Scott’s Yankee Farmer

Love Scott’s! I pass by to and from work, and like to stop in once a week or so. There’s always something worth getting, whether it’s fresh veggies or fruit straight from their farm, or beautiful plants like the great mums I got today (3/​$ 12.50!). The prices are usually fair, and there are some great bargains. Their cider is unpasteurized — delicious, bright and just tart enough. (I am a self-​professed cider connoisseur, having grown up next door to my Grampa’s cider mill, sadly long gone now). It is becoming nearly impossible to find raw cider, and nothing beats it. Scott’s does a fine job.

The best local cider I’ve found… unpasteurized, of course. A friendly place with reasonable prices. And a good place to buy pumpkins in the fall.

I came in with 2 elderly residents from the assisted living facility I work at. The people working there were very unfriendly to us. They were of no help and very rude. 3 stars because the apple cider donuts were great.

Local herbs, flowers, plants, as well as fruits & veg.
Live little chicks on display which is super cute.
Local honey & jam, pies etc.
Casual approach rather than higher end trendy farmers market.
Service is ho hum.

I came to pick strawberries today. There’s a lovely crop here, and i was able to get 14lbs is 30 minutes. They are well priced and taste amazing! It’s hard to wait for strawberry season each June, but once I eat a fresh berry like the ones I got today, I just cant makemyself eat the ones that’re shipped from California. Employees were friendly and helpful. Directions were clear, and they take credit cards! Excellent! I’ll be back for raspberry season.

The local farm in East Lyme. It’s fun to pick your own blueberries and strawberries, great price too. There are a lot more things you can do at the farms, just haven’t gotten the chance yet.

traffic jam on 95 so we took the back roads and stumbled upon this lil farm stand. most of what they had was produce that they had grown or it was somewhat local. everything was good and the prices were pretty cheap! they had big buckets of «seconds» on tomatoes for really really cheap!

The times they are a-​changin. Going to the store and actually having a paid employee scan your items for you? Please, that was so 5 years ago. We’ll not only pay for our food but we’ll scan it and bag it for ourselves and you don’t have to pay us a dime to do so.
In these times where customer service usually comes in the form of a dissatisfied customer coming to complain about a defective product (I once overheard some lady complain: «Yes. I bought this cake last week and SURPRISE! It was half eaten! I want my money back!»), pick your own places are still loads of fun. For one thing, it’s essentially a fruit buffet. I like to do the One for You, One for Me method: I pick up an apple and say, «one for me» and bite it and then grab another apple and say, «one for you» and put it in the bag. And besides, these are tough times for farmers so we may as well help them out and do their job of picking the ripest fruits for them. Not only that, but we’ll pay premium prices for the stuff too!
One word of caution though: don’t walk into your neighborhood grocery store and take a bite out of all the produce to see if you want to pick any more of a specific item.
A couple notes about this location:
— The farm stand (
) is located on Rte. 1. I tried a bottle of the unpasteurized apple cider ($ 1.50) and it was as delicious as it was risky to drink. The corn also seemed popular here as several customers came in asking if there was anymore corn. The stand is open from April through December 31: 9am-5:30pm.
— The pick your own/​corn maze area is just down the street. It’s close enough to walk to but not while carrying bags of apples.
Strawberries: June through July
Raspberries: July
Blueberries: July through August
Peaches: August through September
Apples: Labor day weekend through late October
Pumpkins: late September through the end of October
— Wagon rides, a corn maze, and donuts are also available.
— We picked apples and it was $ 18 for a ½ bushel bag. The apples were delicious, but the selection was limited compared to other places I’ve been to. My 8 month old daughter had a great time in the pumpkin patch.
A great way to spend a fall afternoon.