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The Baltimore area and central Maryland
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This month's notes: July 2008: Blueberries are here all parts of the U.S. Strawberries are declining or gone, except the far north. Peaches are coming! Don't miss them! Blackberries are fading in the South and going strong in the north. Find a blueberry festival or peach festival near you! Organic farms are still not common, but any that are, have the word ORGANIC by their name! Check out my easy canning instructions / recipes, canning equipment guide or How to make ice cream and ice cream making equipment and manuals
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• Maryland Crop availability calendar (When to pick various fruits and vegetables - typical harvest dates)
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U-Pick Farms and Orchards, sorted by county - Baltimore area

Anne Arundel County

• Mount Airy U-Pick - Strawberries
  832 Mount Airy Road, Davidsonville. Phone: 410-798-1862 or 410-798-0838.
• JazzBerry Farm - flowers, raspberries - NOT a PYO!
  2791 Rutland Road, Davidsonville , MD 21035. Phone: 410-956-2105. Email us at: blake@jazzberryfarm.com. Click here for a map to our farm. Crops are usually available in July, August, September, October. Open: Hours vary. Please call ahead or check out the website.  Red Raspberries: Mid/Late July until a hard frost in the Fall. Payment: Cash, Check.

Baltimore County

• Huber's Farm - Strawberries and an array of vegetables, pumpkins and other produce. 
  12208 Old Philadelphia Road, Bradshaw, Maryland. 
  Phone: 410-679-4018 or Phone: 410-679-1941.  Directions. Picking schedule.
• Mingodale Farm - blackberries, raspberries, Honey from hives on the farm, Pick your Own Flowers, and prepicked produce
  17201 Masemore Road, Parkton, MD 21120. Phone: 410-357-0403. Fax: same. Email: spring711@comcast.net. Directions: I 83 to Exit 27 West( Mt. Carmel Road). Travel 1 mile and take a right on Masemore Road. Follow 1/4 to Mingodale Farm on the right!. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in July, August, September. Open: Thursday to Friday, 12 pm to 6 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm Sunday 12pm to 5 pm. Payment: Cash, Check. Mingodale Farm prides itself on the quality of our naturally grown produce available for sale directly on the Farm. We offer a wide variety of unique and artisan grown produce. Our specialties include Asparagus, Tomatoes, Garlic, Herbs and Gourmet Peppers. We encourage all of our visitors to walk around and enjoy the ambience of our Farm, which was first established in 1760.
• Moore's Orchard - Peaches, apples. 
  5242 E. Joppa Road, Perry Hall, MDPhone: 410-256-5982.
• Northrun Farm - pumpkins
  1701 Greenspring Valley Road, Stevenson, MD 21153. Phone: Phone: 410-241-3392
  Directions: Take exit 23B(Falls Rd.) off the Baltimore Beltway. Take a left at the second light onto Greenspring Valley Road. Go 2 miles and the farm is on your left. Click here for a map to our farm. We are open September, October. Our hours are: Friday's: 2pm until dark, Saturday and Sunday, 10 am until dark We also offer a cornmaze, farm animal zoo, mini hay maze for younger children and hay rides.
• Weber's Cider Mill Farm - Apples. 
  2526 Proctor Lane, Parkville, Maryland. Phone: 410-668-4488.
• Wind Swept Farm - corn (sweet), cucumbers, peppers, pumpkins, summer squash, tomatoes, Turkeys, and prepicked produce, farm animals, birthday parties, school tours
  14517 Hanover Pike, Upperco, MD 21155. Phone: (410) 833-7330. Email: windsweptfarmmd@comcast.net. Click here for picking updates. Crops are usually available in July, August, September, October, November, December. Open: Call or E - mail us for Hours. Christmas trees are from Day after Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve. Payment: Cash, Check.
   

Calvert County

• Seidel Farm - Thornless blackberries, grapes. 
  2790 Plum Point Road (Route 263), Huntingtown, MD. Phone: 410-535-2128.
   

Carroll County

• Baugher's Orchard - apples, pumpkins, strawberries, peaches, sweet and sour cherries, black raspberries, peas, green beans. 
  1236 Baugher Road, Westminster, MD 21158. Phone: 410-857-0111 or Phone: 410-848-5541. Email: baugher@charm.net. Directions: about three miles west of Westminster, Maryland on Route 140.  Directions and map page. Open: seasonal PYO, June to December at orchard market. We also have a complete selection of picked fruits and veggies, our own baked goods and hand dipped ice cream. We press our own cider. Apple butter, fruit baskets, jelly & apple gift baskets (seasonal).
• Sewell's Farm - UPDATE May 24, 2008: The owner reports they no longer sell strawberries; only Christmas trees in the winter!
  3400 Harney Road, Taneytown, Maryland. 

