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Where you can find a pick-your-own farm near you!
Long Island
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This month's notes: August 2008: Blueberries are here all parts of the U.S. Peaches are here! Don't miss them! Blackberries are gone in the South but are still going strong in the north. Apples are coming soon! Find a blueberry festival, peach festival or apple 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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This page provides a detailed list of Long Island, NY's pick- your- own (PYO, U-pick, pick-it-yourself) farms for everything from apples, berries, fruit, pumpkins, vegetables to cut-you-own Christmas trees!  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 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 you are looking for Canners, mixes, jars, pectin and other canning supplies at the best prices anywhere!

U-Pick Farms and Orchards, sorted by county

Be sure to click on the links to the farm's web pages for more information, directions, etc.

If any of the area code 631 numbers don't work, try area code 516 instead!

Suffolk County (Long Island)

• Anderson Farms - PYO strawberries (in June)
  RD2 Box 166, Middle Road, Riverhead, NY 11901. Phone: 631-727-1129. Please no calls after 10 pm EST or before 8 am (this is both a home and business line)
• Baiting Hollow Nursery -Apples
  Sound Avenue, Calverton, NY. Phone: 631-929-6439.
• Benner’s Farm - Pumpkins
  56 Gnarled Hollow Road, Setauket, NY. Phone: 631-689-8172.
• Fritz Lewin Farms - apples, broad beans, corn (sweet), eggplant, pumpkins, summer squash, winter squash, strawberries, tomatoes, other vegetables, Other fruit or veg, and prepicked produce
  1989 Sound Avenue, Baiting Hollow, NY 11933. Phone: 631-727-3346. Directions: Take exit 71 off the l.i.e (Long Island Expressway) Make left off the exit onto Edwards Ave. Go straight down Edwards Ave. about 4 miles till you get to the corner of Sound Avenue, make left onto Sound Ave. then we are 1/4 mile down on the left side. (BIG RED BARN) And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in June, July, August, September, October, November. Open: 8a.m to 4p.m for pick your own and 8a.m to 6p.m for the farm stand. Open 7 days a week. Payment: Cash, only.
• FW Schmitt Farms - pumpkins
  Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY. Phone: 631-271-3276
• Greenland Family Farms -  pumpkins
  17155 County Road #48, Cutchogue N.Y. 11935. Phone: 631-734-5791.
• Grammas Flower Cottage - corn (sweet), cucumbers, flowers, pumpkins, winter squash, other vegetables, Precut Christmas trees, Living Christmas trees (to plant later), Christmas wreaths and boughs, Mistletoe, Santa appearances, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, haunted corn maze, and prepicked produce, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, face painting, pony rides
  2891 Montauk Hwy box 230, Brookhaven, NY 11719. Phone: 631-730-6264. Email us at: Grammasflowers@optonline.net. Directions: 2891 Montauk Highway Brookhaven, NY 11719 Sunrise Hwy: (West Origin) *Take Exit 57S *Turn Left at first stop sign off ramp *Turn Right at next stop sign onto Yaphank Ave *Turn Left at first traffic light onto Montauk Hwy (East Origin) *Take Exit 58S *Turn Right at second traffic light onto Montauk Highway LIE: (West Origin) *Take Exit 65 *Turn Right at first traffic light onto Horse Block Road *Turn Left at last traffic light onto Montauk Hwy (East Origin) *Take Exit 65 *Turn Left at first traffic light onto Horse Block Road *Turn Left at last traffic light onto Montauk Hwy And for a map to our farm, Click here. Crops are usually available in March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. Open: 7 days a week 9am - 6pm beginning March 1st - December 24th We are open from March first and as crop is available. Fall fun and products available September 15th Pumpkin Picking and Haunted Maze opens Oct.1st - 31st Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. Gramma’s is dedicated to her local neighbors and providing them with a positive quality gardening experience by growing and caring for her own product and offering interactive lecture demonstrations on various gardening topics. Gramma’s is a self-sustaining, interactive, family owned and operated retail nursery servicing eastern Long Island and beyond.
• Hank's farmstand - strawberries, also prepicked produce County Road 39 , Southampton, NY 11968. Phone: 631-726-4667 Crops are usually available in June. Open: 7days 9:30-6:00 Payment: Cash, only.
• Harbes Family Farms - pumpkins
  Multiple locations: Route 48 (247 Sound Ave.), Mattituck, NY. Phone: 631-298-2054
  Route 25 (Main Rd.), Jamesport, NY (631-722-8546; and 
  Route 25 (Main Rd.), Cutchogue, NY (631-734-7703 
• Krupski's Pumpkin Farms, 
  38030 Main Road, Peconic, NY. Phone: 631-734-6847. 
• Lewin Farms - PYO apples, strawberries, peaches, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, pumpkins, cut your own Christmas trees
