Berry Patch Farms

Berry Patch Farms, just south of Brighton, is a favorite weekend destination for Denver area residents: throughout most of the summer, visitors fan out into the farm's fields to fill their baskets with currants, raspberries and strawberries. Tim and Claudia Ferrell have thirty acres under organic cultivation. In addition to their rows and rows of berries, they tend to an orchard of peaches, plums and pie cherries, and grow a huge variety of vegetables, including Claudia's astonishing variety of peppers. The farm's market, housed in the big red barn, is a popular stop for just-picked produce, the farm's own honey and eggs, and neighbors' grass-fed beef and naturally-raised chicken.

We're delighted to cook out at Berry Patch Farms this year, in the company of the farm's chickens, ducks, turkeys and pot-bellied pig. Our menus will feature Tim and Claudia's red currants, golden raspberries and other farm fruits, and our table will be set right between the rows, in view of the sun setting behind the Rocky Mountains.