Pick Your Own Farms in France

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France U-Pick Farms and Orchards in 2023

Pick-your-own farms in France

These pages list pick your own farms in France.  You may pick the fruit or vegetables yourself. Please use the feedback link if you want to tell your experience (good or bad) with a farm, ask a question, or comment on the website.  I'm always looking for more farms to add, so click on the suggest a farm link if you know of a farm that I haven't listed!  And if you have a farm and want to add it or correct the information, just click on Add My Farm. The regions of metropolitan France changed in 2016.  We are using that newer organization below and on the map. You can find the harvest calendar for Farnce here.

Farms grouped by Name, Capital (previous regions combined, if applicable)

Ces pages regroupent vos propres fermes en France. Vous pouvez choisir les fruits ou les legumes vous-même. S'il vous plaît utiliser le lien de commentaires si vous voulez dire votre experience (bonne ou mauvaise) avec une ferme, poser une question, ou un commentaire sur le site Web. Je suis toujours à la recherche d'autres fermes à ajouter, alors cliquez sur le lien suggerer une ferme si vous connaissez une ferme que je n'ai pas repertoriee! Et si vous avez une ferme et que vous voulez l'ajouter ou corriger les informations, il suffit de cliquer sur Ajouter ma ferme. Les regions metropolitaines changent en 2016. Nous utilisons cette nouvelle organisation ci-dessous et sur la carte.

Grand Est - Strasbourg; (Combined Alsace-Lorraine and Champagne-Ardenne)

Nouvelle-Aquitaine - Bordeaux; (Combined 3 regions Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes)

Auvergne Rhône-Alpes - Lyon; (Combined the Auvergne and the Rhône-Alpes)

Bretagne - Rennes, Brittany

Bourgogne Franche-Comte - Dijon; (Combined Burgundy and the Franche Comte)

Centre Val de Loire - Orleans

• Les jardins de Meslay - Pick your own fruit, vegetables and flowers in season
  37210 Parçay-Meslay, Indre et Loire, France. Phone: +33 2 47 29 05 20. Email: contact@leskardinsdemeslar.fr. Open: 9 AM to 12 PM,from 2 pm to 7 pm. Directions: N 47 degrees 27.841 E 000 degrees 44.423. Les jardins de meslay vous propose des fruit, legumes et legumes à cueillir. Venez en famille pour cueilir vous mêmes les fruits et legumes de saison. Vous trouverez aussi des fleurs à couper pour faire de splendides bouquets. Horaires ouverture: - matin 9h -12h ; après-midi 14h - 19h. (ADDED: March 21, 2017, JBS)

Corse - Ajaccio; (Corsica)

Languedoc-Roussillon Midi-Pyrenees - Toulouse; (Combined Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrenees)

Normandie - Rouen; (Normandy, Combined Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie)

Nord-Pas-de-Calais Picardie - Lille; (Combined Nord-Pas-de-Calais and the Picardie)

Île-de-France - Paris

Pays de la Loire - Nantes

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - Nice

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Typical Harvest Dates in France, by Crop

• Artichokes: April and May
• Beans: August to October
• Beetroot: August to October
• Broad beans: April and May
• Broccoli: September to November and March to May
• Cardoons: September to March
• Carrots: September to November and March to May
• Cucumbers: July to September
• Figs: June and July, then September
• Flowers, Lavender: May to June
• Grapes: July to September
• Herbs: May to September
• Mulberries: May
• Peas: March to May;
• Peppers: July to September
• Plums: June and July, then September
• Strawberries: May
• Tomatoes: July to September

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Other Local Farm Products (Honey, Horses, Milk, Meat, Eggs, Etc.)
(NOT pick-your-own, unless they are also listed above)

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Picking Tips

[General picking tips and a guide to each fruit and vegetable] [How much do I need to pick? (Yields - how much raw makes how much cooked or frozen)] [Selecting the right varieties to pick] [All about apple varieties - which to pick and why!]  [Picking tips for Vegetables] [ Strawberry picking tips] [ Blueberries picking tips]

 

Other Local Farm Products (Honey, Horses, Milk, Meat, Eggs, Etc.)
(NOT pick-your-own, unless they are also listed above)

• Farm markets and roadside stands
• Local Honey Finder
• Local Meat, Milk and Eggs
• Venues: Farms, Wineries, Orchards for your event, wedding or party
• Easter egg hunts
• Children's consignment sales
• Fruit and vegetable festivals
• Winery tours and wine tastings
• Horse rides, stables, lessons, trails
• Maple Syrup farms and sugarworks
• Bed and Breakfasts on Farms, Wineries, Ranches and Orchards
• Pumpkin patches
• Corn mazes
• Zombie Paintball venues
• Christmas Tree Farms and lots
• Environmental resources
• Consumer fraud information
• Wholesale food sources
• Resources for Farmers

 

 

Illustrated Canning, Freezing, Jam Instructions and Recipes

[ Easy Home Canning Directions] [FAQs - Answers to common questions and problems] [Recommended books about home canning, jam making, drying and preserving!] [Free canning publications to download and print]