Colusa, Lake, Napa, Sacramento, Solano, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties in California U-Pick Farms - 2024 PickYourOwn.ORG

Looking for a local, pick-your-own farm in Colusa, Lake, Napa, Sacramento, Solano, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties in California? Scroll down this page and you will see the U-Pick farms in Colusa, Lake, Napa, Sacramento, Solano, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties in California, sorted by county. Those that offer organic or sustainably grown produce are identified by the words "organic" and/or "sustainable" in Green, next to their name  (see "What does Organic mean?"). The U-pick crops they offer follow the name of the farm. To search the page for a specific crop, use Ctrl-F (or on an ipad or Mac, use their "search on this page" function) If they have a website, the name will be in blue and underlined; click on it and it will open their website. If you find anything outdated or inaccurate, see the customer and farmer menus (as appropriate) at the top menu bar to submit updates and corrections and help me keep each current!

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New! Road tripping and camping is a great way to have a fun, safe and inexpensive family trip. The national and state parks and monuments are open, and campgrounds usually cost between $10 and $40 per night. September to November is the best camping weather.  See our new website Road Tripping and Camping.com for tips, tricks, guides, checklists and info about parks, monuments and other places to visit.

New! We just went live with our latest website, FunFactoryTours.com - As they name implies, you can find a fun factory tour, including chocolate, automobiles, historical forts and sites, famous buildings, Active Federal facilities even fun geology: like fossils and volcanic areas

Note: Beware the copycat websites like the one that stole our name and uses .farm extension: they copied my work and do NOT even update the info! I make updates EVERY day. They use tech tricks to get higher rankings, but have many more inaccuracies and out-dated info. Obviously, I cannot check every farm every day, but I do check as many as I can every day, and respond to all requests.  They don't. Don't support the scammers!

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! And if you know of any farms I missed and want to add a farm, please let me know!   I'm making updates for this year as fast as I can - if you find anything out-of-date, wrong or not working - please let me know! This website is supported by purchases you make through the links to products on Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This allows me to continue to maintain the website and make improvements!

What's in season in December 2024, and other timely information:

Notes for December 2024: Crop growth is slowing down, except for Christmas tree farms and if you live in southern California, southern Texas, Florida or along the Gulf coast where citrus are starting, and believe it or not, the blueberry and strawberry season in those areas is about to begin. See your state harvest calendar . This year, much of the country is still seeing mild weather, so lettuce, peas, broccoli, cabbage  and other greens are thriving.  And this is a good time to get a canner and  learn how to preserve foods for the winter, like canning some applesauce, apple butter or jam, which make great gifts. As do your own homemade specialty liqueurs! How about homemade cranberry sauce or a pumpkin pie made from a real pumpkin for the holidays? See our comprehensive list of easy home canning, jam and jelly making, preserving, drying and freezing directions. You can access recipes and other resources from the drop down menus at the top of the page or the site search. A fun winter activity is to make your own ice cream, even gelato, or low fat or low sugar ice cream - see this page. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to write me!

Valentine's Day - February 14 - See this website for Valentines Day history, facts and Amazon's top picks for fast, easy, inexpensive gifts for the man, woman or children in your life!

Easter will be April 4, 2021 - if you want to take your children to a free Easter egg hunt - see our companion website to find a local Easter Egg hunt!

 

Children's Consignment Sales occur in both the Spring and Fall  See our companion website to find a local community or church kid's consignment sale!

