click here to go to the Ruskin Tomato and Heritage Festival page in US at http://www.jens-market.com
or click here for the PickYourOwn.org home page
Ruskin Tomato and Heritage Festival is usually open year-round. It's ALWAYS advisable to see the Ruskin Tomato and Heritage Festival website, and/or to call or email them before you head out there, as many factors, can affect their availability and open hours. And that can change not only from year to year, but day to day!
Below is a general month by month overview for the northern hemisphere (North America). Be sure to see the US-specific harvest calendar for local dates.
Below is the general info, keep in mind this is very general, this is NOT a list of what Ruskin Tomato and Heritage Festival has this year or ANY year or will have on any day. See the US-specific harvest calendar for typical crop harvest dates in US and see Ruskin Tomato and Heritage Festival website for their current availability. This list below is a general list for many commonly grown crops.
The South will be the earlier end, and the North, the latter:
After you go to Ruskin Tomato and Heritage Festival, you may want to freeze, can, make jams, jellies, sauces, pickles or preserve the fruit or vegetables you get there. See these pages below for detailed, illustrated, step-by-step instructions that make it easy!
Water bath canner with a jar rack
Pressure canners for gas, electric and induction stoves: Presto 23Qt or T-fal 22Qt
Canning scoop (this one is PERFECT)
Ball Blue book (most recent version)