Find a pick your own farm near you! This website provides local listings of pick your own (also called U-pick or PYO) farms in the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and other countries. There are crop calendars for each local area to tell you what is available to pick throughout the year, local weather forecasts and really easy illustrated directions to show you how to make jam, jelly, salsa, pickles, spaghetti sauce, applesauce, apple butter and 150 other recipes with step by step step directions to can, freeze, dry or preserve the harvest.
Our listings come from a variety of sources: consumers writing in to recommend a farm, the farmer's themselves and state agriculture departments. We update and add listings every day. Of course, we're always looking for more to add, so we welcome your recommendations! Customers can recommend a farm here and farmers can add (or update/correct) their own farm's listing by clicking here!
How to find a Pick-Your-Own farm
Whether you call it pick-your-own, PYO or U-pick, it's easy to find one near you! There is a purple "Start here" button (at the top of the left of every page) on the Customer's Menu or on the top right of the header). You then select your local area (country, state/province) and then region/county or local metropolitan area. Just scroll down the page that appears, to see tree farms, lots or events listed by county.
The search engine (see the Search link at the top right of each page) can be helpful, too.
Click on your state on country below to find pick-your-own farms in your area! |
(Other countries are further down this page)
[ Alabama ]
[ Alaska ]
[ Arkansas ]
[ Arizona ]
[ California ]
[ Colorado ]
[ Connecticut ]
[ Delaware ]
[ Florida ]
[ Georgia ]
[ Hawaii ]
[ Idaho ]
[ Illinois ]
[ Indiana ]
[ Iowa ]
[ Kansas ]
[ Kentucky ]
[ Louisiana ]
[ Maine ]
[ Maryland ]
[ Massachusetts ]
[ Michigan ]
[ Minnesota ]
[ Mississippi ]
[ Missouri ] [Montana]
[Nebraska] [ New Hampshire ]
[ New Jersey ]
[ New Mexico ]
[ New York ]
[ North Carolina ]
[ North Dakota ]
[ Nevada ]
[ Ohio ]
[ Oklahoma ]
[ Oregon ]
[ Pennsylvania ]
[ Rhode Island ]
[ South Carolina ]
[ South Dakota ]
[ Tennessee ] [ Texas ]
[ Utah ]
[ Vermont ]
[ Virginia ]
[ Washington state ]
[ West Virginia ]
[ Wisconsin ]
[ Wyoming ]
PYO Farms Outside the U.S.
[ Australia ] [ Canada ] [Italy] [Japan] [ South Africa ] [ New Zealand ] [ United Kingdom ] [ Adding a Farm outside of North America ] Looking for pick your own farms in other countries? Living in another country, such as France, Italy (Italia), Germany (Deutschland), Nederlands, or Sweden? Help me compile a list for your country - just write me!
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]
Illustrated Canning, Freezing, Jam Instructions and Recipes
[ All About Home Canning, Freezing and Making Jams, Pickles, Sauces, etc. ] [FAQs - Answers to common questions and problems] [Recommended books about home canning, jam making, drying and preserving!] [Free canning publications to download and print]
Easy Preserving Directions - How to...
- General know how and fruit/vegetable picking tips
- Why you should use a canner and how to choose one.
- Summary of approved home food preserving methods
- Canning methods that are considered to be unsafe: steam, microwave, dishwasher, oven, or just sealing the jars without further processing?
- If you are new to home canning - see these do's, don'ts and tips
- Frequently asked questions about canning
- Frequently asked questions about freezing
- Jams and jellies
- Canning - anything that can be safely canned at home!
- Juices: Canning fruit and vegetable juices
- Freezing directions
- Pie fillings
- Sauces, Salsas, Syrups, Fruit Butters and Chutneys
- Soups - canning vegetable and meat soups at home (see this page for tomato soup)
- Preserving Venison
- Pickling - more than just cucumbers
- Drying / food dehydrating
- Ice cream, gelato and sorbets
- Other recipes - roasted peppers, basil pesto, pies, cakes and much more
- Using honey in place of sugar
- Equipment and supplies
- USDA Food Grades - Ever wonder what was "Grade A"? And why you don't see grade B? How to select different foods, including fresh, frozen and canned? Wonder no more with this one-page guide!
- Food safety - what is botulism?
- NEW! Table of the pH and/or acidity of common fruits, vegetables, grains, breads and common food products
- NEW! This page provide basic facts regarding food poisoning and pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins related to home food preservation (canning, bottling, drying, jams, salsas, pickling, sauces, etc.). Look up any pathogen (botulism, salmonella, Staph, etc.) and find out what it does and how to prevent it.
- NEW! Label Templates! Click here for labels your can download, edit and customize in Microsoft Word and print on standard Avery label paper for your own jars!
- Want to sell your own jam and home canned goods? Read this first!