One of my favorite summertime activities is picking berries-looking for those juicy jewels among the tangles of leaves and piling them high in the berry boxes. Sure, you can buy your summer berries sans the labor at a grocery store or farm stand, but there's something to be said for picking your own. For some reason, the fruits of your labor taste so much sweeter. So this summer, get the whole gang together for some quality time and head out to some of the area's prime berry-pickin' places. We recommend contacting the locations for their growing seasons and hours.

Barefoot Farm
6621 Bluebird Lane
Dover, PA 17315
717-292-1390
www.agmap.psu.edu/businesses/1193
Pick your own strawberries and red and black raspberries.

Blevins Fruit Farm
16222 West Liberty Road
Stewartstown, PA 17363
717-993-2885
Pick your own strawberries and cherries.

Boyer Nursery and Orchards, Inc.
405 Boyer Nursery Road
Biglerville, PA 17307
717-677-8558
www.boyernurseries.com
Pick your own blueberries and cherries.

Brown's Orchards & Farm Market
8892 Susquehanna Trail South
Loganville, PA 17342
717-428-2036
www.brownsorchards.com
Pick your own strawberries and cherries.

BrownValley Farms
259 Hickory Road
Littlestown, PA 17340
717-359-5084
Pick your own strawberries and blueberries.

Buttercup Farm Market, Inc.
1246-B Route 194 North
Abbottstown, PA 17301
717-259-6594
www.buttercupmarket.com
Pick your own strawberries.

Chestnut Sands Blueberry Farm
137 Butter Road
York, PA 17404
717-266-7347
Pick your own blueberries.

Fitz Brothers Farm
2670 Springwood Road
York, PA 17402
717-741-0246
Pick your own strawberries.

Raab Fruit Farms
209 Fruitlyn Drive
Dallastown, PA 17313
717-244-7157
Pick your own strawberries and cherries.

Shaw Orchards
21901 Barrens Road South
Stewartstown, PA 17363
717-993-2974
www.shaworchards.com
Pick your own blueberries, cherries and strawberries.