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 This month's notes: July 2008: Blueberries are here all parts of the U.S. Strawberries are declining or gone, except the far north. Peaches are coming! Don't miss them! Blackberries are fading in the South and going strong in the north. Find a blueberry festival or peach festival near you! Organic farms are still not common, but any that are, have the word ORGANIC by their name! Check out my easy canning instructions / recipes, canning equipment guide or How to make ice cream and ice cream making equipment and manuals
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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!

Anderson County

  • Blueberry Hill Farm - u-pick blueberries
    101 Reservoir Rd, Norris, TN, 37828. Phone: 865-494-7903 . Email us at: info@tnblueberries.com. Directions: From Knoxville (and other points south): Take I-75 N; Take exit 122 TN-61 toward Clinton/Norris; Turn right onto TN-61 E; Turn left (at traffic light) onto E Norris Rd; Turn right onto Dairypond Rd; After about 1 mile, Dairypond Rd dead ends into Reservoir Rd; Turn left onto Reservoir Rd [note: turn left not right as Google indicates]; Turn onto 2nd driveway on right (101); Stop at barn for information. - Use our map or Google Maps  Open dawn to dusk 7 days a week; blueberries are generally available from June through early September. Payment: cash-only honor system. (ADDED: June 10, 2008)
  • Hembree Muscadine Farm - blackberries, other berries
    1984 Old Lake City Hwy, Clinton, TN 37716. Phone: 8654575841. Email us at: hembree5841@comcast.net. Directions: call Open: Friday-Sunday 9am to 7pm Payment: Cash, only.

Bledsoe County

Blount County

  • Falls Blueberry Farm - blueberries
    Phone: 865-982-3457. Directions: Call for directions.
  • Rutherford's Strawberries - strawberries
    3337 Mint Road, Maryville, TN 37803. Phone: (865) 982-5891. Directions: Call for directions.

Bradley County

  • Chatata Farms - Strawberries
    1759 Chatata Valley Road, NE, Charleston, TN   37310. Phone: (423) 336-3322. Email: dwightburke@aol.com. Directions: Highway 11N turn east onto Tasso Road. Go through Tasso. Cross RR Tracks to 4-way stop. Go straight across on Tasso Lane till dead end. Turn left. 1st house on left.
    Also ready picked Cantaloupes, Corn, Cucumbers, Squash.

Campbell County

  • Hidden Valley - blueberries, boysenberries, We follow organic methods, but are not yet certified
    896 Red Cut Road, Pioneer, TN 37847. Phone: 423 784 6086. Email: alittlesonshine@msn.com. Directions: north from Knoxville on 75 to exit 141.Go approx. 5miles bearing right at pioneer post office, travel down Mountain Road into Valley turning right on Red Cut Road which is across from Bridges cabinet shop. Proceed two miles and turn under the railroad bridge, then turn to right up long driveway. Heading south from Kentucky, exit at 160 (Jellico) and go through town on 297. Continue for twelve miles and turn left on Red Cut Road at Bridges cabinet shop. Open: 8am to dark, Sunday thru Friday,  from June 10 thru September 10. Payment: Cash, Check.

Cocke County

  • Smokey Mountain Honey Farm - Other fruit or veg, Honey from hives on the farm
    341 Old 15th Road, Del Rio, TN 37727. Phone: 423-487-2804. Email: Tony37727@yahoo.com. Directions: Follow Hwy.25/70 east from Newport,TN Turn right onto hwy.107 at Del Rio Post Office. Cross the river bridge, rail road track, and go about 1 1/2 to 2 miles. Turn right onto Old 15th Road, Follow Old 15th Road 1.2 miles. Honey farm on left. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in All year. Open: Daily 8:00 am to 8:00 p.m (Self-service table in warm weather months) Supply of honey available year round. Payment: Cash, Check.

