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The regular PYO farm pages have all crops together.
But if you are looking for one specific crop, you will find it faster to just click on the crop you want below and then the province and then area of the province closest to you! Of course, keep in mind that not all areas have all crops. But, if there is a link below then there is at least one farm in the area with that crop!
Apples (Fall)
Apricots (late Spring)
Aronia berries, a.k.a, Chokecherries
Asparagus (early Spring)
Beans (green beans, Limas, string, etc) (Summer)
Beets (aka, beetroot) (late Spring - Fall)
Blackberries (late Spring - Fall)
Blueberries (June-July)
Boysenberries (July)
Cherries (one week in May - June in most areas - a VERY brief season)
Crabapples (August - October)
Cranberries (Fall)
Citrus (Nov - Feb)
Corn (mid-Summer to early Fall)
Cucumbers (Summer)
Currants (red, black, even other colors)
Eggplant - summer
Eggs (usually most of the year, except maybe during the coldest months)
Elderberries (late summer, Fall)
Figs (late summer to early Fall)
Flowers (Sunflowers and others) (Summer)
Gooseberries (late summer, early Autumn)
Grapes (all grapes and wine grapes) (late summer, early Fall)
Greens - salad greens, greens for steaming, etc.
Herbs - basil, oregano, rosemary, thyme, etc.
Lavender - depends on the local climate and variety, usually late Spring through summer
Loganberries - early summer
Mulberries - late Spring
Muscadines or Scuppernongs - late summer and early Autumn
Nectarines - (Summer)
Onions - Spring, Summer
Peaches (mid-Summer)
Pears (early Fall) (
Peas (Spring)
Peppers (Summer, Fall)
Persimmons (Fall)
Plums (late Spring)
Raspberries (Summer, Fall)
Rhubarb (Spring)
Squash:
Summer Squash or
Winter Squash)
Saskatoons (summer)
Strawberries (Spring)
Tayberries mid-May to mid June in the South, a month later in the North
Tomatoes (Summer into Fall)
Vegetables (All types) (Spring through Fall)
Watermelons Late summer to early Fall
Technically, you don't actually "pick" the eggs, but many U-Pick farms also raise chickens and have farm fresh eggs to sell, often year-round
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Apples start in late summer and continue through the Fall. See these pages to find a local pick your own apple orchard!
Note that crabapples are frequently used as a pollinator for apple orchards, and the orchards don't market the crabapples themselves because they do not perceive there is a market for them. In fact, the crabapples are very useful for those who want to make their own natural pectin! Others make a very tart crabapple jelly. So, you might want to check with a local apple orchard, see above.
See these pages to find a local pick your own apple orchard that also has pumpkins!
Apricots are rare as a U-Pick crop and their season is brief, usually late Spring, following plums
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Asparagus is the very first crop available in the Spring,But there arenoPYOs for asparagus in Australia.
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Beets take only 55 - 70 days from seed to harvest and grow in cool, warn and even hot weather, although it it gets too hot they tend to go to seed. So beets are usually available from late Spring through early Fall.
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Blueberries are ready to pick from early summer through late summer, depending upon the variety planted and the climate. . Click on the links below fHawaii, for example has none.
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As you can see, these are rare! But the season is usually from late Autumn through late winter!
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It's fairly rare, but if you are lucky enough to have a pyo-corn farm near you, look for it to be ready in in midtolate summer
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There are NO U-Pick elderberry orchards, in Australia
Figs love the heat and can handle cold, so long as their roots do not freeze. So they can be grown in coastal area like B.C., Many people do not realize how delicious a fresh fig is!
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Grapes are grown in many areas, and are usually ready to pick starting in mid to late summer through early Autumn.
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There are obviously far fewer orchards growing wine grapes for commercial U-Pick, but they are worth it, if you want to make your own wine. A
But I haven'tfoiund any in Australia!
Apparently,there are no U-Pick salad green farms in Australia,please let me know if I've
missed one!
None in Australia,mate...
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A hybrid mix of blackberries and raspberries, with a mixed flavor of both, they are becoming popular in the U.S. and Canada, but are still hard to find.
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Muscadines and scuppernongs are a large, seeded grape native to hot climates, like the Deep South of the U.S.. They thrive in the hot climates where Europe grapes fail. They produce richly flavored, large sweet grapes, excellent for desserts or sweet wines. But., as you can guess, they are not grown as PYO in Australia
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Peaches are ready to harvest in early to mid summer, typically in July and August in most areas.
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Peas are also a cool weather crop, usually ready in mid-Spring
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Peppers are a summer and early Fall crop.
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Plums are another fairly early fruit crop, usually late Spring or early summer, right after strawberries and cherries
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Raspberries come in 2 types: Spring (typically June) bearing and Fall bearing (August-frost) And of course colors: red, yellow, orange, purple and black
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Rhubarb follows asparagus.
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Also called Juneberries or Serviceberries, they're similar to blueberries. Mainly grown in Canada but not in Australia
Basically, there are two main types: summer squash, harvested in the summer months and winter squash which are harvested in the Autumn and can be stored over the winter.
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There must be some, but I have not found them!
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Strawberry season is brief, only 3 to 5 weeks in the late Spring. Click on the links below for PYO strawberry farms in a given
province.
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As good as Tayberries are (and they a hybrid cross between blackberries and raspberries), they are rare!
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Yes, there are farms where you can pick your own tomatoes, (typically from June to September) and aside from growing them yourself, this is the best way to get great tasting tomatoes at the best price!
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None!
Tulip farms are still are but more are coming on! Sunflowers and zinnias are most common, and a mid to late summer crop.
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Cranberries are a Fall crop. There aren't many where you can pick your own, but here they are:
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