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Carving toolsWe know of one U-pick farm in Plympton. Another 13 are within 25 miles. Plympton is about 31 miles southeast of Boston, MA.
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Based on the typical seasons for Massachusetts, adjusted for the local frost dates (last spring frost around April 30). Weather moves harvests by a week or two, so check with the farm before you go.
Draw a 25-mile circle around Plympton and you get 14 U-pick farms in 14 towns, including 7 with blueberries, 7 pumpkin patches, 4 with strawberries, 3 orchards with apples and 2 with peaches. 8 of them list a website or Facebook page with current hours.
Plympton's own U-pick farm is Mayflower Cranberries LLC, with flowers. It sits on 72 Brook Street. When it has nothing ripe, the table below points to the nearest alternatives.
| Crop | Closest farm | Distance | Farms within 25 mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blueberries | Maribett Farm Kingston | 3 mi | 7 |
| Pumpkins | C. N. Smith Farm Inc. East Bridgewater | 9 mi | 7 |
| Strawberries | C. N. Smith Farm Inc. East Bridgewater | 9 mi | 4 |
| Apples | C. N. Smith Farm Inc. East Bridgewater | 9 mi | 3 |
| Peaches | C. N. Smith Farm Inc. East Bridgewater | 9 mi | 2 |
| Flowers | Mayflower Cranberries LLC Plympton | in town | 2 |
| Raspberries | C. N. Smith Farm Inc. East Bridgewater | 9 mi | 1 |
| Corn maze | Vineyard Farm West Bridgewater | 12 mi | 1 |
The counts are for farms within 25 miles. Months follow the typical season in Massachusetts; each farm sets its own dates.
In a typical year Plympton sees its last frost around April 30 and the first one of fall around October 16. That leaves about 170 frost-free days for the farms.
| Crop | Typical season in Massachusetts | Daytime highs | Rainy days / month | Farms here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flowers | July to September | 73–82 °F | 6 | 1 |
Frost dates: median of NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals at the weather station closest to Plympton, 4 miles away. The actual dates in Plympton can shift by a few weeks from one year to the next.
Weather: NOAA 1991–2020 monthly normals (average daily high; days with at least 0.1 inch of rain) at the station nearest Plympton, 4 mi away.
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Carving toolsWe know of one farm in Plympton: Mayflower Cranberries LLC. Within 25 miles there are 13 more.
The farms here list flowers most often. Each farm posts its own picking days, and they change from year to year.
Around April 30 in a typical year, and the first fall frost comes around October 16. Both are median dates from NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the weather station nearest Plympton, so a given year can be a few weeks earlier or later.
Maribett Farm in Kingston, about 3 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 7 farms with blueberries in total. The usual season in Massachusetts is July to August.
C. N. Smith Farm Inc. in East Bridgewater, about 9 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 7 farms with pumpkins in total. The usual season in Massachusetts is September to October.
C. N. Smith Farm Inc. in East Bridgewater, about 9 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 4 farms with strawberries in total. The usual season in Massachusetts is June to July.
Also in Plympton: 1 Christmas tree farm on our sister site Christmas Tree Farms Nearby.
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