Pay no mind to the entitled people with the entitled children.
Jane and Paul both work their behinds off year-round to produce the freshest, tastiest veggies of all kinds (not just strawberries, blueberries, corn and tomatoes like a lot of places--they grow their own lettuce, broccoli, asparagus, onions, potatoes, peas, carrots...you name it), not to mention the bountiful and easygoing you-pick strawberries, blueberries, and apples. It's a real treat to be able to buy the freshest, most delicious produce locally, instead of the tasteless stuff shipped in from California, and I for one am grateful that they are there.
Yes, there are rules; a farm is a potentially dangerous place for under-supervised kids, and the kids are potentially devastating for many crops. Your kid may only step on and kill one plant out of thousands, but your kid is just one out of potentially dozens each day. And, of course, the farm is Jane and Paul's home, and it's outrageous to think that it should be treated as a public place beyond the clearly marked public areas. It's not a carnival or a petting zoo--it's a FARM, where you can see animals and pick berries as long as you comply with a couple of basic rules and use some common sense.
And if you are asked not to rip open corn husks on ears you aren't buying...well, why should you get to destroy the market value of the rest of the crop? I buy dozens of ears of corn each summer and I can't recall the last time I got one that wasn't perfect, so there is no need to make any ears unsalable by tearing them open. That's just rude.
Pros: Always fresh, most veggies grown right there, family farm
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