Fentress County

Grainger County

  • Powder Springs Berry Farm - UPDATE May 05, 2008, from a visitor: "Permanently closed - the owners have opted not to do strawberries this year, due to their age."
    Blackberries, Strawberries.
    Route 2, Box 186, Powder Springs, TN 37848. Phone: (865) 497-3334. Directions: Located between Washburn and Luttrell on Hwy 131. From Knoxville take I-40 West to Rutledge Pike exit. Take Rutledge Pike to Joppa Mountain Road Left on Joppa Mountain Road to 131. Go left on 131. We are approximately 2 miles on the right. Also, you can take Tazewell Pike past Gibbs High School to Luttrell, go left on 131/61, go east on 131. Go approximately 7 miles past Luttrell. We are on Hwy 131 on the left.

Greene County

  • Buckboard Farm - blueberries, picnic area
    8260 Asheville Hwy , Greeneville, TN 37743. Phone: 423-620-2573. Email: martinmills@buckboardfarm.com. Directions: 12 miles South of Greeneville On State Road 70 (Asheville Hwy). And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in June, July, August, September, October. Open: Call first. Payment: Cash, Check.
  • Middle Creek Blueberry Farm - follows organic methods, blackberries, blueberries, other berries, raspberries, and prepicked produce, gift shop, picnic area
    595 Middle Creek Road. Just outside Greeneville, TN, Afton, TN 37616. Phone: 423-636-2624. Email us at: adam@stonepile.org. Directions: >From Greeneville - Hwy 11E east to Erwin Hwy Turn Right (Ryan's/WaffleHouse intersection) Through Tusculum to 107 Turn Right (or take 107 from 11E toward Chuckey ) Cross the River then turn right on 351 South (107 cutoff) Left after Hermon Methodist on Middle Creek, We're just up on the left. Click here for a map to our farm. Crops are usually available in June, July, August, September, October. Open: Everyday Daylight hours, June til Frost. We sell Ready-Picked all-natural strawberries starting May, just call and order. Blueberry season begins 2nd week of June and lasts til frost or sell out. Blackberries and Raspberries in July. We have some Peaches, Plums, Cherries, Grapes, Kiwis, Pecans and Apples coming along, maybe next year. We follow organic methods, but are not yet certified. Payment: Cash, Check.  We provide buckets to pick in and cardboard flats to carry them home.

Hawkins County

  • Bill Davidson Farm - strawberries
    933 Carters Valley Road, Rogersville, TN 37857. Phone: (423) 345-2704
  • Couch Farms - Cantaloupes, Strawberries, Tomatoes
    604 Stanley Valley Road, Rogersville, TN, 37857. Phone: (423) 272-6750. Directions: Located on Highway 11 W Rogersville. We are 70 miles north of Knoxville and 30 miles south of Kingsport, TN. From Rogersville go 3 miles north on 11 W. Turn left on to Stanley Valley Road. Go a little over 1 mile. There are five greenhouses and one family farm market on the right side of the road. Come and visit us--you will be welcome.

Hamilton County

  • Berryhills Farm - blueberries, restrooms, picnic area
    1505 Blythe Ferry Lane, Route 1, Birchwood, TN 37308. Phone: 423-339-2789. Email: contact@berryhillsfarm.com. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in June, July, August. Open: Any day of the week with Reservations; between 8am to 8pm. Blueberries: Middle of June to the end of August. Payment: Cash, only. (ADDED: May 07, 2008) (UPDATED: June 07, 2008)
  • Hughes Farms - watermelons, corn, pumpkins, tomatoes, bell peppers, okra, squash, and pole beans
     Jones Gap Road, Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379. Phone: 423-332-2436, You can come and pick your own. In the the Fall we do a pumpkin farm ( Maw's Pumpkin Patch). Its a lot of fun. We have a hay rides, face painting, a nature trail, picnic area, and they get to go to the pumpkin patch and pick their pumpkin. Email: mawspumkinpatch@wmconnect.net  . From Chattanooga take north 27 to ward Soddy-Daisy, road will fork take left HWY 111 toward Dunlap, turn left on Jones Gap road. It is on the left.

Hancock County

  • Hoot Owl Hollow  - Organic Blueberries
    Phone: 865-712-7879. Call for directions; tell them you saw it on Pick-Your-Own dot org! Weekends only.

