click here to go to the May's Farm Stand page in US at http://www.maysfarmny.com
or click here for the PickYourOwn.org home page
May's Farm Stand is usually open year-round. It's ALWAYS advisable to see the May's Farm Stand website, and/or to call or email them before you head out there, as many factors, can affect their availability and open hours. And that can change not only from year to year, but day to day!
Below is a general month by month overview for the northern hemisphere (North America). Be sure to see the US-specific harvest calendar for local dates.
Below is the general info, keep in mind this is very general, this is NOT a list of what May's Farm Stand has this year or ANY year or will have on any day. See the US-specific harvest calendar for typical crop harvest dates in US and see May's Farm Stand website for their current availability. This list below is a general list for many commonly grown crops.
The South will be the earlier end, and the North, the latter:
After you go to May's Farm Stand, you may want to freeze, can, make jams, jellies, sauces, pickles or preserve the fruit or vegetables you get there. See these pages below for detailed, illustrated, step-by-step instructions that make it easy!
Water bath canner with a jar rack
Pressure canners for gas, electric and induction stoves: Presto 23Qt or T-fal 22Qt
Canning scoop (this one is PERFECT)
Ball Blue book (most recent version)