Colusa, Lake, Napa, Sacramento, Solano, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties in California U-Pick Farms and Orchards in 2024, by county

Click on the resources drop-down above, if you need a county map

Colusa County

Lake County

• Edenberry Farm - Certified Organic, blackberries, raspberries (red), raspberries (Spring, red), raspberries (Autumn, red),
  3036 Stone Drive, Lakeport, CA 95453. Phone: (707) 917-0188. Email: medenholm@gmail.com. Open: Wednesday through Sunday, 10 am through 7 pm or by appointment. Directions: We are certified organic for all crops! Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard. Click here for our Facebook page. (ADDED: June 09, 2018)
• Frontier Farm Co. - Uses natural growing practices, carrots, eggplants, herbs or spices, peppers, pumpkins, tomatoes,
  18525 S. State highway 29, Middletown, CA 95461. Phone: 707-355-1001. Alternate Phone: 707-987-6900. Email: kecia@frontierfarmco.com. Open: Seasonally July thru November Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 10am to 6pm. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. We use natural practices, but are not yet certified Organic. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard. Click here for our Facebook page. Fresh, Local and Sustainable from Our Garden to Your Table. We grow our vegetables using organic methods and allowing nature to do its job. Through crop rotation and diversification we interrupt the life-cycles of soil borne diseases and encourage healthier crop production. To keep our pest populations low, we encourage predatory insects to make our garden their home by planting beneficial plants in our habitat gardens. Adequate pollination is accomplished by attracting bees using bee-loving plants such as lavender, rosemary and nepeta, oh and of course the blossoms from our fruit trees and vegetable plants.(UPDATED: May 07, 2018, JBS)

Napa County

None found here yet. Write me, if you know of any! Click here to suggest a farm
(If you are the farmer/owner/operator, use this form instead: "Add my farm or event")

Sacramento County

• Davis Ranch, LLC - sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers, asparagus, pumpkins, vegetables, Christmas trees,
  13211 Jackson Road Sloughhouse, CA 95683. Phone: (916)502-7983. Phone: 916-682-2658. Email: sloughhousecorn@gmail.com. Open: June through Mid-November Tuesdays and Saturdays Sunrise - 1pm, then Christmas trees from the Friday after Thanksgiving to the 21st of December from 9 am until dark. Directions: 1 mile east of the town of Sloughhouse Inn on the north side of Jackson Highway (Highway 16), Approximately 15 miles east of Sacramento on Jackson.  Go to the back parking lot, follow the U-PICK signs to the scale. Davis Ranch facebook page. How about getting those veggies at (prices subject to change) $.45 per lb. ($.50 per lb if paying with a card). That's no typo, 45 cents per pound!!!
  You do the labor, you only pay for the vegetable (or fruit as it may be) Where else are you going to find that price unless you are growing it in your own backyard!? So that is reason #1 to come out and give it a try at least. Reason 2 you ask?
  Try having the absolute freshest veggies you can get! That's right, that little guy was still growing moments before you picked it and put it in your bag. That's As Fresh As It Gets!! We are known for our famous Sloughhouse Sweet Corn, our Fresh Asparagus and much more. If you haven't had our famous corn, ask someone who has and they will tell you what you are missing. We also have Choose and Cut Christmas Trees available starting the day after Thanksgiving and going until the week of Christmas.  You MUST spend at least $20 minimum. There is no maximum!
  Christmas trees already pre-cut for sale shipped in from Oregon.  All of our Choose and Cut Christmas Trees are only (2024 price) $45.99 plus tax for any tree of any height. Varieties include but are not limited to; Douglas Fir, Incense Cedar, and Nordman Fir. Pre-Cut trees may be available, call before you visit if this is what you are looking for. Come on down and grab yourself a Christmas tree and some fresh produce!
• Double M Farms and McDowell Hunting Preserve - 2024 permanently closed
  13161 Grand Island Rd, Walnut Grove , CA 95690. Phone: 916 257-9613. Email: doublemfarms@mcdowellestate.com. Open: UPDATE for 2024, A visitor writes on June 10, 2024:
  "In 2020, owner Michael McDowell unexpectedly passed away at the age of 44. Michael suffered a bee sting on their family pear farm in Walnut Grove and was unable to be revived. The family farm has been closed."
• R Kelley Farms CLOSED - 2023 Permanently closed
  1120 Scribner Road, Sacramento, CA 95832. UPDATE for 2023, Their Facebook page says they are permanently closed. Thanks for the remarkable support over the past 30 years.

