2024 Northwest Michigan Vegetable U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org
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Vegetable U-Pick Orchards in Northwest Michigan in 2024, by county
Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for vegetables that we know of in this area.
Not all areas of a state have vegetables farms that are open to the public. If you know of any others, please tell us using the add a farm form!
Remember to always check with the farm's own website or Facebook page before you go - or call or email them if they don't have a website or Facebook page. Conditions at the farms and crops can change literally overnight, so if you want to avoid a wasted trip out there - check with the farm directly before you go! If I cannot reach them, I DON'T GO!
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Antrim County
Coleman Farms - beans, carrots, cucumbers, eggplants, peppers, pumpkins, summer squash, winter squash, tomatoes, other vegetables, 13295 Coleman Rd, Kewadin, MI 49648. Phone: 231-313-2930. Email: jcmi49648@aol.com. Open: Please Call for appointments. Directions: 8 miles north of Elk Rapids, West on Coleman Road . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. Crops are usually available in June, July, August, October
Benzie County
Putney's You pick berry - red raspberries, black raspberries, yellow raspberries, and purple raspberries, blackberries, saskatoons, rhubarb, black and red currants, gooseberries; u-pick vegetables. 7603 Love Road, Benzonia, MI 49616. Phone: 231-882-9853. Open: Every day, Sunlight hours; 9 am to 6 pm on Monday to Saturday and from 9 am to 1 pm on Sunday from mid-June or as weather permits, until first snow. Click here for a map and directions. . Alternate phone: 231-882-5691 One mile south of stop light in Benzonia on US-31: turn east on Love Road, go .5 mile to top of hill, berry patch on the right.
Charlevoix County
Best Farm - U-pick blackberries and raspberries. Also vegetables 5025 Six Mile Lake Road, Ellsworth, MI 49729. Phone: 231-544-6189. Email: mbest@fbinsmi.com. Open: 9 am to 6 pm, daily. Click here for a map and directions. . Email 5025 Six Mile Lake Road, three miles southeast of Ellsworth.
Leelanau County
Gallaghers Farm Market - corn maze, cherries, pumpkins, mixed vegetables 7237 E Traverse Hwy, Traverse City, MI 49684. Phone: 231-947-1689. Email: M77@aol.com. Open: June 15-October 31, 8 am to 8 pm. Directions: 3-12 mi. W of Traverse City on M-72. Home baked goods, local fruits and vegetables in season, homemade jams, jellies, local wines, cherry products, honey, maple syrup, corn maze and petting farm. . Click here for a map and directions. SLAM 3-1/2 mi. W of Traverse City on M-72. Home baked goods, local fruits and vegetables in season, homemade jams, jellies, local wines, cherry products, honey, maple syrup, corn maze and petting farm
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Vegetable Picking Tips, Recipes and Information
Pick veggies that are firm and free of blemishes.
Canning, Freezing, Drying, Preserving and more!
Below are links to pages with easy and reliable directions about how to can, preserve, freeze and make other goodies fromveggiess. Some of these require a Pressure Canner to prevent potential spoilage and
food poisoning, due to the low acid content of the food. For others, you
can use a water bath canner OR a Pressure Canner. I've noted what's
required for each, below, following each entry, with
W for water bath,
P for Pressure canner, and
W, P for either may be used!
Boiled Peanuts! Now
Southerners who move to other parts of the country can make their own
home-canned boiled peanuts to eat later or give away as gifts
How to home-can pumpkin (in a cooked, cubed form) and
why you shouldn't home-can the pureed forms. Note: Pumpkin is difficult
to can safely - it is a low acid food, so that rules out open water bath
canning immediately. Pressure canners can be used, but according to the
health authorities (like the National Center for Home Food Preservation)
only if the pumpkin is cubed, rather than mashed. I usually just freeze the
cooked pumpkin! - P