Jane & Paul's Farm Inc — Attraction in Norfolk

Delicious, abundant blueberries grown and easy to pick. If you’re in the area and an adult, this is a great experience.

Do not, however, bring any children with you. This is not a family friendly farm. Perhaps if you have a baby or containable toddler, you can escape without getting admonished by the owners.

We arrived with a car full of enthusiastic boys (7-12) who were excited to pick blueberries. A wholesome experience that doesn’t involve a screen, I was delighted that they were excited to find and pick the best blueberries. At one point, they tossed a few of the shriveled blueberries that fell into our bucket on the ground. Out of nowhere the farmer owner emerged demanding that the children “get out” which confused all of us. When we didn’t move fast enough for him, he asked “do you know what out means?” I had no idea what had happened and the kids tried to explain but he wasn’t interested. He drove us out of the row, reprimanding me and the children along the way.

At that point I should’ve left without any blueberries, but since we drove 40 mins to get there, the children sat at a picnic table while I quickly picked. The wife farmer watched them fiercely, yelling “no” when my son asked if he could come talk to me.

The kids may have tossed a few blueberries aside, but certainly no more than those that already littered the ground from other pickers or that remained rotting on the plant. When we defended our well mannered kids to the wife owner, she claimed that one of the other parties complained that they were yelling and running around. Not true at all. If they yelled anything it was “look at this blueberry I just found!”

Save yourself a trip and skip this if you...

Since we live on the upper South Shore of Boston, we searched out Jane & Paul's Farm to try an alternative to driving 1.5 hours to Tougas Farm or over an hour to Mac's in NH for apple-picking. We love Tougas and Mac's, but the distance is a bit much for us. We were hoping that J&P's might be our new place. We have young four kids.

It was okay. With all of the signs and warnings around, I felt a bit "policed" as we walked around the little store (that had a lot of great fresh produce), the corn maze, and the animals. While safety and hygiene is important and things need to be stated, there are creative ways to get a message across other than "...you will be prosecuted...".

It seemed a bit pricey to pick ($18 for a peck), and in addition to the signs warning us, were told verbally that anything that we would be charged for any apples that didn't fit in the bag. For us, we like the opportunity to eat an apple while we're picking. It's part of the fun for the kids. We felt encouraged to do that at Tougas and Mac's, but at J&P's, it felt like stealing.

The animals were cute enough, but hands-off (two fences separating). My kids did get a kick out of using the creative fire-hose & pulley contraption to get the food to the goats (see the pictures I added). But Tougas' hands-on approach is much more enjoyable.

We might go again, but depending on how much time we have in a day, would probably drive further to our...

Ok farm. Staff alright. Fruits and veggies tasted really good. I bet there is much better out there. But for anyone in the area or in nearby towns come and take a swing by here. Fun place to take children as well. Chicken and goat feeders,(25c-not so cheap!) also, a well designed corn maze, summer blueberry picking, and tons of corn!!! Stop by their cute little store, containing a small, but useful amount of healthy grown items. Used to have more many years ago and are supposedly "catching up". Decent. And that's it Jane and Paul.

Came again for blueberry picking. You could grab the ones in the store rather than picking them in the fields, but where is the fun in that!!!! Field of blueberry plants full of bugs, but I really didn't care! Fun experience! I have to admit, their fresh blueberries from the fields were good!!! But, if you have to save time just buy a pack in the store, they also had a good taste. Cost ain't cheap though! :-} But you get fresh blueberries in...