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coastal Georgia
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This month's notes: May 2008: Spring is here!: strawberries are here in the deep South and are peaking or fading in California, Texas and Florida!  Find a strawberry festival near you! And see mid summer Blueberry festivals here. Organic farms are still not common, but any that are, have the word ORGANIC by their name! Check out my easy canning directions, and canning equipment or How to make ice cream and ice cream making equipment and manuals
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To see the pick-your-own farms and orchards for coastal Georgia areas, click here or scroll down the page

bullet Typical harvest dates in Georgia
bullet Farmer's Markets in Georgia - with reviews
bullet Apple Orchards in Ellijay (NOT pick-your-owns!)
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To find pumpkin patches, corn mazes and other Halloween activities, click here.

bullet To find choose and cut-your-own Christmastree farms, click here.

We also have our own free and simple, step-by-step, illustrated instructions on canning, freezing and drying  many fruits and vegetables, such as  how to make jam, apple butter, applesauce, spaghetti sauce, salsa, pickles, ketchup or freezing corn .   If you are looking for Canners, mixes, jars, pectin and other canning supplies at the best prices anywhere!

I'm always looking for suggestions of more farms and events to add and feedback about any you have visited, so if you encounter any, just click on the preceding link, as appropriate!  And if you have a farm and want to add it or correct the information, please click on the link to "add my farm".


U-Pick Farms and Orchards, sorted by county

Remember: ALWAYS call (or follow the link to the farm's own website, if the name is a blue link) to confirm the information before you go! They may close, run out or change events, times, etc. without notifying me!

Appling County 

  • Louanna Grimes - Strawberries
    190 Joe Smith Road, Baxley, GA 31513. 

  • Mathews Farms -  Strawberries
    3804 County Farm Road, Baxley, GA 31513. Phone 912-367-2363 or Phone: 912-367-6431. We-pick or u-pick!

Bacon County

  • Ramshackle Hollow Farm - blueberries, OTHER fruit or veg
    157 Paper Trace Lane, Nicholls, GA 31554. Phone: 912-632-4816 Click here for a map to our farm. We are open May, June, July. Our hours are: By appointment only. Our farm is CERTIFIED ORGANIC. Ramshackle Hollow Farm specializes in organic blueberries, garlic with grits and corn meal available in limited quantities as well as blueberry jam. Everything we do is certified organic! We expect for you to take advantage of this by sampling plenty of berries as you pick. Because they have never been sprayed, you can enjoy them right off of the bush! We are told by everyone that these are the sweetest berries in the south. So bring your appetite and your buckets! You wont leave with an empty tummy!
  • Events:
    • Georgia Blueberry Festival
      Alma, Bacon County, May 3 & 4.
      For more information contact Leslie Douglas, 912-632-5859

Brantley County 

  • Last Chance Farm - Strawberries
    Kenneth & Wanda Sellers, Route 3 Box 375, Hortense, GA 31543
  • Stevens Farm - Strawberries
    Richard Stevens, Route 1 Box 6AA, Hoboken, GA 31542
    912-458-2726

Bulloch County 

  • Becky's Farm - Strawberries UPDATE: Closed in 2006
    Ben R. NeSmith, 6241 Middleground Road, Statesboro, GA 30461
    912-587-2772
  • Clark Farm & Produce - Strawberries, tomatoes
    400 Clark Farm Road, Twin City, GA 30471. Phone: 912-865-3200. (Mail: P.O. Box 107, Portal, GA 30450). Open: Monday through Saturday, from 9 am to 6:30 pm. Bring your own containers. Tomatoes start in early July.
  • Marshall's Farm - blueberries, grapes,
    23511 U. S. Hwy 80 East, Statesboro, GA 30461. Phone: 912-764-2075. Email: marshallsfarm@frontiernet.net. Directions: From intersection of U.S. Hwy 80 and Veterans Memorial Parkway in Statesboro, go East on U.S. Hwy 80 for 1/2 mile. Enter at Wise Nursery. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in June, July, August, September, October. Open: We are open June, July, August, September. Open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Open Saturday 9am to 3pm. Closed Sunday. Blueberries: June 20-August 5, Muscadine/Scuppernong grapes: July 25-September 30. Payment: Cash, Check. 
  • Poss Farms - blueberries
    Beulah Lane, Brooklet, GA 30415. Phone: 770-956-3761. Email us at: possfarms@itechatlanta.com. Click here for a map to our farm. Crops are usually available in June, July, August. Open: Monday - Saturday Payment: Cash, only.

Camden County 

  • David Strickland - Strawberries - UPDATE June 1, 2007: It appears they are closed.  I received this note from a visitor: "I called the number listed and a very angry woman told me that 'this has been MY number for over a year now!' and CLICK!"
    P.O. Box 187, White Oak, GA 31568
    912-576-5464

Candler County 

  • Berry Good Farms - blackberries, pumpkins, strawberries
    RR 3 Box 215 Excelsior, Metter, GA 30439. Phone: 912-685-9869. Fax: 912-685-6417. Email us at: deloach@gnet.net . Directions: Exit 111 off of I-16, 2 miles to Excelsior, right at 4 way stop, farm is .75 miles on left. Click here for a map to our farm. We are open April, May, June, July, September, October. Our hours are: Tuesday to Saturday, 8 am to 6pm, Sunday, 1 pm to 6pm Farm is available for tours and field trips. We also grow about 600 acres of flue-cured tobacco with 67 curing barns on site. Also on premises is an old Commissary building which has been refurbished. It is excellent to rent for parties, meetings, or receptions. We use it as a Haunted House during Halloween.
  • Carpenter's Farm - Strawberries
    Mark & Karen Carpenter, RR 1 Box 76-A, Metter, GA 30439
    912-685-3812

