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Milwaukee Area of Wisconsin
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This month's notes: July 2008: Summer is here!: Blueberries are here all parts of the U.S. Strawberries are declining or gone, except the far north. Don't miss them! Blackberries are here in the South and starting in the north. Find a strawberry festival or a blueberry 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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U-Pick Farms and Orchards, sorted by county

Dodge County

• Kirschbaum's Strawberry Acres - strawberries
  N5802 HWY151, Beaver Dam, WI, 53916. Open: 7AM-8PM Daily, Berry Season - Mid June to the first part of July. Berry Farm hours - 7am to 8pm, 7 days a week during berry season. Directions and a map.
• Rosenkranz  - raspberries and apples
  N11380 West Line Road, Brownsville, WI.  Phone: 920--583-3065. Open 8 am until dark 7 days a week July 1 to Nov 1. Apples, cider, jams and jellies, maple syrup, tomatoes, vegetables, raspberries, strawberries, etc. Pick-your-own raspberries and apples.

Jefferson County

• Jelli's Market - beans, corn (sweet), strawberries, raspberries, restrooms
  N5648 Farmington Road, Helenville, WI 53137. Phone: 262-593-5133. Email us at: sknoebel@jefnet.com. Directions: Please see our website for directions. Crops are usually available in June, July, August. Open: Phone: our hotline (262-593-5133) for hours. Payment: Cash, only.
• Steffens - cherries
  N633 Mcintyre Road, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538. Phone: 920-563-9608. Crop availability: from the end of June through mid July. Call for hours.
• Wellnitz Apple Creek - Pick-your-own apples.
  N4313 Cty P, Sullivan, WI. Phone: 414-593-2911.

Kenosha County

• Harvest Time Farm - red tart cherries and apples, apple barn with a donut shop, brat shop, and Country Smoke House with gourmet ham, bacon, and select Wisconsin cheeses.
  36116 128th, Twin Lakes, WI 53181. Phone: 262-877-4831. Email: suzanne@harvest-time-farm.com. Directions: Located on the Wisconsin / Illinois state line about 7 miles west of Antioch, IL and 3 miles east of Richmond, IL. On County Hwy CK. Open: July - weekends 10 am to 4 pm; August - every day 10 am to 5 pm; September and October - every day 9 am to 6 pm; Weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas - 10 am to 5 pm. Events: Red-tart cherry picking on weekends in July. Cider-making on weekends during apple season. Open every day August - October for Cider-making, donut shop, sausage & cheese shop, school tours. Our facility is handicap accessible. We also offer tours for school children from pre-school to 4th grade.
• Oriole Springs Orchard - apples
  35032 128 street, Twin Lakes, WI. Phone: 262-877-2436. Open daily 9 to 5:30, from September 11 till mid October. Pick Your Own starting dates: Galas Sep 11, Macintosh Sep 11, Jonathan Sep 18, Golden Delicious Sep 25, Empire Sep 25, Red Delicious October 2, Pumpkins October 2.
• Thompson's Strawberry Farm - Pick your own strawberries, raspberries and pumpkins.
  Bristol, WI.   Hotline: (262) 857-2353. For additional information: (262) 857-2351., Illinois number Phone: 847-679-8140.Strawberries, and pumpkins in October. Highway 50, 1 one half miles west of I-94, Bristol (Kenosha County), Open: for Strawberry picking are Monday to Friday 7am-7pm, Saturday and Sunday from 8am-4pm. Crop availability: the starting date for picking strawberries is around mid-June; phone for exact dates. 

Milwaukee County

• Kallas Honey Farm - honey and maple syrup
  5500 West Douglas Ave, Milwaukee, WI. Phone: 414-462-3530. Open year-round, 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday. Pure honey and various products made with our honey, also horseradish and garlic.

