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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!Alger County
- Ostanek's Strawberries - Pick your own strawberries
N1321 State Rd 67, Trenary, MI 49891. Phone: (906) 446-3050.
Baraga County
Chippewa County
- Centennial
Cranberry Farm - tour, harvest video, cranberry
machinery,Cranberries (not U-pick)
30957 W Wildcat Road, Paradise, MI 49768. Phone: 906-942-3314
shouse@jamadots.com. Directions: M-123 to Paradise - 10 mi. N, turn left on Wildcat Road at sign, 2 mi. on left, follow signs. OK, it is not a PYO, but how many cranberry farms have a tour? Cranberry sauce, butter, salsa, grilling sauce, dried & potpourri made from our own cranberries, tour, harvest video, cranberry machinery, photos, gift shop, bus tours by appt, fresh cranberries in Oct, will mail order. Historic farm 128 yrs. old-gift shop located in old post office. Close parking - very short tour walk.
Delta County
- Pellegrini's Strawberry Farm -
strawberries
2702 16.5 Road Escanaba, MI 49829. Phone: 906-786-9084. Open: 8:00 A.m. to 8:00 P.M. (EDST). Our First Picking Will be Wednesday June 29, 2005. Pick Your Own Or Call for Already Picked. Owners Don & Pat Pellegrini. Directions: Located 10 miles West of Escanaba, Michigan. Pick your own for 85 cents a quart. Strawberry season is usually only about 3 weeks long starting the last week in June. Warmer days will mean a shorter season. Colder days will mean a longer season. Pellegrinis Strawberry Farm
Dickinson County
Gogebic County
Houghton County
- A-1 Farms - U-Pick Strawberries
South of M-38 on Hulkonen Road, Nisula, MI. - Crane Berry Farm - U-Pick Strawberries
44416 Paradise Road, Chassell, MI. Phone: (906) 523-4868 - "Fresh
blueberries" in Dollar Bay - Blueberries...and lots of them.
Upper Point Mills Road, in Dollar Bay, MI 49922. There's no phone or email, because it is an honor system pick-your-own at someone's house. A visitor wrote this:
If you follow the highway through Houghton, over the Portage Lift Bridge, and take a right towards Dollar Bay, you turn left on Main St. and follow that until you have to turn left or right...go left (you'll be driving along the lake) and you'll go up a steep hill and around a corner. The farm is right at the top of the hill after you round the corner on the left. If you have trouble finding it, stop at Richies' convenience store (on Main St. in Dollar Bay) and they'll give you directions.
The farm opens for picking usually in late July or early August and runs until the crop dies. It's a fairly small farm located at someone's house, but not many people know of it, so there are always TONS of berries. You pick your own, and then weigh your berries on the scale that is there. You pay like a dollar per pound of berries. You have to bring your own dish to pick with. No one is there to supervise...its a do-it-yourself farm :) You can go at any time you like. The people who own the farm also have chickens and horses to look at. -
Gierke Blueberry Farm - blueberries, restrooms,
37915 Klingville Road, Chassell, MI 49916. Phone: (906) 523-6112Directions: US 41, to North Klingville Road, 1.5 miles on the right, look for our sign. Crops are usually available in August. Open: Daylight Hours, every day of the week. We follow organic methods, but are not yet certified. Payment: Cash, Check. Project Fresh Coupons accepted. - Makinen Farm - U-Pick Raspberries,
follows organic methods
40326 Lower Worham Road, Chassell, MI 49916. Phone: 906-523-9018. Fax: 906-523-0113. . Email: a.c.morrissey@worldnet.att.net. Directions: From US-41 in Chassell, drive west on 5th Street (also known as the Chassell-Painesdale Road) for 1 1/4 miles to the first cross road. Turn left onto Pike River Road and proceed south for about 1 1/2 miles until you reach Lower Worham Road. Turn right and drive to the first driveway on the left side. A sign will be posted at the entrance. The raspberry crop is begins to ripen during the month of July following the local strawberry season. Open: During the berry season, we are open daily 8 am to 12:30, weather permitting. For an additional charge, we also take orders for people who do not wish to pick their own berries. We will supply the berry containers at no additional charge to you. We follow organic methods, but are not certified. Payment: Cash or local checks only. - Norma Forsman Farm - U-Pick Strawberries
51361 Lake Annie Road, US 41 Quincy, MI. Phone: (906) 482-4467. - Henry Ohtonen - U-Pick Strawberries
Klingville Road, Chassell, MI. Phone: (906) 523-4044. - Evelyn & Clifford Palosaari Farm - U-Pick Strawberries
40515 North Entry Road, Chassell, MI. Phone: (906) 523-4947. - Martin Sotala Farm - U-Pick Strawberries
22360 Boston Location Road, Hancock, MI. Phone: (906) 482-3879.
Iron County
Keweenaw County
Luce County
Mackinac County
Marquette County
Menominee County
- Jasper’s Sugar Bush -
maple syrup
1867 W County Road 374 Carney, M I 49812. Phone: 800-646-2753. Email: jasper@dreamscp.com. Directions: From Carney MI, 7 mi. E of Carney on County Road 374. A full variety of delicious pure maple products including: syrup, cream, candy & sugar. We ship anywhere. Always open, best to call first.
Ontonagon County
Schoolcraft County
- Rondeau's Ruff Acres -
strawberries, blueberries and raspberries
Cooks, MI . Phone: 906-644-2777, We pick or u-pick . Piedmontes, beef cattle, (Italian breed, lower in cholesterol), tree seed collector and distributor (Red and White Pine, Jack Pine, Northern Red Oad and Beech Nut seeds). Distributor for Bag a Nut machines, for rent or sale. Directions: In Cooks, 12 miles W of Manistique. Turn on 442, off US-2, 1-1/2 miles on 442 thru village of Cooks. At top of big hill, left on Spielmacher Road, 1/2 mile down on the left side. -
Troyer's Market Garden - Strawberries, raspberries
Manistique, MI. Phone: 906-341-5007. Also maple syrup and potatoes. Open June 12-Aug.
31, Mon.-Saturday, 8 am to 8 p.m. U-pickers call ahead. Rest of the year, Tues. and
Saturday, 8 am to 5:30 p.m.
Directions:
8 miles E of Manistique on County Road 433 at 5428 W.
Pick your own farms in Michigan, Counties Macomb through Ottawa
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".!
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