  830 Sound Avenue, Wading River, NY. Phone: 631-929-4327. Open every day from 9 am to 5 pm.  Directions LIE exit 68 North William Floyd Parkway, right to 25A, 3 lights, Left onto Sound Avenue, 1 mile on right 4 miles to Sound Avenue, 1/4 mile on left. They say they were the first pick your own farm on Long Island and have pick your own strawberries, peaches, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, apples, pumpkins and cut your own Christmas trees. They also carry a full line of farm fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables at their huge farmstand.
• Meyer's Farm - Closed - gone out of business  - PYO strawberries, peas. 
  51 Old Country Road, Melville, NY 11746. Phone: 631) 692-7667. 
• The Milk Pail Farm and Orchard - pick-your-own apples, wagon rides, pumpkins
  Montauk Highway Between Water Mill & Bridgehampton, NY. Phone: 631-537-2565. Email: upick@milk-pail.com. Open: The U-Pick Apple & Pumpkin Farm is open every Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday Holidays from 10am to 5:30. Some of our apple varieties are: Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Cameo, Jonagold, Empire, Mutsu, Stayman, & Idared. Click here to see all apples we have throughout the season. 2006 prices: 20 pound bag (1/2 bushel) - $23.00 per bag (minimum pick is 1/2 bushel). Sorry, we do not have public restrooms. Dogs are no longer allowed on the farm.
  Directions: Click here for a map; from the Long Island Expressway: Heading East on 495 take exit 70 (Manorville) to Route 111, At the end of Route 111 follow onto Rte 27 (Sunrise Highway/Montauk Highway), Follow Route 27 East through the towns of Southampton and Water Mill, After passing through Water Mill look for The Milk Pail on the left side of the highway about 1 ½ miles, Immediately after The Milk Pail make a right onto Mecox Road, Follow Mecox Road about 1 ¼ miles to the “T”, At the “T” make a left and follow the signs and make a right onto Horsemill Lane.
• Rottkamp's Fox Hollow Farm  - PYO strawberries, pumpkins. 
  143 Sound Avenue, Calverton, NY 11933. Phone: 631-727-1786.  
• Rudolf Steiner Fellowship Foundation, Inc. -   UPDATE: July 31, 2008: A visitor tells me they are now permanently closed for picking
  241 Hungry Hollow Road, Spring Valley NY, 10977.
• Seven Ponds Orchard - apples, raspberries
  65 Seven Ponds Road, Water Mill, NY.  Phone: 631-726-8015.  Ideal for  families. Many children-related activities and features. Picnic area, 5 acre corn maze, hayrides, magic talking apple, etc. open July - November (picking starts in late August), 9 am to 6 pm. Directions: take 27 east to the sixth traffic light past the end of the divided hwy. turn left at the 6th light onto David's Whites Lane and right onto Seven Ponds road, then 500 ft on the left. Many varieties of apples: Gala, Ginger Gold, McIntosh, Honeycrisp, Macoun, Fuji, Cortland, Empire, Jonagold, Red / Golden Delicious, Cameo, Mutsu, and Granny Smith.  
• Wickham's Fruit Farm  - PYO strawberries, apples, raspberries, cherries, peaches, pumpkins
  Route 25, Cutchogue, NY 11935. Phone: 631-734-6441. Roadside market offers a large variety of fresh produce as well as other food items such as fresh pressed cider, pies, etc. Group tours of the farm can be arranged. Also hayrides, 7-acre corn maze, Picnic area, Apple and pumpkin picking. picking hours are 9am - 4pm Monday to Saturday, closed on Sundays. Directions: Take the Long Island Expressway east to the last exit (73). Continue east on Route 58 (which becomes Route 25) for 14 miles (no turns). Wickham's Fruit Farm is on the right hand side after the red light in Cutchogue. 
• Woodside Farms - U-pick apples
  Manor Lane, Jamesport, NY. Phone: 631-298-8896, 9 am to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.  2005 prices: $12 a peck. Directions: LIE Exit 73. Follow Route 25 East to Jamesport, 8 miles. Turn left on Manor Lane. 1/4 Mile on right.
  Open: July-February, daily, 9:00AM- 6:00PM.
• Woodside Farm - ??
  70 Woodside Lane, Laurel, NY, 11948-1410. Phone (631) 369-2500.
• Young's Orchard & Country Gift Shop  - PYO tomatoes, assorted vegetables, raspberries, pumpkins.
  54 Sound Avenue, Riverhead, NY 11901. Youngs has closed! I'm told it is now a Vineyard with a different name!

Home Canning Kits This is the same type of  standard canner that my grandmother used to make everything from applesauce to jams and jellies to tomato and spaghetti sauce!. This complete kit includes everything you need and lasts for years: the canner, jar rack, jar grabber tongs, lid lifting wand, a plastic funnel, labels, bubble freer, and the bible of canning, the Ball Blue Book. It's much cheaper than buying the items separately. You'll never need anything else except jars & lids! To see more canners, of different styles, makes and prices, click here!For more information and current pricing: Click here for a larger photo, more information, pricing, ordering, etc. Average Customer Review: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Remember to ALWAYS call the farm or orchard BEFORE you go - weather, heavy picking and business conditions can always affect their hours and crops!

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