Solano County

• Bar J Ranch - No pesticides are used, persimmons, quince
  4004 Cantelow Rd, Vacaville, CA 95688. Phone: (707) 448-0870. Email: ruth_yerkes@yahoo.com. Open: October and November only to pick, must call first for appointment. Directions: highway 80, north on 505, exit Midway, go west, left on Timm, continue to 4004 cantelow. Click here for a map and directions. Hachiya (soft) persimmons and quince will be ready late fall only, grown without pesticides. Payment: Cash, only. Bring your own bags, boxes, containers to pick and take the fruit home. Wear sturdy shoes, it can be muddy after rain. (.
• Blue Ridge Organic Farms - Certified Organic, pomegranates,
  4800 Jaybee Lane, Winters , CA 95694. Phone: 707-416-7421. Email: brenna@mypetinc.com. Email: brenna.demartini@yahoo.com. Open: U - Pick goes through October - Late November on Saturday And Sundays from 8 am to 12 depending on the weather; Or by appointment. Directions: Take Allendale Exit, then take your first left on frontage road, go down a ways and turn right on Jaybee Lane. Click here for a map and directions. We are certified organic for some crops. Payment: Cash, only. We are Organically Certified. Over 4,000 Pomegranate Trees grown. (UPDATED: May 07, 2018, JBS) Ericksons Ranch
• Erickson's Ranch - U-pick tomatoes, peppers, herbs, watermelon, pumpkins and flowers.
  2482 Cordelia Road, Suisun Valley, CA 94534. Phone: (707) 864-0557. Email: info@ericksonranch.com. Open: Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 6 pm; Season: June through November. The season starts in late June with Blenheim apricots and Dahlias. They have over 20 varieties of peaches & nectarines. U-pick tomatoes, peppers, herbs, watermelon, pumpkins and flowers. They are affiliated with Suisun Valley Growers and they have Fun Family Farm Days in August, September and October and a wonderful field of you pick pumpkins each fall. (UPDATED: May 07, 2018, JBS)
• Larry's Produce - tomatoes, pickling cucumbers, eggplants, hot chili peppers, peppers
  4606 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield, CA 94534. Phone: 707-864-8068. Open: 9 am to 5 pm daily. Their farmer's market offers local peaches, apricots, plums, pears, sweet corn, melons and much more. In October, they have a pumpkin patch, hay maze, and the have Christmas trees in December. Larry's offers local peaches, apricots, plums, pears, sweet corn, melons and much more. U-Pick crops available including tomatoes, pickling cucumbers, eggplants, hot chiles, peppers...you will find everything you need at Larry's. (UPDATED: May 07, 2018, JBS)
• Morgan's of California - No pesticides are used blueberries, gift shop, restrooms, picnic area you may bring your own food
  3984 Canal Lane, Winters, CA 95694. Phone: (530) 795-3253. Alternate Phone: (530) 902-2488. Email: morgansofcalifornia@gmail.com. Open: Monday through Saturday, from 10 to 4, closed Sundays. Directions: We do not use pesticides on the crops. Payment: Cash, Visa, MasterCard. Click here for our Facebook page. (UPDATED: May 10, 2021)

Sutter County

• Hudson Orchards - Pomegranates
  4056 Bear River Drive, Rio Oso, CA 95674. Phone: (530) 633-2505. Alternate Phone: (530) 852-1773. Fax: (530) 633-4476. Email: bechuds@aol.com. Open: Monday to Friday, from 8 am to 7 pm; Saturday and Sunday, from 7 am to 5 pm, October 20 to November 30. Directions: From Sacramento- CA-99 North toward Yuba City/Marysville Slight Right onto CA-70 N/El Centro Blvd (signs for CA-70/Marysville/Oroville) Turn Right onto Kempton Rd Turn Left onto 4th Ave Take the 1st Right onto Rio Oso Rd Turn Left onto Swanson Rd Continue Straight onto Bear River Drive Destination will be on Left 4056 Bear River Dr Rio Oso, CA 95674. Click here for a map and directions. Pomegranates - Monday to Friday, from 8 am to 7 pm; Saturday and Sunday, from 7 am to 5 pm, October 20 to November 30. Payment: Cash, only. Beautiful Ripe Pomegranates Ready to Pick.