Charles County

• Homestead Farm - pick-your-own strawberries, hydroponic tomatoes (all winter long)
   P.O. Box 44, 10025 Lomax Road, Faulkner, MD 20632. Phone: 301-934-9004. Email: homesteadfarmmama@juno.com. We practice integrated pest management (IPM). Please visit us at the farm or and at the Takoma Park Farmers' Market.
• Hydromont Berry Farm - Strawberries - UPDATE May 7, 2006: This is their last season - strawberries only then they will be CLOSED - OUT OF BUSINESS
  8020 Hawthorne Road, La Plata, MD. Phone: 301-932-0872.
• Middleton's Cedar Hill Farm - follows organic practices, flowers, pumpkins, winter squash, other vegetables, Turkeys (organic, not-hormone-fed), and prepicked produce, snacks and refreshment stand, picnic area, farm animals, birthday parties, school tours
  5190 Leonardtown Road, Waldorf, MD 20601. Phone: 301.399.9812. Fax: 301.870.8249. Email: middletonfarm@comcast.net. Click here for a map and directions. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Crops are usually available in September, October, November, December. Open: September 15 through October 31: Monday to Friday By Appointment Only Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Sunday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm November 25 through December 24: Open 7 days a week from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm. We follow organic methods, but are not yet certified. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard.
• Rose Hill Farm - Strawberries. No longer growing strawberries
  Phone: 301-934-4006.
  On Route 6 in Port Tobacco, about three miles west of La Plata, MD. 
• Shlagel Farms - Strawberries, pumpkins, fall veggies
  12850 Shlagel Rd Waldorf, Maryland 20601 . Phone: 301 645 4554. Email: shlagelfarms@msn.com. Pick-your-own and pre-picked strawberries are available. Greenhouses with hanging baskets, porch pots and bedding plants. The Shlagel's specialize in vegetable production selling wholesale to Washington area chain stores. They also raise quality hay for the pleasure horse trade, as well as field corn and soybeans to feed their herd of Angus beef cattle. They open the farm to the public in spring so you may enjoy a day in the country relaxing with family and picking strawberries.

Frederick County

• Catoctin Mountain Orchard - Strawberries, blackberries, black raspberries, blueberries, sweet and sour cherries. 
  US Rt 15, 15036 North Franklinville Road, Thurmont, MD, 21788. Phone: 301-271-2737. Email: CMOinfo@aol.com. Directions: On U.S. 15, north of Thurmont, Maryland.
• Glade-Link Farms - Strawberries, blueberries, red raspberries, vegetables. 
  Route 194, New Midway, MD. Phone: 301-898-7131. Also Pumpkin patch tours - call for appointments. Only given during fall season.
• Jumbo's Pumpkin Patch - pumpkins
  6521 Holter Road, Middletown, MD 21769. Phone: Phone: 301-371-6874. Fax: Phone: 301-371-4713. Email us at: jumbos@adelphia.net. Directions: on the website, And for a map to our farm, Click here. Our hours are: 10AM - 6PM Everyday Pumpkins and Fall Decorations from September 25, - October 31. No admission fee! Fifteen acres of pumpkins and a five acre Crazy Corn Maze. Hay rides, Pony Rides. Autumn Crafts. Face Painting. Birthday Parties and Group pricing is available.
• Mayne's Tree Farm- Strawberries, blackberries, pumpkins & cut your own Christmas trees, hayrides, custom made wreaths, roping, door decorations for all seasons. Fall activities include u-pick pumpkins, scarecrow making, corn maze, free hayrides October thru December.
  3420 Buckeystown Pike, Buckeystown, MD 21717. Phone: 301-662-4320. Directions: click here for a Map and Driving Directions. Take Interstate 270 to Exit 31-B (Route 85); the farm is four miles south of I-270, on the right.  Cornstalks, straw bales and farm tours by appointment. Christmas hayrides for pre-cut trees or cut your own Christmas trees on weekends. Accepts major credit cards most months of the year.
• Pryor's Orchard - Blueberries, sweet and sour cherries. 
  13841-B Pryor Road, Thurmont, Maryland. Phone: 301-271-2693.

