Lattin Family Farm - Fallon

I have wanted to visit Lattin Farms ever since I read about it on a list of agro-tourism sites in our area. It's a bit of a drive though, so I just hadn't gotten around to it. That all changed when a friend invited me to meet her out there to pick raspberries and tomatoes and to check the place out. I loaded my girls up in the car and we headed out to go explore. What a fun place we found, too!

Looking at the Lattin's Country Kitchen

Right by the entrance to the farm, you have two building, one is the Grower's Market (where you can buy produce and preserves from this farm and others in the area) and one appears to be a little cafe, though I don't know if/when they're open. I guess I'll have to go back out there and find out. :)

There is a ton of parking here, though you may not realize it at first. The lot immediately next to the store is fairly small, but if you drive through it you get to a much larger parking area. 

The towards the additional parking.

When we got there we stopped in at the Grower's Market to let them know what our plans were and to double check that we could, in fact, pick our own produce. The girl behind the register didn't seem to know much about the prices and information about the u-pick produce, so I was glad my friend had called ahead and gotten the details before we got there. 

 Once you have received permission to go pick your produce it is quite a walk out to the fields and green houses. There was a dirt access road though so if you can't/don't want to walk you don't have to. The walk led us past what appeared to be squash, melons, grapes and other typical garden type plants, as well as a historic farm house. I loved that some effort had been made to make the farm pretty as well as productive!

 For an idea of the distance to the raspberry and tomato green houses, this is the view from about 1/3 of the way there. It's a pretty good walk, especially for little legs.

Once inside the greenhouse we set to work and in a fairly short time we'd picked all the berries we wanted. The plants were loaded and the way they were spaced it was fairly easy to access the fruit without having to climb through the brambles. The tomato green houses were a little more closely packed, but you could still get to the fruit. I found it interesting that several different types of tomatoes were all mixed together in each house. You had to wander through the rows to figure out what was there and to decide what to take. 

 After we'd picked, weighed, and paid for our produce, we decided to explore outside a bit more. We found that next to the cafe building there was a small shaded picnic table, bathrooms (only HOT water came out the taps, be careful!), and a small playground area. The kids were pretty excited to find toys to play on!

As the girls were playing I noticed some animal pens across the grassy field and asked an employee if we could go check them out. He said yes, so away we went. It looks like this area is where the annual Fall Festival is held, but a fair number of the games/activities seem to be available all summer. 

 Each different animal pen had interpretive signage to teach children about that type of animal. My kids were pretty tired at this point so we didn't look at the signs very close, but we will next time we go!

 There were feed dispensers outside the pens, so if you have a quarter or two you can feed the animals. I know my kids would have loved that!

 Also over on this side of the farm there was another playground...

 ...a straw-bale maze...

 ...a couple of corn boxes...

 ... and a covered picnic area with a few small games for the kids.

 The girls had a really fun time with every part of our trip to the farm. They thought it was a fun adventure to pick our own food, they loved getting to picnic under the great shade tree by the lawn, and they loved seeing the animals and playing the games in the festival area. This is definitely a place we will be back to visit again!

Essential Details:
Lattin Farms
1955 McLean Rd, Fallon, NV 89406
775-867-3750
1-866-638-6293
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