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This page provides a detailed list of the the Mobile, Alabama area's pick-your-own (PYO, U-pick, pick-it-yourself) farms. We also have our own free and
simple, step-by-step,
illustrated
instructions on canning, freezing and drying many fruits and
vegetables, such as how to make jam,
apple
butter, applesauce,
spaghetti
sauce, salsa,
pickles,
ketchup or
freezing
corn . If
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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".
Remember to ALWAYS either email, call or click the link to
the farm's own website (if they have one) on the morning before you go,
to confirm hours, conditions and availability of the specific crops you want!
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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!
Baldwin County
- Bee Natural Farm -
Organically-grown
blueberries
9711 Twin Beech Road,
(Hwy 44E),
Fairhope, AL 36532.
Phone: 251-928-4311
East of Fairhope High,
School on Co Rd 44. Open:
June.
Self-service during daylight hours.
- F. E. Little - Mayhaws, blackberries, figs, beets, table tomatoes, white & red potatoes
20750 Miflin Road, Foley, AL 36535. Phone: 251-943-2548. ¾ mile east of 59S on
Baldwin Co 20
May 1-May 14 -Mayhaws, June -Blackberries
- Heil Farm -
Snap & butter beans,
sweet corn, tomatoes,
cucumbers,
peppers, peas,
squash, broccoli,
cabbage, turnips
14111 Co Rd 87, Elberta, AL 36530.
Phone: 251-986-8502.
1 mile east of Elberta,
then one mile north of
U.S. 98 on Co Rd 87. Open:
Spring -- May 5 -
July 15, 7 am to 7 pm.
Fall - October 25 -
Feb. 1, 8 am to 5 pm.
Closed Sunday
- Hillcrest Farm - Blueberries, pears, apples, grapes, scuppernong,
muscadines, persimmons, figs.
30497 Hixson Road, Elberta, AL 36530. Phone: 251-962-2500. East of
Foley and Alberta on US98 to mile marker 76. Turn north on Hillcrest
Dr. Open: June - Sept, Daily, 6 am till dark.
- Lyrene's Flower Farm - Blueberries
11689 Hwy 104, Fairhope, AL 36532. Phone: 251-928-0925. 4 mile East of Hwy 98
on Hwy 104. Open: June 1 to July 15, Monday to Saturday, 7 am to 12 noon.
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Maizing Family Fun Farm - beans, broad beans, broccoli, carrots,
cucumbers, onions, Honey from hives on the farm, gift shop, face painting,
farm animals, birthday parties
27695 Woerner Road, Elberta, AL 36530.
Phone: 251-747-1368. Alternate Phone: 251-747-4721. Fax: 251-962-3775.
Email:
Info@ElbertaCornmaze.com. Open: Friday - Sunday 10am to 6pm Monday -
Thursday by appointment only for private/school/church groups. Directions:
US Highway 98 to County Road 95 North. 2 Miles to Woerner Road, make left
1/4 mile on Right. Follow signs.
Click here for a map and directions. Corn Maze open from September 19,
2009 to November 7, 2009. Payment: Cash, only. (ADDED: August 02, 2009)
- Navonod Farms - blueberries, Christmas
trees-you choose and you cut
Kings Landing Road, Seminole, AL 36574. Phone: 850-436-8989. Alternate
phone: 850-687-9968. Email:
christianwagley@earthlink.net.
Directions: West on Hwy 90 or 9 Mile Rd from FL to Seminole, just across the
AL line. Left on Co. Road 91, Three Rivers Road, for 3 miles to right on Kings
Landing Road to first gate on right. And for a map to our farm,
click here. Crops are usually available in June, July, December. Open:
Wednesdays, 4 pm to dusk, and Saturdays, 7 am to 11 am , June and July; call or e-mail
first to be sure. 100%
Naturally Grown Blueberries: June and July Leland Cypress Trees from 8' to
20': December We follow organic methods, but are not yet certified. Payment:
Cash, only. Abundance of mature blueberry bushes with six different
varieties for an extended picking season and variety of taste and textures.
(UPDATED: June 29, 2009)
- Alan Norden - Grapes, red & white, muscadines
16370 4th Ave, Silverhill, AL 36576. Phone: (251) 945-5232.
Email:
beekeeper@gulftel.com. Directions: Hwy
59 to Hwy 104 to East Blvd. First
farm on right. Open: September -Oct.
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Perdido Vineyards
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Pick your own grapes
22100 Co. Road 47 & I-65 (Exit 45), Perdido, Baldwin County,
AL, 36562. Phone: 251-937-WINE (9463), email
jimeddins@netlinc.net Alabama's 1st farm winery. Free wine tasting. Wine sales. Pick
own grapes every day from August 15 to October 1. Gift shop. Note: their website
may be down. If so,
try this
link.
- Permanently closed: Sirmon's Farms, Inc. -
strawberries
25359 Highway 54 East Daphne, Alabama, 36526. Phone:
251-621-1532.
- WAB Farm - UPDATE April 19, 2008, from a visitor: "Though the
farm is still operating, the person I spoke with on the phone told me that
they no longer allow people to pick the crops. They sell the produce at
local farm markets. Thanks for a great website! I used it in Georgia, and
now use it in Alabama (and soon Maryland!). Thanks!"
Thornless blackberries,
blueberries,
cut
flowers
20151 Co Rd 33,
Fairhope, AL 36532.
Phone: 251-928-9809.
From Greeno Rd (US 98) turn East on Fairhope Ave (Co Rd 48). Go 3.5 miles to
Co Rd 33. Turn right, third driveway. Open:
Mid May through June
(for berries).