Ozaukee County

• Appleland  - apples
  6330 Hwy B, Belgium, WI. Phone: 262-285-3222. Open 9 to 5 weekdays. 10 to 4 pm weekends while apples last. Wholesale and retail apples. Pick your own as available in September.
• Barthel Fruit Farm - strawberries
  12246 N Farmdale Road, Mequon, WI. Phone: 262-242-2737. Email: info@barthelfruitfarm.com. Open: strawberry hours are as follows: open daily 7AM weather and berries permitting. Closing time varies daily; we close when we run out of ripe berries for the day or at 7 PM, whichever comes first. ALWAYS CALL FOR A PICKING UPDATE BEFORE DRIVING OUT. 242-2737 or 242-2774 (PYO hotline). Also picking sugar snap peas and snow peas, supply permitting.
  Fall hours are 9 am to 6 pm Mon through Saturday and  10 to 5 pm Sunday, mid August through New Year or depending on crop. Pick your own as available. Cider, baked goods, pears, plums etc. 
• Fechter's Highway 60 U-Pick-'Em - CLOSED - turned into Condos.  How sad.
  strawberries and peas
  570 Highway 60, Cedarburg, WI. 
• Frenz Orchard and Garden Center - UPDATE: NO PICK-YOU-OWN - Prepicked Apples and pumpkins
  505 N Main, Thiensville, WI. Phone: 262-242-1060 or 262-242-1779. Open Monday to Friday 8 am to 7 pm. Saturday and Sunday 8 to 5 pm. All year. Bedding plants, perennials, fruits and vegetables. Apples, apple cider, baked goods, Christmas trees and wreaths, caramel apples, gift baskets, honey, jams and jellies, maple syrup, pumpkins.
• Stauss Farms - fall raspberries
  Two miles N of Northridge Shopping Center, WI. Phone: 262-242-0815. Open early-mid June pick your own . Hours variable depending on weather, etc, so please Phone: immediately before coming. Freshly picked super sweet sweet corn available August and September. The pick your own fall raspberries are available August and September.  Also fresh-picked corn.
• Witte's Vegetable Farm - beans, beets, peas, raspberries, tomatoes, other vegetables, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field
  10006 Bridge Road, Cedarburg, WI 53012. Phone: 262-377-1423. Fax: 262-375-0386. Email us at: chwitte@aol.com. Directions: We are located 2.5 miles west of down town Cedarburg on Bridge Road. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in August, September, October. Open: Starting July 5th through October 31st Monday to Saturday 8 am to 8 pm Sunday 8 am to 6 pm The best Pick Your Own vegetables usually starts around Labor Day in Wisconsin. Our Pick Your Own raspberries are the fall type. Payment: Cash, Check.

Racine County

• Apple Holler - Apples, pears, pumpkins
  5006 S. Sylvania Avenue, Sturtevant, WI.  Phone: 262-886-8500. Email: appleholler@execpc.com. Open: 9 to 6 pm 7 days a week year-round. Country gift shop and year-round restaurant in old cow barn. Hayrides, sleighrides, bonfires, legend of Johnny Appleseed, build your own taffy apples. Apple pancakes and apple cinnamon rolls in restaurant. Also fresh picked, cider, caramel apples and apple butter. Sweet corn, honey, jams and jellies, maple syrup, gift baskets.  
• Orchardville - Closed - out of business Roadside apples and strawberries.
  Three miles E of I-94, WI. Phone: .
• Peterka Strawberry Farms -Closed
  In Caledonia, Peterka Strawberry Farms has closed after 28 years. 'It's that time. It's a business decision," owner Randy Peterka said.
  7735 Nicholson Road, Caledonia, WI.
• Squire's Strawberry Farm - Discontinued raising strawberries
  Church Road, Burlington, WI.
• Walvoord Farm Berries - Strawberries
  Hotline updated daily: 262-878-0488.  21632 Plank Road (Highway A), Kansasville, 3 miles north of Union Grove on County Highway A, 1one half miles west of Highway 45. 7 am to 6 p.m. daily. Strawberries and peas. Berry picking will start between June 15 and 19.  

Rock County

• Apple Hut - apples, pumpkins, gourds and raspberries
  1718 W Walters Road, Beloit, WI. Phone: 608-362-1961. Open 7 days a week late August to Thanksgiving 8 to 5 pm. Apples, taffy apples, apple butter, apple pies and doughnuts, cider and apple dumplings. Craft shop. Also pick-your-own apples and raspberries. Honey, jams and jellies, pumpkins, gourds.
• Arrowhead Orchards - Apples, strawberries, blackberries, grapes, black raspberries, pumpkins, maze, train
  8450 S Schroeder Road, Beloit, WI. Phone: 608-676-4789. Berry seasons begin mid June. Apple season mid August to Christmas. Open Tuesday to Saturday 9 to 6, Sunday 12 to 5. We feature 13 varieties of apples, pick your own on weekends. Try our award winning apple cider, Dutch apple pie, turnovers, fritters, strudel, Danish, dumplings, cider doughnuts, honey, fudge, and a wide variety of caramel apples. Visit our gift shop for a selection of handmade items and gift baskets. Flexible tours of our orchard for schools or groups may include a train ride on the Arrowhead Express and a walk through our maze. First Saturday in October is our Apple Fest including an auction to benefit local children. Other seasons include strawberry, blueberry, black raspberry, blackberry, grape, and pumpkin. From Beloit I-90 to I-43 Milwaukee exit. Hart road exit, follow signs to Cty X. Go 1 one half miles to Schroeder Rd and follow signs.
• Berry Basket & Greenhouse - strawberries
  4026 N. Henke Road, Milton, WI 53563. Phone: 608-868-2290. Email us at: berrybasketand greenhouse@hotmail.com. Directions: From Janesville, Hiway 26 north, right on Kettering, left on Rotamer Road, go to second stop sign (2 miles), left on Henke Road, second driveway on right. And for a map to our farm, Click here. Crops are usually available in June. Open: Greenhouse May-June Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 6:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday 9:00 am to 3:00 p.m. Strawberries - June Monday to Friday 7:00 am to 7:00 p.m. Saturday-Sunday 7:00 am to 3:00p.m. Strawberries - Early to Mid June - Call First! Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard. Greenhouse plant: annuals, perennials, herbs, vines and veggie plants. Prepicked Asparagus.
• Hazeltine Strawberries  - strawberries, raspberries
  Hwy. 11, Six miles west of Janesville, Wisconsin. Phone: 608-876-6161. Email: dougsue@ticon.net.  Directions and maps. Has about 12 acres of pick-your-own strawberries. Prices. Pre-picked strawberries, fall red raspberries and asparagus are also available.  
• Skelly's Farm Market - strawberries
  2713 Hayner Road, Janesville, WI 53545. Phone: 608-757-1200. Email: info@skellysfarmmarket.com.   Maps

