The people are so friendly there's so many delicious blueberries it's so clean. The bathrooms are…read moreclean. Everything is well maintained. This is an excellent blueberry farm. They have delicious, homemade blueberry lemonade, and blueberry popsicles highly recommend.

Was looking for a better price on blueberries and was told that Blueberry Bunch Farm was the place…read moreto go. It was about a 45 minute drive. The drive was beautiful. The Farm is super nice. You can buy already picked blueberries or pick your own. We picked our own. It was so beautiful and peaceful there. What a wonderful way to spend a couple of hours. The staff/owners could not have been more welcoming. We will for sure go back!

We spent about two hours at Pepper Ranch Preserve enjoying the majestic display of Southeastern…read moreSunflowers. The preserve was open for a weekend in October to view the sunflowers. Once in the preserve the roads are not paved and can be muddy, I have a low car and there was one area I was a little nervous about, but we did not have any problems. We were given a map of the preserve at the entrance where we checked in and the pleasant worker suggested the best location to see the flowers. The preserve is open weekends November through May except when there is hunting. There are camping sites available. There are hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding trails. The preserve is quite a distance off Alligator Alley, but it was worth the time to get there. I would definitely return.

Only open November through June!! Absolutely gorgeous but that is the only time it is open.read more

Delicious snacks. Guarapo juice was good too. Need to go in every time I drive by here.read more

Excellent smoked pork loin. The casquito de guayaba are amazing! Love all their products. Highly…read morerecommend.

Spent three days there with my battle buddy on a turkey hunt. Everything was taken care of; meals,…read morelodging, guides, and game. I harvested my turkey on the first day. It came off of the roost thru a choke point just after the hen flock came out. The guide told me which Tom to harvest. The first shot I had was a full frontal at 25 meters. The guide told me to hold fire. A doe that came up to me within 5 meters spooked the toms when she got downwind of me, I think she was trying to smell my behind, which apparently she did. The toms started speeding up at a flank perspective. The guide slowed them down with some masterful calling. He gave me OK to shoot and I hit the designated Tom at 35 meters. The guide told me later that he was afraid that I would put some shot into the toms in front of my designated tom. This was my first time hunting with a shotgun. Good flock management. I hit the Tom straight in neck and head, but the guide still rushed out to catch Tom in case he tried to run to the saw palmetto scrub. They only allow turkey hunting, but I saw at least 40 hogs and boar, and twenty deer, including the curious doe that circled behind me to smell my scent. I saw at least a 100 turkeys. They have ten feeders that they run, which keep the deer, hogs and turkey well fed. They have established a safe zone around the hunting lodge which the deer and turkey have taken advantage. It was a good opportunity to practice my calling while my battle buddy was still out harvesting his tom. If you need to harvest an Osceola turkey for your grand slam, this is the place to come.

When it comes to free festivals, this one is the best kept secret in Florida. Located in the heart…read moreof true Florida, Clewiston is every bit of American farm culture as anywhere in the US. The town welcomes you in and you feel true American spirit without any political sabotage. Family friendly, while still delivering that turn it up country party vibe. Not easy to pull of btw. Opening nite show with Don Felder of the Eagles with a big firework finale was enough to call it a successful event. Saturday car show was a trip down memory lane. Tons of agriculture and farming equipment and history on display. The Saturday concert list was full of talent and good vibes. Food booths for miles and plenty of retailers offering all sorts of relevant products. Then Jake Owen closed the festival with his signature crowd focused show. Free??? I almost don't want to post this so we can keep it a secret! If you want real Florida, country, American shenanigans, check it out. Hats off to Big Sugar for making it all happen.

Every year at end of the sugar cane harvest season, Clewiston, known as "America's Sweetest Town,"…read morecelebrates the harvest with its Clewiston Sugar Festival center in the city's Civic Park located on Highway 27 right next to its historic Clewiston Inn. It's at this event that everyone gets a close-up look at what sugar cane farming is all about with large outdoor stage entertainment, bands, singers, vendors, foods, and "Sugarland Express" tours where you are not only offered the opportunity to see, view and learn the latest in sugar farming techniques but to also chop and chew on some of the world's best sugar cane. The Sugar Festival I attended was Clewiston's 30th such event, which locals commonly refer to their "Raising Cane" party. It's based upon their original such event by United States Sugar company back it the 1930's held when the grinding mill "went down" after the last carload of the year's harvested sugar was grinded out. The festival also celebrates Clewiston's surroundings like Lake Okeechobee as well as its neighboring partners such as the Seminole Nation. Though it's a large event gathering and played up rather big by the local Clewiston Chamber of Commerce, being fun, educational and entertaining, not really all that much as far as festivals go. This may be due in part as Clewiston really isn't all that much of a city with so many of the local farm workers being of migrant farm labor from Mexico, Jamaica and Barbados, living in migrant farm housing and the sugar industry itself generally owing its prosperity to various federally set sugar price supports, USDA regulated sugar allotments and tariff rate quotas. Indeed, if you are foodie and looking to try new or authentic foreign tastes in foods, I found those of Mexico to be your best bet though there are many local South Florida vendor offerings such as gator burgers, etc.

