Pick your own farms in Washington
To find a farm in your area of Washington State, either click on your area on the map below; or choose from this list. You may need to look in both areas, as they are close to each other!
Other information:
- Crop availability / harvest schedule - click here
- To find pumpkin patches, corn mazes and other Halloween activities, click here.
- To find choose and cut-your-own Christmas tree farms, click here.
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These pages provides a fast link to Washington State's pick-your-own (PYO, U-pick, pick-it-yourself) farms. I'm always 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".!
We also have a page with links to our own simple 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 .
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Lids, Rings, Jars, mixes, pectin, etc.Need lids, rings and replacement jars? Or pectin to make jam, spaghetti sauce or salsa mix or pickle mixes? Get them all here, and usually at lower prices than your local store! |
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Home Canning KitsFeatures:* All the tools you need for hot waterbath canning - in one comprehensive set! * Complete with 21 1/2 qt. enameled waterbath canner and "Ball Blue Book" of canning. * Also includes canning rack, funnel, jar lifter, jar wrencher, bubble freer, tongs and lid lifter. * A Kitchen Krafts exclusive collection. This is the same type of standard canner that my grandmother
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lasts for years: the canner, jar rack, jar grabber tongs,
lid lifting wand, a plastic funnel,
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Festivals, Events and Special Interest:
- Berry Dairy Days in Burlington, Washington,
Late July. Anyone know any more about this event? Write me! -
Annual Blueberry Tasting in Vancouver, WA
Mid July (but NOT in 2005) . from 10 am to 5 pm; 6th - Valley View Blueberries, 2117 NE 68th Street, Vancouver, WA 98682. Phone: 800-323-7743. Taste 16 varieties of fresh blueberries, sample gourmet foods or enjoy blueberry ice cream, baked goods, smoothies, hot dogs and more. Blueberry Pancake Breakfast from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Learn how to grow, prune and fertilize blueberries. Blueberry plants will also be for sale. Lots of free recipes, coffee and Valey View's Specialty: Blueberry Tea! More information is available from the Valley View Blueberry Web site. - Washington's Fruit Place Visitor Center - UPDATE May 5, 2006:
The Center is permanently CLOSED!
Year-round. 105 S 18th St, Ste 103 Yakima, WA, 98901.
Located downtown in Yakima's Sarg Hubbard Park; visitors can get an in-depth look at Washington's largest agricultural industry with hands-on exhibits and displays; learn about growing techniques, unique canal system for irrigation, fruit facts, what makes Washington a leader in fruit production, and why is Eastern Washington such a great agricultural region; free admission and free fruit and juice samples; also a gift shop
