2024 Knox, Holmes and Coshocton Counties in central Ohio Asparagus U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org

Asparagus U-Pick Orchards in Knox, Holmes and Coshocton Counties in central Ohio 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 any state, nor even every 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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Knox County

• Granny B Farms - Certified Organic, asparagus, currants (red and black), herbs or spices, raspberries (red), raspberries (Autumn, red), strawberries, U-pick and already picked, porta-potties are available, picnic area you may bring your own food.
  7201 Tucker Road, Centerburg, OH 43011. Phone: 614-668-5251. Email: grannybfarms@gmail.com. Open: UPDATE for 2021: Unknown, they have no web presence now; the phone number may not even be correct now; anyone local who can update? If so, please write me, Directions: From Centerburg, Ohio, drive 6 miles east to Tucker Road. Directions: From Centerburg, Ohio, drive 6 miles east to Tucker Road. Turn right and you will farm on right 14 mile at green barn. From Mt Vernon, Ohio, drive 5 miles to Tucker Road. Turn left and see farm with green barn on right after 14 mile. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Paypal. Granny B Farms Turn right and you will farm on right 1/4 mile at green barn. From Mt Vernon, Ohio, drive 5 miles to Tucker Road. Turn left and see farm with green barn on right after 1/4 mile. Please contact us in advance if you are coming for pre-picked produce items.Visit us at the Clintonville Farmer's Market every Saturday from 9 am to 12 noon. We are certified Organic.Vegetables and blueberries are prepicked only. Organic fruit and vegetable farm in Centerburg, Ohio. Organic certification through OEFFA. We have u-pick and pre-picked (advance notice for pre-picked). UPDATE for 2019 and beyond: The farm was sold BUT is still open See this note from the former owner:"Granny B Farms is moving to Massachusetts! Technically, the people are moving and not the land. The land will be in the same location () under new ownership. Pleasantview produce will be operated by the Gingrich family. They are planning to continue strawberry upick as well as organic certification. Strawberry season is expected to start late May. Because the Gingrich family is Amish, they do not have a digital presence. I will post updates this year since I will still be in Ohio at the beginning of the season, . "

 

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.

Canning, Freezing and Asparagus recipes

• Freezing asparagus
• Canning Asparagus
• Canning pickled asparagus
• Canning one jar of pickled asparagus
• Oven-roasted Asparagus recipe
• Cheesy garlic roasted asparagus
• White asparagus

Grow your own asparagus (white or green)

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.

 

 

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