Fideler Farm — Attraction in Town of Barton

My sister and I took 4 kids, ages 3 - 8 to Fideler farm recently to go strawberry picking. The kids were very excited.

The farm is really beautiful. Before we started, an employee (maybe an owner?) gathered the kids for a quick chat about the rules: no eating strawberries (a taste is fine), no running or jumping in the fields. Totally fair, and I appreciated the clear heads up and direct communication to the kids at that time.

However midway through picking, my 6 year old crossed a row of strawberry plants and was being a bit silly with her cousin while I was picking strawberries, head down filling my basket. She was really well behaved leading up to this incident, and is a really well behaved kid in general. Suddenly we hear loud shouting from the man, and I mean yelling - at my kid from afar in a very unfriendly way. He told her it was her “one warning.” She was really shaken, cried, and clung to me the rest of picking.

There was a woman employee/possible owner that kicked another family with kids out after this. The delivery of the message was again yelling, and in my opinion rude.

I see that the job is not easy, that a lot of heart and hard work goes into maintaining a farm. I understand and agree with the message, but they should really work on their delivery, especially when communicating...

This place is great. Good, home grown food, and much of it properly canned and preserved. The absolute best bread and butter pickles I, or any family has had. FIL said best since the 50's. Jams and jelly's are equally as good. Tried root beer jelly which seemed odd, but was fantastic. Worth the drive or find...

Love this place! We were here on Labor Day, the bushes were loaded with big fruits(raspberries). The guys that run the stand are super friendly and helpful. Highly recommend! We were here for under an hour and picked 12 pints. Favorite place in the area!! They also have a little playground...