Johnson County

  • Wintergreen Farm - Christmas tree
    P.O. Box 207, Laurel Bloomery, TN - a choose and cut Christmas tree farm in Johnson County, TN. Also make wreathes, dried flowers, and have white pine roping available. We grow Fraser Fir, Canaan Fir, and White Pine. We have beautiful panoramic views of NC, TN, & VA as well. You pick the perfect tree; we cut, bale, and load it on your car for free! Open 7 days a week starting Thanksgiving Day, from 10 AM til' dark. Directions: From Mountain City, TN...take hwy. 91 north approx. 7.5 miles and turn right on Ackerson Creek Road. Follow 1.2 miles and turn left on Waddell Road. Then it's the first gravel road up to the left. Look for our signs! Or, from Damascus, VA....follow hwy 91 south 7.5 miles and turn left on Ackerson Creek Rd....1.2 miles then left on Waddell Road and first gravel road up to left. Look for our signs!

Knox County

  • Beau Blue Limonsin - Beauchene's Berry Farm - Blueberries, blackberries
    9020 Blue Grass Road, Knoxville, TN, 37922-5924. Phone: (865) 693-4221. In the summer, they are open in the morning (9-12 ish) and evening (4-7ish) It is run from their home, and is not a huge facility. Cash only. Roy Beauchene is the owner.
  • Black Oak Farms - strawberries
    (David and Janet Cantrell), 7235 Corryton Road, Corryton, TN 37721. Phone: (865) 687-6900. Email: brotherdave01@aol.com. Established in 2002, they also have prepicked strawberries, okra, sweet corn, green beans, cantaloupes, muscadine grapes, watermelons, and honey.
  • James and Nancy Brown - blackberries (MAY NOT BE PICK YOUR OWN _ CALL!!!)
    1923 Houstonia Drive, Fountain City (Knoxville), TN. Phone: 865-687-2446.  Call for directions, hours and availability.
  • Clift Orchard - follows organic methods, blueberries,
    9721 Asheville Hwy, Strawberry Plains, TN 37871. Phone: 865-385-9598. Email: JClift33@hotmail.com. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in July, August. Open: Come by anytime, but call first. We follow organic methods, but are not yet certified. Payment: Cash, only.  (ADDED: July 01, 2008)
  • The Fruit and Berry Patch - strawberries, blackberries, pumpkins
    4407 McCloud Road, Knoxville, TN 37938. Phone: (865) 922-3779. Pick Your Own berries, strawberries, blackberries, and Farm Market Pumpkins.  Call for directions.
  • Peter Piper Blueberry Farm - blueberries - CLOSED / OUT OF BUSINESS
    12800 Union Road, Knoxville, TN 37922.  Phone: (865) 966-5029.

Loudon County

  • Milne Farm - Apples, Blackberries, Grapes, Raspberries
    6656 Morgantown Road, Greenback, TN 37742. Phone: (865) 856-2193. Email: Click here for email. Directions: Click here for directions. Varieties: Grapes (Concord, Niagara and many other varieties) and Apples (Lodi, Hardy Cumberland and Golden Delicious). Open: August 1-September, Saturday's only from 1 pm to 8 pm. Click here for harvest updates. Beginning in 2006: Blackberries, Raspberries & Muscadines. (UPDATED: June 15, 2008)
  • Peachtree Orchard, The - Peaches
    15727 E. Coast Tellico Parkway, Greenback, TN 37742. Phone: (865) 856-2300. Open: 8 am Monday to Saturday. Directions: From Maryville- 14 miles South on 411. Turn right on East Coast Tellico Pkwy. Immediately after crossing into Monroe County. Travel 3 8/10 miles to "The Peach Tree" on the left. Drive up the hill. From Lenoir City: From the junction on 321 and US 11 travel approximately 5 one half miles to Hwy 95S. Turn right, go 3 one half miles to National Campground Road. Turn right and go 1 4/10 miles to East Coast Tellico Pkwy. Turn left and go 2 miles to " The Peach Tree" on the right. Drive up the hill. From Vonore: 411 North across Tellico Lake. Turn left onto East Coast Tellico Pkwy. (first road to left after crossing bridge). Go 3 8/10 miles to "The Peach Tree" on the left. Drive up the hill.