Harford County

• Brad's Produce -  u-pick strawberrries
  550 Asbury Road, Churchville, MD 21028. Phone: 410.734.GROW or 410.569.7288. We also have three stands open locally with sweet corn, tomatoes, watermelon, peaches, and all of the other local summer produce. In the fall we have a Maize Quest corn maze adventure, wagon rides to our u-pick pumpkins, scarecrow making, pumpkin painting, and many other fall products such as apples, apple cider, and fall decorations.  For directions, click here. Also see corn maze and special events.
• Lohr's Orchard - Strawberries, sour cherries, peaches, apples
  3212 Snake Lane, Churchville, MD. Phone: 410-836-2783.

Just across the line in Pennsylvania:

• Shaw Orchards - Apples, apricots, beans, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, corn (sweet), cucumbers, eggplant, flowers, grapes, melons, nectarines, other berries, pears, peaches, peppers, plums, pumpkins, raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes, other vegetables, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, and prepicked produce, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, wagon rides
  21901 Barrens Road South, Stewartstown, PA 17363. Phone: 410-692-2429 and 717-993-2974. Email us at: shaw@cyberia.com. Directions: From Baltimore, I 83 North to exit 36. East on 439 to Bond Road. Left on Bond and stay straight for 6 miles to Pa. Route 24. Right (South) on Route 24 (Barrens Road South) for about 2 miles. Market on the Right at the Mason-Dixon-Line. Open: Monday thru Friday 8 to 6 (8 to 5 in Nov.) Saturday 8 to 5 and closed Sunday Pick-Your-own Strawberries in Late May, early June. Pick-your-own Sweet cherries in June/July. Pick-your-own Blueberries June through August. Pick-your-own apples Friday and Saturday's in September and October. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover. We provide a weekly e-mail service called the RipeLine with up to the minute seasonal information. Sign up by going to Shaw Orchards and click on Ripeline at the lower right of home page.

Howard County

• Larriland Farm -  apples, strawberries, blackberries, black and red raspberries, peaches, sour cherries, blueberries, vegetables. 
  2415 Woodbine Road (Route 94), Lisbon, MD 21797. Phone: 301-854-6110 or Phone: 410-442-2605. Email: contactus@pickyourown.com. Directions: three miles south of I-70 Exit 73, near Lisbon, Maryland. Apples, blueberries, black raspberries, blackberries (thornless), nectarines, peaches, plums, red raspberries (fall), strawberries, red raspberries (spring), sour cherries. Vegetables: Beans (snap), beets, spinach (spring), spinach (fall), tomatoes, flowers, honey-local, jams-jellies. Tours and evening hayrides by appointment. October activities: straw maze, hot dogs & hamburgers & hayrides. Here's when the crops are usually available to pick:
  Strawberries - early June to mid June
  Tart Cherries late June - mid July
  Red Raspberries late June - late September
  Black Raspberries late June - early July
  Purple Raspberries Royalty - mid July
  Blueberries late June - late August
  Thornless Blackberries - August
  Peaches - mid July to early September,
  Apples - mid August to early November
  