I haven't been there in many years, due to health reasons, so I can't give an opinion of what's…read moregoing on there now. My hat's off to them though for keeping their doors open, it seems they are the only Drag Strip south of Bradenton that IS still open, even though it's my understanding, they mostly do Test and Tune Racing, now and then. They used to have Bracket Races every weekend before the Hurricanes, Tropical Storms and just plain rain started interfering. Ralph Hester was instrumental in making it a fun place to be as he would mingle with everyone, race his own car, have FREE Bar-B-Q's and he built this awesome Ice Cream maker, run by a CAR ENGINE, that would make multiple individual flavors at the same time, that tasted GREAT and was also FREE. Oh how I long for the good old days!

So fun to watch the cars Definitely kid friendly and there…read moreare bathrooms but they are nasty so I recommend bringing wet wipes so you Atleast have toilet paper to use

First year coming to the Cabbage Festival. My boyfriend and I set up a tent promoting him(Realtor)…read moreand his brokerage. We are having so much fun meeting some really nice people! Definitely will come back next year.

Came out here last weekend in February with Paul and Arlene H for swamp cabbage palm festival for…read morecar show, parade, festival food. We got there early watched some of the parade at 10:00 caught the end of an armadillo races. We saw a few friends and had a great time. It's fun for all ages and a great way to re-live some of my small hometown memories of life in a small town. Pro tip visit the food venders early before or during the parade. Wait times are zero. Wear comfortable shoes and go under the bridge to cross bridge at because the police are trying to keep traffic moving on bridge st. Food 4 indian fry bread/indian burgers/pumpkin fry bread was delicious swamp cabbage in a cup was good too. Not a big fan of this delicacy. The fritter version was a little better with hot sauce. Ambiance 4 lots to do and see. Service 4 small town hospitality Location 3 Value 3 buy a collector mug then sweet tea refills for a buck hit the spot. (See Paul H. Picture) Swamp cabbage pics are also on IG, twitter #swapcabbagefest #swampage 12/2015

Admission is free and the museum includes an indoor exhibit with artifacts and information about…read morethe history of the area. The Roberts family was one of the first four families to start the First Baptist congregation in the area in 1916. They originally met on Sundays in a schoolhouse located on the property until a church was built in 1928. Outside, the property includes several preserved historic buildings that visitors can walk around and look into. Each structure has informational descriptions explaining its original use, including a horse barn, cane boiler, bunkhouse, maid's house, smokehouse, and more. Overall, the museum is well maintained and somewhat informative. Since it's free, it's hard to complain, and the ladies working inside were incredibly friendly and enthusiastic about sharing the history of the property. Bottom line: I wouldn't detour 20+ minutes to come here but it's a nice free option and come on there are not a lot of free options these days.

The Immokalee Pioneer Museum on Roberts Avenue and Main St. is one of five free museums you can…read morevisit in Collier County. This area was first occupied by the Calusa Indians and centuries later by the Seminoles. In 1872 it was settled by an assortment of hunters, trappers, cowmen, missionaries, and traders. The swamps were drained and the land was used for agriculture. In 1897 the pioneers named the area Immaokalee from the Seminole word meaning my home. The Immokalee Pioneer Museum is located on the ranch of Robert Roberts, the longest running ranch in South Florida. Roberts came to the area from Wauchula in 1914 with his wife, seven children, and 300 cattle. It would be a two hour drive today but back then it took them three days to make the trip. When they arrived in Immaokalee there were only a few other families living there. Mr. Roberts purchased the land with a $50 deposit and a handshake. The first home of the Roberts family was a log cabin built by Charles Hendry, for who Hendry County is named. Roberts started the Red Cattle Company and he would go on to own or lease more than 1,000 acres of land. He became a multimillionaire when oil was discovered on land he owned. Roberts eventually got involved in politics and became a county commissioner from 1925-1931. The 160,000 ranch has now shrunk down 15 acres and the farm is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are 20 buildings to tour on the museum property. The main building that contains historical displays on what 19th century ranch life was like, is a former church built in 1928 for $616. Other structures include a sugar cane boiler which turned cane sugar into syrup which the family sold, an outdoor kitchen, smokehouse, the horse barn rebuilt in 1943, the bunk house from the 1930's, and the Roberts family home that was donated to the county and restored to how it looked in 1926. The house still contains the boots Roberts wore on cattle drives. If you are interested in pioneer history this museum is worth the 44 mile drive from Naples. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9-4 and they offer different history programs throughout the year. On the day I visited I ran into Santa who was at the museum to take pictures with the children. I couldn't resist stopping by to let him know I had been good this year and could really use an iPhone upgrade. He said he would see what he could do.