Brentwood Cherry Picking

Sweetheart Cherry – large, dark, sweet and delicious!

We made a quick trip to Brentwood on Sunday to pick cherries. The weather was unseasonably cool but we weren’t complaining! First we drove by Tachella Family Farms on the main drag (Walnut Blvd.), where in the “old days” we would pick up a farm map and get the lowdown on the best places to pick. Tachella is sadly no more, replaced by Annie’s Happy Farm. Annie’s didn’t have the same farm stand set-up, and we were somewhat shocked by the u-pick price of $5 per pound plus a $2 entry fee per person! We decide to move on. We drove by Farmer’s Daughter at the corner of Walnut and Marsh Creek,

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Cherry Picking Season Has Begun!

My favorite cherry farm in the Brentwood area Pease Ranch is open as of today, May 13th, for cherry picking!! They’re one of the largest Harvest Time u-pick cherry farms in the area with several varieties of cherries so they open before other farms do (most open Memorial Day weekend), and they’re one of the last farms to close in mid-late June. It’s a family-run farm with Mr. and Mrs. Pease actively running the show. You can picnic at one of several shady picnic tables or they also allow cherry pickers to picnic in their orchared. They sell cold drinks but bring your own food since there’s little available in the immediate area. They also offer berry picking for a very limited time, call for specific dates: (925) 634-4646.

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