Yolo County (Sacramento area)

• Haag Farm - Walnuts
  16200 Road 87, Esparto, CA 95627. Phone: 530-787-3603. Phone: 530-787-3603. Email: haag@cal.net. Open: Call for appointments - Walnuts and almonds. U-Pick October for insecticide-free walnuts. They also sell online and ship for gfree. Hands-on training/tours for modern orchards: drip irrigation, biological controls, pruning, chemigation, and IPM. 25 years in business! Directions: Call for directions. HAAG FARM has specialized in growing nutritious insecticide-free (and peanut-free) WALNUTS in a manner as close as desirable to the old natural way practiced by our grandparents! (We use biological controls with both mild herbicides & walnut leaves over the tree rows, chipped walnut prunings & compost over the entire orchard floor, and very pure UN-32 fertilizer in a very, very squeaky clean orchard.)(UPDATED: May 28, 2018, JBS)
• Impossible Acres (also called The Pickin' Patch) - boysenberries, blackberries, raspberries...cherries, peaches, apples...pumpkins, corn, gourds
  26565 Road 97D, Davis, CA. Phone: 530-750-0451. Email: impossibleacres@aol.com. Open: from late May through July each year,from 9 am to 6 pm on Wednesday to Sunday, closed on Mondays and Tuesdays except if a holiday falls on a Monday; always check their website or call before you go . Directions: West of Davis, East of Winters, South of Woodland, North of Dixon. Follow signs from the corner of County Road 98 and County Road 31 (Covell). Call for hours; Petting zoo and school tours. Pick-your-own produce: boysenberries, blackberries, raspberries...cherries, peaches, apples...pumpkins, corn, gourds...goats, ponies, chickens...hayrides, mazes, scarecrows. Most of our produce is marketed as pick-your-own so we have set up the farm to provide easy access to the picking fields. We grow many varieties of each crop to extend the picking season, and we provide containers to pick into and scales to weigh your produce. During the various seasons we have a wonderful variety of fruits for you to pick: Boysenberries, Blackberries, Raspberries, Peaches, Apples, Pumpkins, Cherries, Tomatoes, Apricots. We have small orchards and berry patches set up for people to pick their own produce. You can get tree or vine ripened apricots, plums, pluots, apriums, cherries, blackberries, raspberries, nectarines and peaches. (Other stuff, too!) It is hard to predict when the different crops will be ripe each year, so you never know what you might be picking when you come. There is no charge to enter the farm and parking is free. You only pay for the produce you pick.. Impossible Acres facebook page.   (UPDATED: September 3, 2023, JBS)
  Comments from a visitor on May 23, 2010: "Last summer, I went to Impossible Acres in Yolo County (I live in Sacramento). They had a huge selection of you-pick apricots, plums, hybrids thereof, as well as tons of blackberries and some strawberries. They were friendly and easygoing and my friends and I all had a great time - not to mention that we got tasty fresh fruit for free!"
• Jacob Mini Farm - U-pick pecans, Christmas trees, pumpkins
  34905 Creeksedge Road, Davis, CA 95616. Phone: 530-753-3037. Phone: 530-758-9280. Open: Call for hours. Farm stand - oranges, persimmons, walnuts, mistletoe, pecans, evergreen boughs. Directions: From Davis - West on Russell Blvd, left on Rd 95A, right on Creeksedge Road 1st driveway. From Dixon - North on Pitt School Road, left on Sievers Road, right on Stephenson Bridge Road, cross bridge, left on Creekside Road. At Putah Creek and Yolo County Rd 95A. Sprinkled throughout the evergreens are pecan trees, which act as a shade canopy for the rather thirsty Christmas trees. Pecans tend to drop from the trees during the Christmas tree season, and u-pickers are welcome to collect them. Last year was a phenomenal year for pecans, said Emily. This year, not so much. But pecans tend to produce every other year, so the trees should be more generous next year. (UPDATED: May 28, 2018, JBS)
• Loving Nature Farm - Uses natural growing practices, beans, beets, broad beans, broccoli, corn (sweet), cucumbers, eggplants, herbs or spices, peas, peppers, summer squash, winter squash, tomatoes, other vegetables, Other fruit or veg, Fresh eggs, restrooms, picnic area, pony rides, farm animals, birthday parties, school tours
  38883 Z Line Road, Clarksburg, CA 95612. Phone: 916-899-1154. Email: michaelwong250@gmail.com. Open: Monday to Sunday, from 9 am to 6 pm, all year round. Directions: On Jefferson Blvd heading south, make a right on Hamilton Road, at the end of Hamilton Road make a left on Z Line Road, go 0.4 mile and arrive at the first house on your left. Click here for a map and directions. All year round for a wide selection of U-pick seasonal fruit and vegetables. We use natural practices, but are not yet certified Organic. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard. We can grow a wide variety of all-natural vegetables on demand, lease small plots to those who are interested in growing organic food for themselves. We welcome all kinds of activities and functions by prior arrangements. We also deliver CSA boxes to homes and offices. Click here for our Facebook page. (UPDATED: May 28, 2018, JBS)

