finished almost an entire pie in one day. The bad: My aunt said the apple pie is too sweet and therefore prefers the more tart/sour berry pie. I wish I tried the pie with ice cream because that would have been a nice compliment. The interesting: They're family owned and have been around for decades. You can pick fruits here too.

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.

I was delivering furniture to the owners of Bella Farms when I realized that they owned an apple…read moreorchard. I love to cook and was in the market for some fresh apples and they had some picked and ready to purchase on a cart at the side of the road. I made fresh apple pies and apple crisp with the apples... the best ever. The people here are very friendly and helpful. You don't find apples any fresher and the pies and other deserts that you can make with them are impossible to beat. Make the drive, buy the apples, and make delicious, loving memories for your family.

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.

Very well-run U-pick operation. $7 parking fee; it's best to book in advance. great hangout place…read more 4/5: The apple picking is quite good. Several varieties. The rows are well labeled. You'll need to hunt to find really good looking large fruit. They sell bulk fruit as well. 3/5: Apple turnover. It's OK. It needs to be heated up. 3/5: Apple ice cream sandwich: It's actually cinnamon-apple. One the sweet side.

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.

Wow! First time picking, I signed up on Eventbrite because it said dogs are ok. This is a real farm…read morewith lots to see and do, and on a perfect fall Sunday mid-day there were just a few families. The dogs loved it, I got 8lbs of beautiful Fiji apples, and we had a lovely picnic from Seascape deli, a not miss. I had expected a bit more corporatized experience with jugs of cider to go, caramel apples, petting zoo etc. but I will take the authentic experience over that any day! The owner, Kerrall, spent a lot of time just handing out and chatting with us about her 3 rescue pugs. Walking around was so relaxing! We stayed a couple hours, well well worth a visit there is still time this year!!!

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

My gosh! This place is a hidden gem. I found this place while wondering the streets of DT Santa…read moreCruz. I was amazed that there was an entire shop dedicated to all things mushroom, and then I saw that they served food too! I love mushroom, and when I couldn't get this place out of my mind, I had to head here before leaving town in the morning. Once this placed opened in the morning, we were the first one in. Got to try their truffle oil and sit down for a morning brunch. This isn't your typical brunch place, it was just the time I was there to eat. I tried their empanada, mushroom soup, and then their truffle mushroom grilled cheese, and I have to state that it was the best grilled cheese sandwich I have ever had. My mouth is still watering thinking about that sandwich. I picked up some items to go such as truffle oil and dried mushroom and was on my way. The shop is small and there is only counter space to eat, but the shop is so cute tucked away near a neighborhood street. I can't wait to go back here if I ever have the chance again.

We came here for a tour and to learn about mushroom cultivation. They take you through every step…read moreand every room for the process. Was very interesting. Be prepared to get misted on in the rooms/caves. They had a great potluck after. Definitely bring chairs, blankets and even a card table as there is very limited seating. Anything goes on what to bring for the potluck. Main dishes, sides, salads, desserts, vegetarian and vegan foods. Or bring wine or other beverages to share. Wine was much appreciated. I even saw kombucha there but it went fast. It was well organized and different foods kept replenishing the tables. There were close to 250 people there but there was plenty of food. They provided a big selection of grilled mushrooms and chicken. Also paper plates, utensils and napkins. We'll be back and will bring our picnic basket, table and chairs.