Where in Michigan to find pick your own farms and orchards for fruit, vegetables, pumpkins and canning & freezing instructions!
This month's notes:
February 2012: Winter is upon us, but don't despair!
Strawberry and citrus picking actually begins in Florida, southern Texas and
southern Californiaa in December. And for the rest of us; there are many
delicious jams, jellies, and marmalades that you can make for yourself or as
gifts, from frozen or fresh fruit. See this page for hundreds of
easy
canning and freezing instructions/recipes,
canning
equipment guide! Also
make your own ice cream - see
How to make ice cream and
ice cream making equipment and manuals.
Then see each
state's
crop availability calendar for more specific dates of upcoming crops.
Organic farms are
identified in green! See our guide to local
fruit and
vegetable festivals!.
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To find pumpkin patches, corn mazes and other
Halloween activities, click here.
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To find choose and cut-your-own Christmas tree farms,
click here.
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The National Cherry Festival - early July.
Traverse City, MI.
Events calendar.
Celebrating 80 years with parades, competitive
events, fun events, children's events, food, arts and crafts, car and
truck show, and air show and new events including a feast of cherries
and local wines and a world record attempt to host the world's largest
cherry pancake breakfast.
This one page provides a listing of every known pick-your-own farm and
orchard in Michigan. From apples, blueberries, strawberries and vegetables
through Christmas trees, they're all here. Whether you call them PYO, U-pick or
pick-it-yourself farms, 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".
Remember to ALWAYS either email, call or click the link to
the farm's own website (if they have one) on the morning before you go,
to confirm hours, conditions and availability of the specific crops you
want!!
And if you want simple instructions how to
make jam, how to make applesauce,
or how to make apple butter, just
click here.
- Blueberry Festival in Otter Lake, Michigan - typically held the
last Saturday in July. Sat July 26 from 8 am to 6 pm.
Blueberry Lane Plantation Farm on Blueberry Lane in Otter Lake, Michigan.
Phone: 810-656-6400 or 810 -793-4590 after July 1, 2005. The days activities
are as follows: FREE PARKING. FREE FAMILY SCAVENGER HUNT ALL DAY--WITH
DRAWING. FOR A PATIO SET AT 5:00 P.M.
* $1.00 HOT DOGS/POLISH DOGS. * $1.00 POP/WATER/SLUSHES. * .25 CENT POPCORN
PER BAG. * FREE POPCORN IF YOU PICK BLUEBERRIES.
.10 CENT KIDS GAMES (VARIOUS) WITH : A CANDY PRIZE. FACE PAINTING. CRAFT
TABLES. FREE PIE EATING CONTESTS. THERE WILL BE PONY RIDES WHICH WILL THERE
WILL BE A CHARGE FOR WE ARE NOT SURE HOW MUCH YET.
Also for every person that picks 50lbs of blueberries--their name will be
placed in a FREE special drawing for another patio set or grill we are not
sure yet. This will also be drawn at 5:00 p.m.
- The Blueberry Festival in Frankfort, Michigan
August (Dates to be announced). Phone: 231-352-9674.
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Fruitland Blueberry Festival, Whitehall, Michigan.
July (Dates to be announced); Staged Entertainment of local talents,
Arts & Crafters, inflatable rides for kids, Blueberry Pancake breakfast and
a variety of foods all day from 9-5. Phone: 231-766-3208.
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Montrose Blueberry Festival in Montrose, Michigan
August (August 118-22, 2004); -Montrose, Michigan. Phone: 810-639-3475.
Email:
montroseblueberryfestival@hotmail.com
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National Blueberry Festival in South Haven, Michigan
Second Weekend of August; South Haven, Michigan. Phone: 616-637-5252 or
637-5171
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Paradise Blueberry Festival in Paradise, MI
August (typically, the third full weekend in August); Phone: 906-492-3219
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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 & lids (and the jars are reusable)!
There is also s simple kit with just the canner and rack, and a pressure
canner, if your want to do vegetables (other than tomatoes). 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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Remember to ALWAYS call the farm or orchard BEFORE you go -
weather, heavy picking and business conditions can always affect their hours and
crops!
PYO Farms in Other Countries: [ Australia ]
[ Canada ] [ South Africa ]
[ New Zealand ] [ United
Kingdom ]
Our other free, informative sites you may like:
EHSO.com - Environmental health and safety information and guidance for the
home
ConsumerFraudReporting.org - Information about identity theft, frauds and
scams; how to report them and how to protect your identity.
FitnessAndHealthScience.org - Practical fitness, health and diet information
that works.
And our other related
websites!
Care to Donate to help me keep
the website going? Donate to me at Benevia here:
Use the
feedback form for questions, comments and
feedback about farms - Use this
form suggest a farm to add to the website?
Or as a
last result (I reply to the forms FIRST),write me at
All images and text Copyright ©
Benivia, LLC 2004 -
2010 All rights reserved.
Disclaimer
and
Privacy Policy
Permission is given to link to any page on
www.pickyourown.org
Looking for
jobs on farms? Farmers:
If you'd like to
advertise or have your own web page(s), click here!
|
Remember to ALWAYS call the farm or orchard BEFORE you go -
weather, heavy picking and business conditions can always affect their hours and
crops!
PYO Farms in Other Countries: [ Australia ]
[ Canada ] [ South Africa ]
[ New Zealand ] [ United
Kingdom ]
Our other free, informative sites you may like:
EHSO.com - Environmental health and safety information and guidance for the
home
ConsumerFraudReporting.org - Information about identity theft, frauds and
scams; how to report them and how to protect your identity.
FitnessAndHealthScience.org - Practical fitness, health and diet information
that works.
And our other related
websites!
Care to Donate to help me keep
the website going? Donate to me at Benevia here:
Use the
feedback form for questions, comments and
feedback about farms - Use this
form suggest a farm to add to the website?
Or as a
last result (I reply to the forms FIRST),write me at
All images and text Copyright ©
Benivia, LLC 2004 -
2010 All rights reserved.
Disclaimer
and
Privacy Policy
Permission is given to link to any page on
www.pickyourown.org
Looking for
jobs on farms? Farmers:
If you'd like to
advertise or have your own web page(s), click here!
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