I went to the heirloom tomato u-pick at Ambrosia Farms yesterday and had entirely too much fun.
After a short , scenic 30 minute drive I arrived at the farm and had the fields basically to myself. Picking goes quickly, but with 82 varieties, the choosing did not.
I know a lot of heirloom but had never seen or heard of many of the varieties I saw. Another nice benefit of picking your own I hadn't thought of until I was there: I could pick some underripe ones ( to store for another week)- if you pick them when they are not quite ripe yet,they ripen with full flavor on their own.
The prices were very low for heirlooms- $1.50lb, and then a significant discount as I bought over 30 lbs. ( talk to the owner about this ) Yum!
They are in Finchville practically next to the new outlet mall ( if you want to make it a two-fer trip
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Deb