Montgomery County

• Becraft's Farm - UPDATE August 31, 2006: The property is sold and they are closed. Strawberries, blueberries, vegetables. 
  14722 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. Phone: 301-236-4545.
• Blueberry Gardens - follows organic practices, blueberries,
  237 Ashton Road (route 108), Ashton, MD 20861. Phone: 301-570-5468. Email: blueberrygardens@verizon.net. Directions: Take Route 108 through Olney towards New Hampshire Avenue. Cross New Hampshire and continue approx. 1/2 mile to see large blue sign on right hand side. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in June, July, August. Open: Call for hours and blueberry availability. We follow organic practices, but are not yet certified. Payment: Cash, only. We are also a Yoga, Growth and Healing Center: we offer Yoga & QiGong classes, acupuncture, massage and body work therapies. (ADDED: July 23, 2008)
• Butler's Orchard - strawberries, blueberries, tart cherries, sugar snap peas, english peas, thornless blackberries, raspberries, apples, pumpkins, Christmas trees
  Corn maze, hayrides, hayloft barn, crafts, music and other family activities during annual pumpkin festival.
  22200 Davis Mill Road, Germantown, MD. Phone: 301-972-3299. Directions and map.  Easter Eggstravaganza festival. Evening hayrides May to December. Click here for the events calendar. Credit cards accepted. Click here for current hours and crops that are ready!
• Farmathome - Blueberries
  15220 Partnership Road, Poolesville, MD. Phone: 240-372-0674. Email: farmathome@aol.com.
• Homestead Farm - apples, Christmas trees, strawberries, blackberries, black and red raspberries, peaches, tart cherries, vegetables.  
  15600 Sugarland Road, Poolesville, MD. Phone: 301-926-6999. Recorded harvest line: 301-977-3761. Email: achantle@erols.com. Directions:Click here for a map to the farm. Please call for daily harvest information. Open: May through October, daily, 9 am to 6 p.m. closed in November, then open again in December on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays 10 am to 5 p.m. for Christmas Items and Christmas trees. In December, come cut your own Christmas tree. Bring your own saw, or use one of ours. No power saws please.
  Comments from a visitor, May 28, 2008: "My friends and I go to homestead farm (Poolesville, MD) every year for Apple and Pumpkin picking. This is the first year that we are going to do Strawberries. They have their own canned goods and cider, hayrides, and fun activities for the kids in summer and autumn. It's an easy ride outside of DC or from VA (and no, there are NO farms in DC to have any PYO). I love your site! thank you for your VERY valuable service! :) "
• Phillips Farm Produce -  PYO Pumpkins, hayrides, hot peppers, heritage tomatoes, flowers, fresh cut Christmas trees, farm tours by appointment. Animals to pet all season!
  13710 Schaeffer Road (Beside Methodist Church), Germantown, MD 20874. Phone: (301) 540-2364.  Email: phllpsfarm@aol.com. Free hayride to pumpkin patch October 1 thru October 31. Specializing in pre-harvested super sweet corn.
• Rock Hill Orchard - Apples, beans, blackberries, cherries, flowers, pumpkins, raspberries, strawberries, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, and prepicked produce, tractor-pulled hay rides
  28600 Ridge Road, Mount Airy, MD 21771. Phone: 301-831-7427 And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in June, July, August, September, October. Open: Late April through October each day 9 am to 6pm. Open for pick your own June through October. Call for specific dates and times. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard. pick your own tart cherries. Average dates for crops: Strawberries: June 1-25, Tart Cherries: Late June, Snap Beans: July 10 - September, Thornless Blackberries: July 20-August, Red Raspberries: August-Frost, Flowers: July-Frost, Apples: September, October, Pumpkins: October 1-31

Prince George's County (a.k.a., Prince Georges County)

