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The Berry Patch in Iowa Information

The Berry Patch is usually open each year, in season for their crops. It's ALWAYS advisable to see the The Berry Patch website, and/or to call or email them before you head out to the farm to determine the crop availability, as many factors, such as weather, soil conditions and even market and economic conditions affect what they have and when. And that can change not only from year to year, but day to day!

When are common crops available?

Below is a general month by month overview for the northern hemisphere (North America). Be sure to see the Iowa-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 The Berry Patch has this year or ANY year or will have on any day. See the Iowa-specific harvest calendar for typical crop harvest dates in Iowa and see The Berry Patch 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:

• November to March - Citrus (oranges, grapefruit, mandarins, etc, in so Cal, AZ, NM, TX, FL
• March - April: Asparagus
• Late April-June: strawberries
• June- July: cherries
• June-August: blueberries, blackberries
• July-September: peaches, figs, tomatoes, green beans
• July-October: raspberries
• August - Figs, Fall raspberries start, early apples
• September-October: apples and grapes
• October: late apples, Pumpkins
• December: Christmas trees

Specific Fruit and Vegetable Picking and Preserving Guides and Recipes

After you go to The Berry Patch, 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!