Timed Picking Slots, a Daily Ripeness Board and Farm Shop Preorders for Pick-Your-Own Farms

Mythex builds a pick-your-own farm's website, timed entry booking and farm shop preorders from a plain description of your fields and seasons. Visitors see what is ripe before they drive out, slots are capped each morning by how much fruit is on the plants, and Saturday crowds get spread across the day.

Short seasons, sunny Saturdays

Strawberries in early summer, raspberries and blueberries after, pumpkins in October: the year is a few intense weeks, and almost everyone comes on a warm weekend. Without timed slots the car park overflows at ten, the rows are stripped by noon, and the afternoon families find nothing left. Daily updates go out on social media where half the followers never see them. Payment happens at the weighing station or the farm shop till. What a PYO farm needs is a public status that says what is open today, entry slots matched to the crop, and a way to sell to people who will not pick themselves.

A picking status updated each morning
Entry slots capped by ripe fruit, adjustable on the day
Group size per booking for parking and containers
Weekday school visits invoiced per child
Pre-picked fruit and jam ordered for collection
Festival tickets in arrival windows

What you can build for pick-your-own farms

Today's picking status at the top of the home page

One line, updated before opening: strawberries open, raspberries picked out until Thursday, closed this afternoon for rain. Below it, opening hours for the current season, prices by weight or punnet, whether containers are provided, and the rules on dogs, buggies and eating in the field.

Build a website for my pick-your-own farm with a picking status at the top of the home page that staff update each morning (crop, open or closed, note), seasonal opening hours, prices per kilo and per punnet, a rules section for dogs and buggies, and directions and parking for first visits.

Timed entry capped by what is ripe

Walk the rows first, then set today's caps. Visitors book a 30-minute arrival window with their group size, and staff can cut capacity mid-morning if the crop is thinner than expected. School groups get their own weekday slots.

Make timed entry booking for my PYO farm: 30-minute arrival slots from 9am to 4pm, with a cap per slot that staff set each morning and can reduce during the day. Each booking stores name, group size and which crop they want. Add weekday school visit slots booked separately.

Pumpkin festival tickets in arrival windows

Parking is the real limit on festival days, so sell tickets for an arrival window, not just a date. Add hayrides, the maize maze or lantern evenings as separate tickets, and let birthday parties book a private picking session.

Create event ticketing for our October pumpkin festival with hourly arrival windows capped at 120 cars each, add-on tickets for hayrides and the maze, and a separate booking form for birthday party groups.

Preorders for people who will not pick

Older customers and busy parents still want local berries. Let them preorder pre-picked fruit, jam and honey for collection at the farm shop on a chosen day, so staff pick exactly what has been sold. Gift vouchers for picking visits sell all year.

Add a shop to my farm's website where customers preorder pre-picked strawberry punnets, jam and honey for collection on a chosen day, and buy picking gift vouchers. Show staff a daily collection list.

A rota that grows when the forecast is sunny

Cover the weighing stations, the car park, the shop and a supervisor per open crop. Keep an on-call list of seasonal staff who can be added when midweek forecasts turn sunny for Saturday.

Build a staff rota for my PYO farm covering weighing stations, car park, farm shop and one field supervisor per open crop, with seasonal staff entering their availability and an on-call list for busy sunny weekends.

Visitors and kilos next to the weather

Bookings and walk-ins per day beside the weather, fruit weighed out per crop, which slots fill and which stay empty, and revenue split between picking, the shop and school visits. After two seasons you will know what a sunny Saturday is worth.

Build a dashboard for my farm showing visitors per day with the weather logged, kilos weighed per crop per day, slot fill rates, and revenue split between picking, shop and school visits.

The opening-day list

Strawberry opening day depends on the weather and nobody knows it a month ahead. Collect emails on a 'tell me when strawberries are ready' page from spring, and send one message the morning you open. A list of people waiting for word fills the first weekend without hoping an algorithm shows your post.

One sign-up page per crop
Send when the crop opens, not on a fixed date
Sending needs an email account you connect yourself

School visits

Teachers plan early. Keep each school's contact, visit history and preferred dates in the app, invoice per child with adults free or discounted, and ask for a purchase order number at booking. The best time to book next year's visit is while this year's class is still on the farm.

Questions

Can I change slot capacity on the day?

Yes. Ask for a staff page where you set or lower each slot's cap, and the public booking page updates straight away.

Can visitors pay for entry when they book?

The app records bookings and any entry fee. Taking card payments online needs a payment provider account you connect yourself; fruit can still be paid for at the weighing station.

Can I sell pumpkin festival tickets?

Yes. Build ticketed events with arrival windows, add-ons like hayrides, and a cap per window based on parking.

Can staff update the picking status from a phone?

Yes. The staff page works in a phone browser. On Pro you can also turn the app into Android and iPhone apps that open your published app.

Is it free to try?

Yes. Free needs no credit card and includes daily credits to build and publish. Pro is $25/month for a custom domain.

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