Marion County

  • Cooper Farms - strawberries, and prepicked produce, snacks and refreshment stand
    5680 Francis Springs Road, Whitwell, TN 37397. Phone: 423-942-3526. Email us at: AMY739@aol.com. Directions: From I24 coming west of Chattanooga, get off exit 155 onto Highway 28. Follow Highway 28 for 6.2 miles to West Francis Springs Road. Turn right onto West Francis Springs and travel .9 miles. Turn right onto Popular Grove Road. Travel .4 mile. Turn left onto Francis Springs Road .1 mile. .And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in April, May, June. Open: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; Closed Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday. Strawberries ; April 20 to June 15. Payment: Cash, only. (UPDATED 2008-05-26)

McMinn County

  • Wade and Cecileia Shultz's Blackberries - blackberries (MAY NOT BE PICK YOUR OWN - CALL!!!)
    Athens, TN. Phone: 423-745-4723. Call for directions, hours and availability.

Monroe County

  • Bollenbacher's Blueberries - blueberries
    PO Box 359, Sweetwater, TN 37874. Phone: (423) 337-9562. Directions: From Sweetwater go north on US Hwy 11, then left on Fairlane Road across from Sweetwater Memory Chapel. In .01 mi go right on County Road 278, go .08 mi till large mailbox with 445 on it, left up driveway. Stop at house first.
  • Strawberry Knob Farms - strawberries, restrooms
    3250 New Hwy 68, Madisonville, TN 37354. Phone: 423 836-1133. Email: mark@StrawberryKnobFarms.com. Directions: From I-75, take Exit 60, Sweetwater/Spring City exit. Go east on highway 68, toward Sweetwater/Lost Sea. Go approx 7 miles; when you see the Lost Sea on your left, we are exactly 1/2 mile down highway 68 on the right. Follow the gravel road up past our Barn for parking. Click here for a map and directions. Open: Monday to Saturday 7am to 7pm. "Strawberries: Plan on the 3rd week in April to end of June". Payment: Cash, Check. We have 2 acres of Strawberries for the picking! Season lasts approximately 6 weeks. Don't worry about bringing containers, I will supply the containers for you to pick with.
  • Fioravanti U-Pick - name change,
    see Strawberry Knob, above
  • Halo Notch Muscadine Vineyards - UPDATE December 15, 2006: "Halo Notch will no longer be open to the public and will only sell directly to commercial wineries. Thank you. Mike Frizzell owner/operator"
    140 Harrison Road, Madisonville, TN 37354.

Morgan County

Polk County

Rhea County

Roane County

  • Blue Springs Farm - figs, pears, peaches, and prepicked produce, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, farm animals, school tours, events at your location (call for info)We follow organic methods, but are not yet certified.
    16003 blue springs Road, Philadelphia, TN 37846. Phone: 865-213-4650. Fax: 865-213-4650. Email: mario@mariospeaches.com. Directions: On I-75 get off at the Sweetwater exit 62. If coming from Knoxville make a right at the stop sign on off ramp. If coming from Chattanooga make a left at stop sign on ramp. Go three miles and make a left after Paul's deli. That is Blue Springs Road Go 3.9 miles on Blue Springs Road until you see the address 16003. Make a left into the driveway and you are here. And for a map to our farm, Click here. Click here for picking updates. Crops are usually available in July, August. Open: Please check our web site. Tennessee Peach Pickin Festival Payment: Cash, Check.
  • Honeys Blueberry Farm - blackberries, blueberries, pumpkins, raspberries, pumpkin patch-pick in the field
    4333 Kingston Hwy, Loudon, TN 37774. Phone: 865-717-9596. Email us at: honeysblueberry@wmconnect.com. Directions: Highway 70 between between Lenior City and Kingston. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in June, July, August, October. Open: Call for hours of operation. Payment: Cash, Check. Blackberries are not tame variety. (UPDATED: July 08, 2008)

Sequatchie County

  • Stone Cave -  UPDATE June 29, 2007: The bakery remains open, but the farm has been closed for several years.
    Route 3, Box 349, Dunlap, TN 37327. Phone: (423) 949-4333. 
  • Wheeler's Orchard - Apples, Grapes
    HCR 65, Box 78, Dunlap, TN 37327. Phone: (423) 949-4255 or toll free (877) 478-5029
    Fax: (423) 949-6350. Email: worchard@bledsoe.net  Directions:  From U.S. 127 N in Dunlap, see our sign at Fredonia Road. Follow sign up the mountain approx. 5 miles. See our sign. Take a right. Come on to orchard. Feel free to call if you need additional directions.