Chatham County 

  • Ottawa Farms - Strawberries
    H.B. “Pete” Waller, 702 Bloomingdale Road, Bloomingdale, GA 31302.
    Phone: 912-748-3035.
  • Bamboo Farm & Coastal Gardens - Strawberries
    University of Georgia, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, 2 Canebrake Road, Savannah, GA 31419
    912-921-5460

Effingham County 

  • John Martin - Strawberries
    533 Exley Loop, Rincon, GA 31326

  • Hodges Farms - Strawberries
    Eddie Hodges, 8705 Highway 21 North, Newington, GA 30446
    912-754-7257
  • L & R Farms - Strawberries
    Roy Wendelken, 1748 Pleasant Acres Road, Guyton, GA 31312
    912-772-5163

Evans County 

  • Hart Farms, Inc. - Strawberries
    Shelby Hart, 501 Liberty Street, Claxton, GA 30417
    912-654-1912

Liberty County

  • Brewer's Christmas Tree-Blueberry Farm - blueberries, persimmons, Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Christmas trees- you choose and we cut, Christmas wreaths and boughs, Santa appearances, saws provided, trees tied, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, tractor-pulled hay rides, petting zoo
    1067 Robert Hill Road, Midway, GA 31320. Phone: 912-884-5292. Email us from our website. Directions: From Midway traffic light: 2miles west on US 84 Turn left on Lewis Frasier Road, go 2 miles, right on Dave Williams Road, go 0.2 mile, right on Robert Hill Road to end Click here for a map to our farm. Crops are usually available in June, July, September, November, December. Open: Blueberries Mon.-Saturday, 7:00AM-7:00PM Sun. 1:00PM-7:00PM Persimmons Mon. to Saturday, by appointment Christmas Trees Monday to Friday. 12:00PM-Dark Saturday and Sundayday Daylight-Dark Blueberries U-pick June 20 to July 20, Daylight hours $1.00 Per quart, picking buckets provided. Persimmons (Fuyu) Sept-October 50 cents each Christmas Trees Friday after Thanksgiving till Christmas Payment: Cash, Check. 2003 grower of GRAND CHAMPION CHRISTMAS TREE, Georgia State Fair in Perry, Georgia

Screven County 

  • Hodges Farm - Strawberries
    Eddie Hodges, 8705 Highway 21 North, Newington, GA 30446. Phone: 912-754-7257.
  • Jacobs Produce - Strawberries
    Herbert Jacobs, 2695 Scarboro Highway, Rocky Ford, GA 30455. Phone: 912-863-7772.
  • Wade Plantation - blackberries, strawberries, prepicked produce, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms
    752 Oglethorpe Trail Highway 301 North, Sylvania, GA 30467. Phone: 912-829-3391. Fax: 912-829-3599Directions: From Sylvania take Highway 301 North approximately 18 miles. Turn left at the Wade Plantation sign. Immediately begin looking for signs on the left. Follow signs. Crops are usually available in April, May, June, July. Open: Monday thru Saturday 9 am to 6 pm. Sunday 1 pm to 6 pm. Strawberries available April & May. Blackberries available June & July. Payment: Cash, Check.

Tattnall County 

  • Roger Dasher Farms - Strawberries
    Roger Dasher, Route 5 Box 290 Highway 144 East, Glennville, GA 30427. Phone: 912-654-4931
  • Danny Durrence - Strawberries
    Route 1 Box 172A, Glennville, GA 30427.
  • Oliver Farms - peaches, blackberries, cantaloupe, nectarines, sweet corn, watermelons
    Sharpe St, off hwy 23/57 3/4mi south of Riedsville, Riedsville, GA, 30453. Phone: 912-557-3439. Open: 7:30 am to 7:30 pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; CLOSED on Wednesday and Sunday. Blackberries -May-June Nectarines- May-June Peaches Late May,June, July Sweet Corn June-July Watermelons June, July Cantaloupe June, July. Most crops are u-pick but a small quantity is available already picked for customers who are unable to pick.

Toombs County 

  • W.L. Salter, Sr. - Strawberries
    507 Aimwell Road Exit, Lyons, GA 30436. Phone: 912-537-0164

Ware County

  • Kenneth Taft - Tomatoes
    7810 Taft Lane, manor, GA. Phone 912-285-5277.  Open 7 am to 6 pm.  Bring your own containers.  Available in october.
  • The Red Barn (formerly "the Berry Patch") - strawberries and vegetables
    6446 Valdosta Highway, Manor, GA 31550-2409. Phone: 912-283-5060. In April and May: strawberries, greens, potatos, cabbage, yellow squash and zucchinis. Starting sometime in June, also Tomatoes, sweet corn, okra, and several varieties of beans(i.e.limas, greanbeans, fordhooks,etc.).  Be sure to call before you go to check on their hours and availability of crops.

 


Other areas of Georgia:

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'll never need anything else except jars and lids (and the jars are reusable). To see more canners, of different styles, makes and prices, click here!
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Remember to ALWAYS call the farm or orchard BEFORE you go - weather, heavy picking and business conditions can always affect their hours and crops!

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