2024 Omaha and Eastern Nebraska Asparagus U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org

Asparagus U-Pick Orchards in Omaha and Eastern Nebraska in 2024, by county

Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for asparagus that we know of in this area.

Not all areas of a state have asparagus orchards that are open to the public. If you know of any others, please tell us using the add a farm form!

Remember to always check with the farm's own website or Facebook page before you go - or call or email them if they don't have a website or Facebook page. Conditions at the farms and crops can change literally overnight, so if you want to avoid a wasted trip out there - check with the farm directly before you go! If I cannot reach them, I DON'T GO!

PLEASE report closed farms, broken links and incorrect info using the "Report Corrections" form below.

Butler County

• Blue Valley Fruits and Vegetables - asparagus, beans, beets, berries, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, cherries, cucumbers, eggplant, garlic, gourds, grapes, herbs, horseradish, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, melons, mustard, okra, onions, organic apples, ornamental corn, parsnips, peas
  1041 S 3rd, Ulysses, NE 68669. Phone: (402) 549-2172. Directions: Located 14 mile south of Ulysses, on 3rd Street, call for hours. Click here for a map and directions. . Also has a farmers' marketFarm located 1/4 mile south of Ulysses, on 3rd Street, call for hours

Douglas County

• Stratbucker Family Farms - 2023 permanently closed asparagus, beans, cantaloupe, Cole crops, greens, ornamentals, peas, pumpkins, specialties, sweet corn, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, watermelon
  7125 Country Club Road, Omaha, NE 68152. Phone: (402) 572-7125. Email: rstratbucker@cox.net. Open: permanently closed. Directions: From Ft. Calhoun, farm located 2 miles south on Hwy 75; river farm located 2 miles north of Dodge Park on North River Drive, Omaha, Nebraska. . Click here for a map and directions. . UPDATE for 2023, Their website and Facebook page are gone, so I assume they have closed permanently. If you know anything for sure, please write me, their last reported hours were at farms when advertised on the website, visit the web or call for details; Roadside stands located at 28th and Ames, Omaha; Abbot Drive at Locust Street. Over 100 years in the Omaha area, including the Omaha Old Market.

Lancaster County

• Sunwest Farms - asparagus, raspberries (Autumn, red), gift shop, restrooms, picnic area, Bounce house, school tours
  4851 North 84th Street, Lincoln, NE 68507. Phone: 402-464-4633. Email: lincsunwest@aol.com. Open: Asparagus Season End of April to June 10th Monday to Saturday 9 am to 5 pm Sunday 12 pmto 5 pm. Directions: We are located just north of Havelock Avenue on North 84th Street. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, SFMNP Vouchers. We also grow field grown Iris plants & daylilies that we sell from our fields

Richardson County

• Handley's Pumpkin Patch - asparagus, ornamentals, pumpkins, squash
  RR 3, Box 3177, Falls City, NE 68355. Phone: (402) 883-2713. Email: jhandley@sentco.net. Open: Pumpkin and fall crops available in October, weekends from 12 pm to dusk; Hay rack rides to field. Click here for a map and directions. . Also has a roadside stand Asparagus is available in April - May; call for information.

Saunders County

• Country Road Bees - Uses natural growing practices, blackberries, asparagus, cucumbers, onions, hot peppers, sweet peppers, Heirloom tomatoes, paste or Roma tomatoes, tomatoes, sunflowers, Honey from hives on the farm, Fresh eggs, U-pick and already picked, farm market
  2580 County Road Y, Morse Bluff, NE 68648. Phone: (401) 416-0408. Email: balanplantz@gmail.com. Directions: Three miles South of Morse Bluff Nebraska. 34 mile West of highway 79 on County Road Y. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Venmo. . PYO is available Sunday's during respective crop seasons; The patches are small so please contact us via email to confirm availabilityThree miles South of Morse Bluff Nebraska. 3/4 mile West of highway 79 on County Road Y Asparagus Late April - Mid June blackberries Late July - Mid September;. We use natural practices, but are not seeking organic certificationOur focus is to preserve nature's diversity and protect all she has given us. (ADDED: April 01, 2022)

 

Asparagus

Asparagus Picking Tips, Recipes and Information

 Asparagus is one of the first crops to harvest in the early Spring. Asparagus is usually green, but there is a white (blanched) version that has been kept covered until harvested, so no light reaches it, and even a purple version.

Pick your own asparagus

Pick your own asparagus is pretty rare in the U.S., much more common in the U.K. and Europe. U-Pick white asparagus is REALLY hard to find in the U.S. Eckerts in Belleville, Illinois, has it.
To pick asparagus, just look for asparagus spears are about 6 to 10 inches above the soil line, are firm, with tightly closed tips.
Then just cut at the base (ground level) or snap each spear; they usually snap off cleanly at the ground level.

Canning, Freezing and Asparagus recipes

• Freezing asparagus
• Canning Asparagus
• Canning pickled asparagus
• Canning one jar of pickled asparagus
• Oven-roasted Asparagus recipe
• Cheesy garlic roasted asparagus
• White asparagus

Grow your own asparagus (white or green)

The Old farmer's Almanac has a good page about how to grow your own asparagus, white or green.  I've been growing it for years.  It's probably the easiest thing you can grow.  And after you harvest in the spring, you let it grow, and it produces 5 ft tall fern-like leaves that make a nice background hedge at the back of the garden. So don't plant it where it will block the sun from other parts of the garden.  The leaves suck up energy from the sun and store it in the roots to produce next Spring;'s crop.

 

 

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