You-Pick Fruits & Vegetables

Better than the St Augustine Farmers Market, pick your own produce fresh from the field. Like most growers in northeast Florida, our produce season depends on the weather. At Wesley Wells Farm, our you-pick field is open seasonally in the fall, winter, and spring.

Our current you-pick hours of operation: Saturdays from 9 am – 12 pm
*hours are subject to change based on seasons and weather, please check our Facebook page for any changes

Finding the Farm

We have multiple locations, so please follow these directions when coming to our you-pick field. When coming from I-95, head west on International Golf Parkway. After 6 miles, turn right onto County Road 208. After 3.4 miles, turn right onto Ada Arnold Rd. We are located at the very end of the dirt road at the Red Shed.

Here is our you-pick location address: 2680 Ada Arnold Road, St Augustine FL 32092

For a weekly updated list of what is available for harvest in our you-pick fields, visit us on Facebook or Instagram. Our most requested produce is:

• Berries
  • Strawberry Season – late December through March
• Veggies
  • Sweet Corn Season – April/May through June and late fall for a second crop
  • Green Bean Season – another bi-annual crop with one harvest in the spring and another in the fall
• Pumpkins
  • Pumpkin Season – September through November
• Other Produce
  • Each year we plant different items with the most requested being the first to plant so check us out on Social media to see which items are available this season.

Photos from the Field

You-Pick Harvest Tips (Farms in St Augustine, FL)

Picking your own produce can be fun –if you know what you’re doing! Better than the St Augustine Farmers Market, pick your own produce fresh from the field. Here are some great tips to help you harvest the best, freshest fruit and vegetables in the field on our beautiful farms in St Augustine, FL. Not all of these will be growing in the same time so if you see something listed that’s not in the field, come back for a visit during the next season!

Tomatoes

Don’t be afraid of green tomatoes! Look for large, smooth tomatoes just beginning to ripen and harvest them before pests find them. They’ll ripen within a day or so on your kitchen counter and taste just as delicious as vine ripened fruit.

Squash/Zucchini

Use clippers or a sharp knife to remove the squash from the plant, being sure to leave 1” of the stem intact.

Green Beans

Use scissors or pinch the stem above each bean to remove from plant. Be gentle since harsh tugs can remove the entire plant from the ground. And look closely because the beans like to hide under the leaves. 

Peppers

Use small scissors to cut the stem to remove peppers from plant. Gloves are highly recommended to harvest hot peppers. BE CAREFUL NOT TO TOUCH YOUR EYES, especially with hot peppers! If you do, find one of our hand washing stations and scrub your hands right away!

Butternut Squash

Look for thick, tan, heavy squash and cut at stem to remove from vine.

Pumpkins

Use clippers to remove pumpkins from vine. Make sure to leave a 3-4” stem if possible and try not to carry by them stem since they’ll usually break off. 

Cabbage

Look for large heads where the leaves have begun to close up and form a ball. Remove any discolored or holey leaves and use a sharp knife to cut the stem just below the head.

Broccoli

Look for crowns the size of your hand. Cut at the base of crown. Remove any unwanted leaves and feel free to feed them to our farm animals.

Collards

Harvest leaves wider than the palm of your hand working from the bottom of the plant to the top. Remove by breaking the leaf stem from the trunk. Lettuce – harvest when a full head is formed. Use a sharp knife to cut the head from the stalk.

Spinach

Only cut the leaves that are wider than two fingers.

Kale

Look for long, healthy leaves and cut from the outside of the plant in to remove leaves.

Strawberries

Ripe fruit is ready when the entire fruit is red. Leave any partially white fruit on the plant to continue ripening. Use small clippers or scissors to remove fruit without damaging the plants.

Blueberries

Look for the blue berries to harvest and leave the green ones to ripen on the bush. These berries don’t ripen after harvest so make sure they’re completely blue. 

If you see a fruit or vegetable in the field and the harvest tips are not listed, please find one of our staff and ask. We are here to help and educate and we want you to take home delicious, fresh produce.