2024 Northwestern Minnesota Vegetable U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org
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Vegetable U-Pick Orchards in Northwestern Minnesota 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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Norman County
Garden Hills Farm - Minimizes chemical and pesticide use, beans, corn (sweet), cucumbers, onions, peas, pumpkins, raspberries (red), winter squash, strawberries, tomatoes, other vegetables, U-pick and already picked, porta-potties are available, picnic area 4334 330th Ave, Fertile, MN 56540. Phone: 218-945-3765. Email: gardenhillsfarm@hotmail.com. Open: Seven days a week during berry season, 7 am to 8 pm. Directions: From Fertile, MN, turn off of MN Highway 32 and go East on Polk County Highway 1, go seven miles, turn right and go three miles south, take a right on Norman County 1 \(330th Avenue\) and go one half mile. There will be a sign at the end of the driveway and at your turn onto 330th Avenue. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. From Fertile, MN, turn off of MN Highway 32 and go East on Polk County Highway 1, go seven miles, turn right and go three miles south, take a right on Norman County 1 (330th Avenue) and go one half mile. There will be a sign at the end of the driveway and at your turn onto 330th AvenueCome the first Saturday in October, 10:00 to 3:00 for our Harvest Festival and free refreshments. We minimize use of pesticides and other chemicalsWe have delicious award winning strawberries and raspberries, grown naturally with insecticides used only as a last resort to preserve our crop. No herbicides are used on our produce. Children are welcome in the berry patch; this is a place for families to come and enjoy together. If you would rather not pick your own berries we will pick them for you. All pre-picked berries are picked that morning for the freshest and best berries! All vegetable produce is pre-picked. Come and ENJOY!. (UPDATED: June 11, 2015, JBS)
Polk County
Fedosia's Garden - cucumbers, gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes, other vegetables, prepicked produce 21531 380th Street South, Erskine, MN 56535. Phone: 218-687-3081. Email: domnikakaya@yahoo.com. Open: Monday to Saturday from 7am to 8pm; closed on Sunday. Directions: We are 3 miles south of Erskine on highway 34. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. Crops are usually available in June, July, August, September We have strawberries, raspberries, and all different kinds of vegetables; Strawberries are ready end of June and raspberries are ready in the middle of July; Vegetables vary; Please call us if you have any questionsWe have bread and bagels baked daily, canned goods, fruit and vegetables
Vegetable PYO
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