2024 Central Indiana Asparagus U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org
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Asparagus U-Pick Orchards in Central Indiana in 2024, by county
Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for asparagus that we know of in this area.
Not all areas of a state have asparagus orchards that are open to the public. If you know of any others, please tell us using the add a farm form!
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! If I cannot reach them, I DON'T GO!
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Hamilton County
Spencer Farm - asparagus, strawberries, blueberries, grapes, black raspberries, red raspberries, pumpkins, field grown chrysanthemums, restrooms 7177 East 161st Street, Noblesville, IN 46062. Phone: 317-776-1560. Email: spencerfarm@att.net. Open: For current hours of operation please visit our website. Directions: Follow signs from 146th Street and Allisonville Rd. Gift shop. Typical crop availability: May-Asparagus, Rhubarb. June-strawberries, black raspberries, blueberries. July-Blueberries. August and September- red raspberries, mums, summer vegetables. October- pumpkins and mums. November and December- live . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: cash, credit cards. Spencer Farm Facebook page. Christmas treesWe now have pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn, straw bales, field grown chrysanthemums, etc., and hayrides to the pumpkin patch on Saturday and Sunday. In the market we have apples grown right here in Indiana, along with many, many fall festive items. Don't forget to order your Thanksgiving pies and baked goods, we will be open all year! Spencer's You-Pick is now. Our name has changed slightly, but our determination to serve our many valued customers through the years remains the same Comments from a visitor on June 29, 2012: "Farm is very conveniently located to metropolitan Indy. We picked black raspberries here 3 times during peak season. Bushes are very healthy and the berries are irrigated so the drought didn't affect their size as much as I saw on other Indiana farms. The black raspberry prices are a little high but considering the prices for gas, you really won't spend more money picking here if you had to drive further. The staff was pleasant and the picking atmosphere was very easy going. All in all, a great picking experience and delicious black raspberries." Comments from a visitor on October 30, 2008: "There is a country store with ice cream, fudge and 20 different kinds of home-made pies. Also the best cinnamon rolls are made there every morning. During the month of October there is free hay rides to the pumkin patch. Picking your own berries was a very fun time on the farm. They have a farm dog which seems to really love all the attention. The country store was remodeled this year with a new bakery and some of the best pies that I have tasted. The baker is within view while he is preparing the pies so that you know they are made right there. The cinnamon rolls are to die for and are made every day."
Wayne County
Bell's Strawberry Farm - asparagus, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries 16447 State Road 38, Hagerstown, IN 47346. Phone: 765-489-5753. Email: edbell@ruraltek.com. Open: May, June, July. Directions: It is easy to find us. We are located one mile west of Hagerstown, IN on State Road 38. Half way between Indianapolis Indiana and Dayton Ohio. From Interstate 70 take exit north to State Road 1. Follow State Road 1 north to the first flashing four way stop. Turn west \(left\) and go through Hagerstown. From the western edge of Hagerstown go exactly one mile. Watch for the strawberry signs \(in season\). Our drive way is on the south side of the State Road 38. . Click here for a map and directions. Fax: 765 489 6136 It is easy to find us. We are located one mile west of Hagerstown, IN on State Road 38. Half way between Indianapolis Indiana and Dayton Ohio. From Interstate 70 take exit north to State Road 1. Follow State Road 1 north to the first flashing four way stop. Turn west (left) and go through Hagerstown. From the western edge of Hagerstown go exactly one mile. Watch for the strawberry signs (in season). Our drive way is on the south side of the State Road 38. Click here for a map to our farm. We are open Our hours are: Monday to Saturday 8 AM to 7 PM Closed Sundays Asparagus: Starts around Tax Day or April 15 Strawberries: Memorial Day to Father's Day Raspberries and Blackberries: Start around the Fourth of July Please see our website for more information.
Asparagus
Asparagus Picking Tips, Recipes and Information
Asparagus is one of the first crops to harvest in the early
Spring. Asparagus is usually green, but there is a white (blanched)
version that has been
kept covered until harvested, so no light reaches it, and even a
purple version.
Pick your own asparagus
Pick your own asparagus is pretty rare in the U.S., much more
common in the U.K. and Europe. U-Pick white asparagus is REALLY hard
to find in the U.S.
Eckerts in Belleville, Illinois, has it.
To pick asparagus, just look for asparagus spears are about 6 to 10
inches above the soil line, are firm, with tightly closed tips.
Then just cut at the base (ground level) or snap each spear; they
usually snap off cleanly at the ground level.
The Old
farmer's Almanac has a good page about how to grow your own
asparagus, white or green. I've been growing it for years.
It's probably the easiest thing you can grow. And after you
harvest in the spring, you let it grow, and it produces 5 ft tall
fern-like leaves that make a nice background hedge at the back of
the garden. So don't plant it where it will block the sun from other
parts of the garden. The leaves suck up energy from the sun
and store it in the roots to produce next Spring;'s crop.