Thanksgiving is just around the corner! A time for family, food, and fun! Make it special with pickled products from Blackberry Hill Farms Jams, Jellies,and Pickled Products! Choose from dill pickles, sweet pickles and our alltime best seller–Pickled Beets!
Author: MaryAnn Henson
New! Mountain Grove, MO MFA
NEW LOCATION!
The MFA in Mountain Grove now carries Blackberry Hill Farms Jams, Jellies, and Pickled Products! Go check them out at 100 W. North Street!
West Plains new Retail Location!
Looking for Blackberry Hill in West Plains, MO? Check out Country at Heart Old Time General Store located at #2 Court Square on the historic West Plains square. There you can find all kinds of gifts from games to books to clothing to decor, not to mention tons of candies!! Best of all, they carry Blackberry Hill Farms Jams, Jellies, and Pickled Products!
Prayers for Farmington
This morning our prayers go out to the Mennonite community at Farmington. Last Thursday a tragic accident occured resulting in the loss of an 8 year old child. Four other family members are in the hospital suffering critical injuries. Funeral services for the child will be held this morning in Farmington. May God bless them all.
If you would like to donate to help cover the vast medical bills please send your donation to:
819 Old Frederick Town Road Farmington, MO 63640
Bates County Produce Auction
The Bates County Produce consignment auction is the comming Friday and Saturday! There will be lots of horses, small livestock, furniture items, farm machinery, and more!
Go inside the building and get something to eat!! Inside, you will find all kinds of breads and deserts. Make sure to be around at noon on Saturday for the fried pies (made by the very talented Mary Mazelin) and ice cream!
Mark your calendar for this weekend!
Troyer’s Strawberries
It’s that time of year again!
I spoke with Virginia Troyer this weekend about what’s up with the strawberries this year (2019 season). She said that she is not sure what the yeild will be yet. They are starting to bloom and the old saying is “three weeks from bloom”. So, hopefully by the first week or so of May they will be ready. The last several years Virginia has had the best strawberry U-Pick around. No reason to expect any different this year. If you don’t remember, she was the Mennonite lady at the Nevada Farmers’ Market that literally everyone bought from. She truely is a superb grower.
You can also expect to find a lot of her produce at Maple Grove Mennonite Farm Market!
OUT OF STOCK– Hot Zucchini Relish
Unfortunately, Blackberry Hill Farms is out of Hot Zucchini Relish. Blackberry Hill grows most of the vegetables right there on the farm so it will be available this summer when the zucchini are ready.
Facebook Jam Giveaway
Koehn Family Produce Facebook Jam Giveaway #6!
It’s time for a facebook jam giveaway!! To enter, go to our Facebook page, like our page and share our post!….This time, to celebrate what an amazing uear 2018 has been, we will be giving away 3 jars of Blackberry Hill Farms Honey!! Winner will be picked at random on 12/31/2018
Blackberry Hill Off Season
What to do off-season?
It’s Fall now and a lot of the places you go to get your fix of Blackberry Hill are closing. So, I’m going to review places that I know sell it all year-long.
Kansas City area Price Chopper and Hen House stores. Both of these large retailers offer limited selections of Blackberry Hill Farms products. Look in the produce isles or ask an employee for assistance. If your desired variety is not available please notify a store manager. Requests do not guarantee that they will get it but it does show product demand. They’ll never get it if no one ever asks.
Local flea markets: There are 5 local flea markets that are stocked with a large selection of Blackberry Hill. As of this month (October, 2018) Koehn Family Produce is the supplier for these locations. If you visit one and can’t find what you want, let us know. We will be more than happy to add your request to the stock. These locations are: Apple Tree Mall in Branson, MO. Trade Fair in Harrisonville, MO. Fancy Flamingo Flea Market in Joplin, MO. Country Classic Antiques in Bolivar, MO. Past Time Antiques in Pittsburg, KS.
Harps Foods offers varied selections of Blackberry Hill in several of their Arkansas locations. Please visit Harps Foods store locator to find the location nearest you. You may want to call and find out if what you want is available before you drive there.
The Food Fair in Rich Hill, MO definitely has the biggest selection you will find in any store. This store is stocked by Blackberry Hill Farms and boasts a display of 50 cases of product. There you can find just about every product there is to offer. They have a huge display at the front of the store.
As for now, these are the places that I can say for a fact will have Blackberry Hill Products available all year long. As new areas are brought to my attention I will be sure to post them. Distributors do not always share their customer base so it is very possible that it can be found in some areas I don’t know about. If you know something I don’t, please share!!