Hours vary.
- Zimlich Ideal Farms - vegetables (call to find out
which are PYO), farm market, farm fresh eggs
21790 Ranchette Road,
Robertsdale, AL 36567. Phone: 251-947-8819. Email:
waynezimlich@gulftel.com.
Open: Please call ahead to set a time and day to visit. Directions:
From Robertsdale, take US 90 East 8 miles to County Road 87. Turn South on
CR 87 and travel about 1.2 miles to Heidelburg Road. Turn West onto
Heidelburg Road and go 1.4 miles to Ranchette Road (unpaved road). Follow
Ranchette Road to fence and turn Right and follow gravel drive way to gate
at flagpole start of Zimlich Home.Typical crops are tomatoes, squash, sweet
corn, eggplant, cucumbers, beans, okra, radishes, peppers blueberries, eggs.
(ADDED: September 14, 2009, from web)
Marengo County
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Autry Vineyards
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Muscadines
17570 AL Hwy 10,
Vineland, AL 36784. Phone: (334) 385-2503.
Intersection Hwy 25
& 10. Approx. 16 mile South of Thomaston;
6 mile West of Pine
Hill; 8 mile east of
Dixon's Mills (US
Hwy 43); 5 mile North
of Sunny South (AL
Hwy 5) Leaving intersect
(25&10) Toward
Pine Hill on AL Hwy
10 Look for 1st
Mailbox on left.
Open:
September 1-October 15, 7 days a week,
8 am to sundown. Totally organic
No pesticides, herbicides
or commercial
fertilizing.
Buckets supplied.
Weighed & sold by
lb.
Mobile County
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Bettys Berry Farm -
Blueberries
3887 Driskell Loop Road,
Wilmer, AL 36587.
Phone: 251-649-1711.
Email:
bettysberryfarm@aol.com. Directions: Hwy 98 West to
Wilmer, AL. Turn left
on Wilmer Road, to 1st
paved road on right (4mi) to Howell's
Ferry, turn right , go
1 mile & take 1st left
onto Driskell Loop Road. Farm is on corner-
Driveway is from
Driskell Loop.
Open:
7 days a week,
Self serve
6 am to 10 pm from May 15 to July 15. Prices in 2007 were $1.25 per lb. There
is a $5.00 minimum charge for customers over 6 years of age. This includes
all you can eat while in the field. See the website for more information.
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Blue Moon Farm - blueberries, flowers,
13620 Tom Gaston Road,
Mobile, AL 36695. Phone: 2518650252. Email:
pdk625@gmail.com. Open: Fridays and Saturdays during June from 8am to
6pm. Directions: From Airport Blvd go west past Snow Road to Newman Road
Turn left and go south on Newman Road 3.6 miles to Tom Gaston Road Turn
right and go west 1 mile to Blue Moon Farm on right. Look for field of
sunflowers. Turn into 1st driveway.
Click here for a map and directions. Organic Blueberry U-Pick open
during June; Call 865;0252 for blueberry U-pick dates in May and July.
Payment: Cash, Check. U-Pick Sunflowers and Zinnias. (ADDED: September 12,
2009)
- Chickasabogue Vineyard - muscadine grapes,
Old Gulfcrest Road (No street address), Citronelle, AL 36522. Phone:
251-866-5600. Open: Tuesday through Friday, 8:00 to 1:00; Saturday, 8:08 am
to 6:00; Sunday, 1:00 to 6:00; Closed Mondays; Open 8:08 am to 6:00 on Labor
Day. Directions: We are happy to give detailed directions over the phone.
Please note that we are located on a county dirt road and do not have a
street address at the field, so internet mapping services like Google and
most navigation systems will not give you accurate directions.
Click here for a map and directions. We usually open during the second
or third week of August; The date changes every year; If you plan to visit
in August, please call us to confirm we're open; The season usually ends
near the end of September; Please call if you plan to come after the second
week of September. Payment: Cash, Check. We are a true family business
started in 1980. We have more than eleven acres of gold and purple
muscadines, including Summit, the popular large gold variety. In addition to
pick-your-own, we offer ready-picked. We also have several acres of organic
blueberries that we sell wholesale to local markets and health food stores
in Mobile and Baldwin counties. (UPDATED: August 03, 2009)
Monroe County
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Hickory Hollow
Vineyard -
Muscadines
11 varieties
471 Vineyard Lane, Frisco City, AL 36445.
Phone: 251-862-2701.
Directions: 8 mile south of Frisco
City, traveling south of
Hwy 21; signs direct
you into Goodway, AL & signs bring you to vineyard. Located 3 mile off Hwy
21. Open: Aug15-September 30, 7 days a week 8 am to 7 pm. (UPDATED: August
10, 2008)
Sumter County
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Milfred Lee Unruh
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Peas, green
beans, tomatoes,
watermelons,
okra, cantaloupes
5875 Panola Pkwy 34,
Aliceville, AL 35442. Phone: (205) 455-2839.
Directions: Hwy 34. Turn left
from Hwy 85 (from
Livingston). Third
house on right
Open:
June 1-Sept,
Monday to Saturday,
7 am to 7 pm
Farmers Markets and Roadside Stands - No PYO at these:
- B.J. Farms - already picked
Strawberries
27618 Hwy 98 East, Elberta, AL 36530.
Phone: 251-986-5391.
Hwy 98 East. Look
for big red strawberry
sign. Open:
Seasonal,
Daily
8 am to 4 pm,
Sunday 10am-4pm. (UPDATED: March 31, 2009)
Crop Availability
Near
Birmingham
, strawberries are usually ready for picking
in mid-April.
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