Sweetcorn

Availability: August- September

Sweetcorn AVAILABLE August- September

We will update our website, newsletter and social channels when we know an exact start date.

When to pick: Our sweetcorn season starts in August and continues until the autumn, we plant three sowings so the season is long. Our PYO sweetcorn will open on the 26th August this year.

How to pick: Sweetcorn is ripe when the tufts at the top are all brown and look like they are slightly dead – this means the corn is set and will be at it’s sweetest. Avoid the green/yellow tops. Grab the whole corn and snap away from the plant and it will come of in your hand. Pick as many as you want and pay for your produce in the shop when you’re all finished.

Ready picked: If picking is not for you then we have a skilled team of professionals in the fields who pick our best every single day. You can find our ready-picked vegetables in the Farm Shop fridges. If you would like to order a large volume of fruit or vegetables for an event, we’ll be happy to help. Please contact us using our contact form or call the shop on 01865 358 309.

What we grow: We grow a variety called earlibird – like it’s name suggest this comes early in the season and is beautifully yellow. We follow this goldcrest which continues our season until September, this is slightly golden in colour. Both taste very similar and we recommend picking and eating on the same day!

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Also available today

Potatoes

Potatoes

Available: From the farm yard

Our white potatoes, Jelly and Saxon are harvested in late-August with availability until the following Spring. Read more

Strawberries

Strawberries

Available: PYO open now - September

We grow several varieties of English strawberries. Our Pick Your Own strawberries are now open and ready to pick. Read more

Rhubarb

Rhubarb

Available: PYO open 22nd April

Come and pick your own Ruby Red Rhubarb now, plus ready-picked stalks available in the Farm Shop. Read more

Farm shop

We sell all our own homegrown produce when in season - including several varieties of our own potatoes - picked and on the shelves within a few hours. We work hard to source the best quality local products from Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and The Cotswolds. In our fridges you’ll find local meat, pies and sausage rolls from Eadles Farm in neighbouring Beckley village, award winning organic cheeses from Nettlebed Creamery, and traditional farmhouse Cotswold Butter – plus all manner of condiments and cooking sauces, baking supplies, biscuits, pantry essentials, free range eggs and milk. Our bread arrives each morning from Long Crendon Manor Bakery and Degustibus artisan bakers in Abingdon.

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Please help us to reduce waste

Please try wherever possible to bring your own containers and carrier bags when you visit our Farm Shop and PYO. We offer a discount on all our PYO fruit and vegetables when you bring your own container - do good and save money!

Lots of small containers for PYO are better than one large one, as soft fruit will easily bruise and squash at the bottom of a deep container.

Pop into the shop before you start picking so we can weigh your containers for you – we can then deduct these from the weight of your fruit when you come to pay at the end.

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strawberry pyo opening soon

Come and pick your own fruit, vegetables and flowers from our 45 acres of beautiful Oxfordshire fields. Our specialities are asparagus (April – June) and strawberries (May – October).

Picking your own asparagus in the fields and eating it for lunch a few hours later is one of life’s simplest pleasures. As is making your own jams and jellies from the fruit picked with friends or family on a sunny afternoon - and freezing the fruit leftover for a sweet taste of summer after the seasons change.

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PYO Opening

We will open for the 2022 season on Thursday 31st March. First up in April our famous Pick Your Own Asparagus fields will open alongside our Rhubarb, followed by our Strawberries in May, Raspberries in June, by July we will have almost all our fruit and vegetables ready to pick. We finish our PYO year with our October pumpkins. 

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Plan your visit

Enjoy a family day out at Rectory Farm picking all your favourite fruit and vegetables to take home and enjoy. Remember to bring your own punnets and carrier bags to help us reduce plastic use. Visit the shop anytime to stock up on local  kitchen essentials and all our ready-picked fruit and vegetables if you’re short on time.

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Pick Your Own Pumpkins

Our first ever Pumpkin Patch was a huge success, we have sold out so now closed the patch and farm. We will open again for Christmas on the 26th November and for the summer season in April 2022.  

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