2024 Linn County, Oregon Asparagus U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org

Asparagus U-Pick Orchards in Linn County, Oregon 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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Linn County

• Springbank Farm - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, asparagus, blueberries, gooseberries, upick and picked fruit, bathrooms, picnic area you may bring your own food
  32264 Berlin Rd, Lebanon, OR 97355. Phone: 503 816-5529. Email: info@springbankfarm.org. Open: July 4th, 2020 through mid August, on Tuesday to Saturday, 8 am to 6 pm: Sunday 12 pm to 6 pm. Directions: From Downtown Lebanon: heading east on highway 20, Left at Grant Street, cross Grant Street Bridge, immediate right onto Berlin Road 3.5 miles on the right, directly across from Hidden Valley Road. From Sweet Home: highway 20 2 miles from turnoff, Turn at signs to Waterloo, follow into Waterloo, Cross Bridge, Immediate Left onto Plagman Drive, Road T\'s, Left onto Berlin Road 12 Mile down on the Left. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx, WIC Vouchers.
  Springbank Farm Facebook page. . Alternate Phone: 503 819-6209. . From Downtown Lebanon: heading east on highway 20, Left at Grant Street, cross Grant Street Bridge, immediate right onto Berlin Road 3.5 miles on the right, directly across from Hidden Valley Road. From Sweet Home: highway 20 2 miles from turnoff, Turn at signs to Waterloo, follow into Waterloo, Cross Bridge, Immediate Left onto Plagman Drive, Road T's, