An 80-year family farm offering a CSA-style Harvest Subscription and group reservations, with a stated August 29 season opener, though it's uncertain whether the farm's own text actually spelled out '2026' or whether that year was inferred from context.
McLeod Orchards is located in Milford, in Hillsborough County’s Monadnock Region of New Hampshire, and describes itself as a family farm operating for more than 80 years. The season opener is Paula Red, the earliest common apple variety grown in the region — a detail consistent with early-season openers named at other New England orchards in this research, including Berlin Orchards and Alyson’s Orchard, both of which also lead with Paula Red or similarly early apples. Beyond apple sales, the farm offers a farm stand, a CSA-style “Harvest Subscription,” and group reservations for organized visits.
This record includes an unusually careful piece of self-documented uncertainty: the season-opening date of Saturday, August 29th was described in a fetch summary as applying to the “2026 Season,” but it’s not certain whether the farm’s own page text actually spelled out the digits “2026” or whether that year was inferred by the summarization process from surrounding context. That’s a more cautious flag than most other date-related uncertainties in this research, where the ambiguity is usually just “the date was given but the year wasn’t stated.” Here, there’s added uncertainty about whether even the “2026 Season” framing itself was verbatim from the source. Treat the August 29 date as a reasonable planning estimate rather than a fully confirmed fact.
The “Harvest Subscription” CSA-style offering is a distinctive feature not seen at most other orchards in this research — it suggests McLeod Orchards has built a recurring-customer relationship model similar in spirit to a vegetable CSA, but applied to apple harvest access. Combined with group reservations for organized visits, this points to a farm that accommodates both individual drop-in pickers and larger planned group outings, a dual approach worth knowing about for anyone organizing a school or community group trip.
Unlike nearly every other orchard in this research, which lists at minimum a phone number even when other details are sparse, McLeod Orchards’ record has no phone number or street address at all. The farm instead leans on Instagram and Facebook (@McLeodOrchards) for both contact and day-to-day details — a pattern also seen at Currier Orchards nearby in Merrimack. For a visitor who prefers calling ahead to confirm picking status, that option doesn’t appear to exist here based on what was found; social media is the practical fallback.
No apple variety list beyond the single opening variety (Paula Red) is available, no PYO pricing is confirmed, and — as detailed above — even the season-opening date carries more uncertainty than most other records in this research due to how it was captured.
McLeod Orchards brings 80 years of family operation and a distinctive CSA-style Harvest Subscription to the Monadnock Region, with Paula Red confirmed as the season’s opening apple. Because there’s no confirmed phone number and some genuine uncertainty around the exact 2026 opening date, checking the farm’s Instagram or Facebook (@McLeodOrchards) directly before a visit is the most reliable next step.
Around the farm's stated season opener, Saturday, August 29 — the earliest common Paula Red apples typically lead a New England season, consistent with the record's timing — though the year itself carries some uncertainty in how it was captured.
you need a confirmed phone number or address in advance — neither was found on the page fetched, only social media contacts.
The farm describes itself as a family farm for over 80 years, per the record.
Paula Red — the earliest common variety in the region — per the season-opener statement captured.
Yes — the record describes a CSA-style 'Harvest Subscription' offered by the farm.
Yes — group reservations for organized visits are confirmed in the record.
No phone number or address was found on the page fetched — the site leans on Instagram and Facebook (@McLeodOrchards) for contact and day-to-day details.
Opens August 29, 2026 (closing date not published).
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes — it's a pick-your-own orchard, with pre-picked apples at the farm stand too.
Paula Red — note that what's actually ready to pick changes week to week through the season.
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mcleodorchards.com
Checked September 2026.