Walworth County

• The Apple Barn Orchard and Winery - strawberries
  W6384 Sugar Creek Road, Elkhorn, WI 53121.  Phone: 262-728-3266. Directions. Strawberries usually available in June only.
• Bower's Produce - Apples, strawberries and pumpkins
  W490 St Rd 20, East Troy, WI. Phone: 262-642-5244. Seasonal beginning in April. Stand open 9 to 6 pm seven days a week July to Nov 1.Apples, cider, caramel apples, asparagus, , honey, maple syrup, bi-color sweet corn, 19 kinds of peppers, 15 of squash ,complete line of vegetables. Also , gourds, bird houses, etc.
• Valley View Berry Farm - strawberries
  Springfield Road, Lake Geneva, WI. Phone: 262-248-1398.  Directions: Highway NN and Springfield Road, near Lake Geneva, 2 one half miles west of intersection of Highways 120 and 36 on Springfield Road; 7:30 am to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday (those who wish to pick after hours should stop at the house); 9 am to 5 p.m. Sunday. Phone: after mid-June for exact starting date. 

Washington County

• Apple Barn - apples 
  PYO applies, first and second weekends in October.
  Phone: 262-628-0555.
  Three miles W on Hwy 167 (Holy Hill Rd) from Hwy 41/45.
• Apple Works - ORGANIC, apples, haywagon rides, pumpkins
  CLOSED
• Brunner's Orchard - apples
  7420 Sleepy Hollow Dr, West Bend, WI. Phone: 262-334-3943. 1 mile N of West Bend and R of Hwy 45. Open daily 7 am to about 6 pm.
• The Fideler Farm - raspberries, rhubarb, strawberries, pumpkins, and prepicked produce, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, farm animals, school tours
  2863 Ridge Road, Kewaskum, WI 53040. Phone: 262-338-0494Directions: 40 minutes north of Milwaukee right off of Highway 45 North. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in June, July, August, September, October. Open: Call for hours of operation during each season. Strawberries are available June 15- July 4. Summer raspberries start about July 15. Fall Raspberries start August10 until the first hard freeze in October. Pumpkins, gourds, and Indian corn are available the last weekend in September until Halloween. Payment: Cash, Check.
• Basse's Taste of Country - pyo Strawberries, peas, & pumpkins.
  3190 County Road Q, Colgate, WI, 53017. Phone: (262) 628-2626. Directions: click here for a map  and directions. Open: U-Pick: 7-5 Daily Until Done Store: 9-5 Daily (Strawberry Season Only) They have restrooms/wash stations/petting zoo/kid activities/corn maze/hay rides/school tours They do accept credit cards and also have a store with crafts, pre made jams/jellies/, ice cream stand, homemade items, apple cider, and prepicked fruits and veggies. . Strawberries: Available mid-June until season end. Peas: Sugar, Garden and Snow Peas. Available mid-June until season end. UPICK hours: 7am-5pm Daily (weather permitting). UPICK Store hours: 9 am to 5pm Daily. UPICK seasons are approximate. Please call Produce Hotline at 262-628-3866 to confirm crop status.

Waukesha County

• Elegant Farmer - pick your own apples, pumpkins, and squash
  1545 Main Street , Mukwonago, WI, 53149. Phone: 262-363-6770. Email us at: info@elegantfarmer.com. Directions. Crops are usually available in September and October. Directions: On County Highway ES between Mukwonago and East Troy, you’ll find a huge, rustic yellow barn (fresh prepicked produce market) surrounded by orchards and fields of fresh fruits and vegetables. During the fall, you can Pick Your Own fresh produce right from our fields and enjoy tons of special events and celebrations. Make your own caramel apples in September and October. Each new season, all year long, there are bushels of fun, farm-related activities at The Elegant Farmer. Railroad buffs won’t want to miss a visit to the nearby East Troy Electric Railroad and Trolley Museum, featuring public and charter rides on functional Electric Trolleys.
• Basse's Taste of Country - Strawberries, Sugar, Garden and Snow Peas
  3190 County Line Q , Colgate, WI, 53017. Phone: 262-628-2626 . U-pick mid-June thru end of season. Open 7 days per week 7am-5pm. They have port a potties and hand washing stations. Petting zoo and "rainbow" play system, picnic tables & concessions for strawberry sundaes, cones & shakes. There is a country store open 9am-2pm with a lot of other fresh produce and local products. Labor - Oct 31 is a corn maze and Oct weekends a pumpkin festival. Stage for plays etc. Lots more!!! See website for details of exact dates and times. They do take local checks and credit cards.

   

Pick your own farms in Wisconsin - Counties A through F

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