Sevier County

  • Belmont Farms - Strawberries - UPDATE May 20, 2006: A visitor writes: "I am sad to have to tell you that Belmont Farms has plowed under all its strawberry fields and says it will not reopen"
    3129 Canupp Drive, Sevierville, TN, 37876. Phone: 865-453-5240. Directions: Take Highway 411 east from Sevierville, turn right on Highway 339, go 6 miles on 339 and follow signs. Call us for more information and strawberry availability.
  • Mountain Mist Farms - blackberries,
    710 Caney Creek Road, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863. Phone: 865-258-3276 or 865-258-FARM. Email: jmshirley@bellsouth.net. Directions: Turn onto Connor Heights Road at the road AFTER traffic light no. 10 in Pigeon Forge (HWY 321) and follow the U Pick Blackberry signs to Mountain Mist Farms. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in June, July, August. Open: Monday to Sunday 8 am to 8 pm, July 1 - Labor Day. Payment: Cash, only. U-Pick thornless blackberries. (UPDATED: July 5, 2008)
    A visitor writes on July 08, 2008: "This farm was fantastic! The blackberries were huge and sweet and the people running the farm were friendly. The only issue is that the directions from the internet were wrong. You do not turn at traffic light 10 in Pigeon Forge, you turn at the road after light 10, Caney Creek Road. Also the farm is not well marked, there are no u-pick signs until you get to the farm. It is about 2 miles out Caney Creek Road. My family and I highly suggest visiting, but call first to make sure you're headed in the right direction. "
    A visitor writes on July 19, 2008: "They have put up many signs and it is easy to find now. The people were great and the crop is wonderful. Berries were big and sweet! Would like to have seen the grass shorter to better spot snakes. Other than that we spent about an hour there and got five pounds of the best berries I have seen this year! "
  • Wilson Orchard - UPDATE November 5, 2007: A visitor reports "We attempted to visit Wilson Orchard this weekend and discovered that it is now closed/out of business, and the phone has been disconnected".
    Apples, Nectarines, Peaches, Pears, Plums.
    950 Grave Delozier Road. Seymour, TN 37865. Phone: (865) 429-3960. Email:     apples52@bellsouth.net  Directions:  Take Chapman Hwy. toward Sevierville through Seymour past the Y Road to the Cross Road sign. Turn right on Sugarloaf Road Go to Grave Delozier Road. We are the first place on the right. Apple signs are located on the road.

Washington County

  • Larry Thompson Farm - 
     236 Charlie Carson Road, Jonesborough, TN. 37659. Phone: (423) 753-4429. Pick Your Own, Farm Market.  Sells all kinds of vegetables and produce, also hay and field corn.  Call for directions.
  • Riverview Farms - Strawberries, Tomatoes
    339 A.J. Willis Road, Jonesborough, TN, 37659. Phone: (423) 753-8055. Fax: (423) 753-9729. Directions: Hwy 81 to Hwy 11-E. Greeneville-Bulls Gap Exit. Right to Hwy 107, go right. End of road turn left onto Hwy 81 S. Turn left Tittle Road. Left on AJ Willis. Go 1/4 miles; Farm is on left.

 

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Farm Markets (No Pick-Your-Own)

McMinn County

  • Ben Roby Farm - peaches,
    Box 725 County Road 279, Niota, TN 37826. Phone: 423-351-7860. Email: adugger8595@yahoo.com. Directions: Take Interstate 75 to highway 68- Go North To County Road 316 turn left To County Road 279 turn right Orchard is half mile on right; only 4.5 mile from Sweetwater exit. Open: Hours and days will vary; Peaches are harvested daily in June and July; Please call for availability. Payment: Cash, only. (ADDED: July 15, 2008)

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