This month's notes: May 2024: Stored US apples are still  available.  See your state's crop availability calendar for more specific dates of upcoming crops.

Valentine's Day - February 14 - See this website for Valentines Day history, facts and top picks for fast, easy, inexpensive gifts for the man, woman or children in your life!

Easter will be April 16, 2017 - if you want to take your children to a free Easter egg hunt - see our companion website to find a local Easter Egg hunt!

And we have home canning, preserving, drying and freezing directions. You can access recipes and other resources from the drop down menus at the top of the page or the site search. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to write me! Also make your own ice cream; see How to make ice cream and ice cream making equipment and manuals. Have fun, eat healthier and better tasting, and save money by picking your own locally grown fruit and vegetables, and then using our easy  directions

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Suggest or Recommend a Farm to be Added PickYourOwnFarms.org.uk!

There are always farms I just haven't heard about . I've tried to make the form as easy and brief as possible!  If you know of a farm, orchard or farm market that you think should be added to www.PickYourOwnFarms.org.uk (or the related websites), please tell me what you know about it here!  Click here to suggest a festival or event, instead of a farm.

If you are the farm's owner, employee or you have very detailed information about the farm, DO NOT use this form - this is for visitors and customers.  Farmers, please use our detailed Add-My-Farm submission page (click here: Add My Farm).

 Otherwise, just tell me what you know about the farm here, and I'll try to find them! Anything you can tell me is helpful!

YOUR Name:       YOUR email address:   
 
FARM'S name Farm's phone:
example: 404-354-8756
Farm's street address Farm's city or town

 

County:      
Post code Farm's website address


(If they have a website!)

Country: Farm's email address


(email, not the website)

What type of farm, orchard, ranch or market is it? Check all that apply!

Pick-your-own (U-pick) vegetables, fruits, nuts, flowers and other crops
Farm market, farm stand, farmer's market, roadside stand, direct farm or garden sales, etc., as long some produce is local 
Halloween and/or related Autumn events (such as corn mazes, pumpkin patches, Halloween farm events ) 
Christmas tree farms & lots, (all types: pre-cut, choose-and-cut, etc.) and Christmas tree lots  
Meats - Ranches/farms raising on-site and selling: beef, pork, turkey, chicken, bison, other meats, etc.,
Honey, honeybees and apiaries
Maple syrup orchards
Farm dairies - dairies with any direct consumer sales of dairy products or farm tours
Farm Bed and Breakfasts - Bed and breakfasts at /on a farm
Farm venues for Events: birthday parties, weddings, business meetings, retreats, dude ranches, etc.
Horses: Horseback riding, stables, carriage rides, sleigh rides, anything related to horses
Wholesale food producers (whether you have one crop or many to sell wholesale and both local sales and/or able to ship) 
Community food events (those not held on a farm; such as community food festivals) 
Farm equipment, resources, information, services and/or products
Other farm-related activities and products not listed above
PYO's ONLY: What fruit, vegetables, flowers, Christmas trees, etc. do they have for customers to PICK (not already harvested, or just in a farm stand)?
Open hours: Can you tell us what months, days or hours are they open?
Description: Can you tell us any other useful details; like do they have restrooms or picnic area? Are they raising the crops organically? Do they take credit cards?  How about other activities, like a corn maze, hay maze, petting zoo, festivals, workshops, tours, etc.?
Feedback: How did you like the farm, orchard, or market?
IMPORTANT:
Type any number in this next box (this is necessary to stop spam programs):
And enter 1 to 5 letters, any letters A to Z here:
(Note: if you do not type in a number, or type anything else in this box, your email will NOT be delivered). Spam programs cannot follow these instructions, only humans can.

The form above adds recommended farms and markets to the following websites:

www.PickYourOwn.org -  www.LocalFarmMarkets.org -  www.PumpkinPatchesAndMore.org -  www.PickYourOwnChristmasTree.org - www.RanchFreshMeats.org - www.LocalHoneyFinder.org - www.MapleSyrupFarms.org - www.FarmDairies.org - www.FarmBedAndBreakfasts.org - www.FarmsForYourEvent.org - www.HorseRidesAndMore.org - www.WholesaleFoodSources.org - www.FoodAndDrinkFestivals.com - www.ResourcesForFarmers.org )

(Many of these websites are presently being developed, so your suggestions and recommended farms are appreciated!)

Ball home canning kit water bath canner
See here for related tools, equipment, supplies on Amazon See here for related tools, equipment, supplies on Amazon Pressure Canners for all stovetops

Home Canning Kits

This is the same type of standard canner that my grandmother used to make everything from applesauce to jams and jellies to tomato and spaghetti sauce. This complete kit includes everything you need and lasts for years: the canner, jar rack, Jar grabber tongs, lid lifting wand, a plastic funnel, labels, bubble freer, and the bible of canning, the Ball Blue Book. It's much cheaper than buying the items separately. You will never need anything else except jars & lids (and the jars are reusable)! There is also a simple kit with just the canner and rack, and a Pressure Canner, if you want to do vegetables (other than tomatoes). To see more canners, of different styles, makes and prices, click here!