• C & E Farms, L.L.C. - follows organic practices, beans, beets, blackberries, corn (sweet), cucumbers, eggplant, flowers, grapes, melons, onions, pears, peas, peppers, persimmons, pumpkins, summer squash, winter squash, tomatoes, other vegetables, walnuts, Other fruit or veg, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, and prepicked produce, tractor-pulled hay rides, face painting, petting zoo
  11415 Old Pond Drive, Glenn Dale, MD 20769. Phone: 301-352-2958. Fax: 301-352-2958 . Email us at: emmadudley0906@yahoo.com. Directions: Washington Beltway 495/95 to MD Route 450 East. Proceed approximately 2 and 1/2 miles to Route 953 Glenn Dale Road. Left onto Glenn Dale Road to first street on right Old Pond Drive. Farm is first driveway on right--11415. House in the rear. Open: Monday to Thursday, by appointment Friday and Saturday, 8am to 5pm Pick your own Greens: Spring and Fall (Late September through Thanksgiving. Harvest Fest Each Saturday in October, 10am to 4pm We follow organic methods, but are not yet certified. Payment: Cash, Check. We have Herbs, both potted and cut; Collaloo and Potatoleaf, White Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes and southern varieties of vegetables. All farm products are grown without use of synthetic chemicals. We have firewood all year round, Group Activities can be scheduled for young and old.
• Cherry Hill Farm -strawberries, and prepicked produce
  12300 Gallahan Road, Clinton, MD 20735. Phone: 301-292-4642. Email: elbird46@yahoo.com. Directions: Near Ft. Washington, Accokeek Off of Indian Head Hwy 20 minutes from DC, Virginia and So. Maryland. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in May, June. Open: Monday to Saturday, 8am to 7pm, Sunday, 9am to 4pm. UPDATE - May 16, 2008: Just to let everyone know we are still here!!! We planted strawberries this year and their ready, ripe and beautiful; Pick-your-own or already picked; Available thru June, please come see us; But as always please call before making the trip to our farm, as we can get picked out; Thanks Berry Much!!!. Payment: Cash, Check. (ADDED: May 17, 2008)
• Hall's Green Farm - Greens,
  506 Crain Highway, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774. Phone: 301-249-7669. Fax: 301-218-4485. Email: halldw@att.net or revlsmith@msn.com. Directions: The farm is located on Southeast Crain Highway, also known as 301, between Queen Anne Road and Trade Zone Avenue, easily accessible from many locations. And for a map to our farm, click here. Available in summer months for picking: cabbage, green beans, beets, tomatoes, yellow squash, bell peppers and other assorted vegetables. Soon available: okra, corn, potatoes. Vegetables available in the fall include turnips, collards, rape, mustard greens, pumpkins and more. Open: Monday to Saturday, 8am-6pm. Closed on Sundays. Pick your own vegetables are available, weather permitting. Modified Community Supported Agriculture also available. Payment: Cash, only.
  (UPDATED: July 15, 2008)
• Johnson's Berry Farm - blueberries, and thornless blackberries 
  17000 Swanson Road, Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Phone: 301-627-8316.
• Miller Farms - Strawberries, vegetables, pre cut Christmas trees
  10140 Piscataway Road, Clinton, Maryland 20735. Phone: 301-297-9370. Note from a visitor, June 27, 2007: "Miller Farms has added Cherry Hill Farms Bakery (Famous locally for their delicious homemade doughnuts and pies) to their Country Store. Their name has been added onto the front of the building with the Bakery. Miller Farm added onto their country store to add the bakery, It is very nice. I have not been by Cherry Hill Farm, but understand that it has been sold to developers.:("
• Parker Pick Your Own Berry - UPDATE 2005-08-11 - CLOSED - another one bites the dust...:(
  12720 Parker Lane, Clinton, MD 20735. Phone: 301-292-3940.
• Pick Your Own Greens - pumpkins, greens, and prepicked produce UPDATE October 12, 2007: Closed for the 2007 due to the drop - see them again in 2008!
  801 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772. Phone: 410-798-9631. Email: denisectoney@aol.com. Directions: Route 214 to Watkins Park Drive, about 1 mile past Watkins Park on the right hand side. Look for Signs. Crops are usually available in September, October, November. Open: Thursday & Friday 11 to 6 Saturday & Sunday 10 to 5 Pick your own greens- patch open Thursday to Sunday (weather permitting) Thursday & Friday 11to6 Saturday & Sunday 10to5 We will probably only open on Saturdays starting November 4th, please call. Payment: Cash, only. We have kale, rape, turnips and collards Sold by the bushel- $10.00

St. Mary's County (aka, St Marys County and Saint Marys County)

• Berrywood Farm - blueberries, Asian Pears - UPDATE June 10, 2007: the blueberries are late, will be ripe and ready to pick starting June 22
  24744 Sotterley Road, Hollywood, MD 20636. Phone: 301 373 8545Directions: 1 mi east of the only traffic light in Hollywood at the intersection of MD Route 235 & MD Route 245. Berrywood Farm sign at the road. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in June, August. Open: daylight hours Blueberries: June 15 to July 7 Asian Pears: August 1 to September 15 Payment: Cash, only. Chojuro, Hosui & Shinseiki Asian Pears
• Free Spirit Farm - Blueberries, asparagus
  Phone: 301-884-2401 or Phone: 301-888-2429
  38613 Chaptico Road, Mechanicsville, MD.
• Owen's Berry Farm - Blackberries.
  Phone: 301-862-3427.
  Route 235, two miles south of Lexington Park, Maryland. 
• Southern Comfort Berry Farm - strawberries, and prepicked produce, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, petting zoo, farm animals, birthday parties, school tours
  37450 Bushwood Wharf Road, Bushwood, MD 20618. Phone: 3017693878. Email: kari7thdistrict@aol.com. Directions: From Leonardtown Rt 5 north to Rt 234 west (Budds Creek Road )to Rt 242 south (Coltons Point Road) to rt239 (Bushwood Wharf Road) farm is 1/4 mile on right And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in May, June. Open: Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm, Saturday 8 am to 5 pm, closed on Sundays. Check our berry line or web site for updates. Payment: Cash, only. Hay bale maze, picnic grounds, playground , farm zoo , school tours church groups. " A family friendly outing "

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This page was updated on 23-Jul-2008

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