• Pacific Star Gardens - Certified Organic, apricots, blackberries, flowers, marionberries, olallieberries, strawberries, and prepicked produce, school tours
  20872 County Road 99, Woodland, CA 95695. Phone: 530-666-7308. Email: pacificstargardens@yahoo.com. Open: Monday-Sunday, 9 am to 7 pm. Directions: Interstate 80 east to Highway 113 north, Road 27 exit, turn left go one mile to Road 99, turn right, we are about a mile north. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in April, May, June, July. We are certified organic for all crops! Payment: Cash, only. ( (UPDATED: September 3, 2023, JBS)
• Park Winters - flowers, weddings, meetings, B and B, farm tours,
  27850 County Road 26, Winters, CA 95694. Phone: 530-669-3692. Email: info@parkwinters.com.  Open: see their website. A visitor tells me they also sometimes they have PYO tomatoes and figs.  Pick and arrange your own dried flower bouquet in our dreamy Flower Barn. We've been preserving our favorite spring and summer blooms to offer this unique artisanal experience you can't find anywhere else!  Join us for a tour of the Farm at Park Winters to learn about our farming and composting techniques, as well as new growth, mid-growth and seed harvesting. While we mostly cultivate seasonal flowers, we also grow fruits and vegetables for our farm to table experiences. Spend the night at our boutique Bed & Breakfast, taste land-inspired dining at our seasonal Farm to Table experiences, or let us be the backdrop for your wedding, celebration or corporate event.  Dry Flower Arranging, Tomato picking, fig picking, and other seasonal u-pick experiences.  (ADDED: January 16, 2023, JBS)
  
  

Yuba County

 

• Bishop's Pumpkin Farm - Apples, pumpkins, walnuts, Corn maze.
  1415 Pumpkin Lane, Wheatland, CA 95692. Phone: 530-633-2568. Open: Pumpkin patch last week in September thru October 31. Sunday to Thursday 9-6; Friday and Saturday 9-7. Company picnics, from April thru August. Directions: From the north, drive south on Hwy 65 to Wheatland. Turn right on 4th St and drive one half mile to the farm. From Interstate 80 east of Roseville, take Hwy 65 turnoff. Wheatland is approximately 21 miles north. Turn left on 4th St and drive one half mile to the farm. (UPDATED: May 28, 2018, JBS)

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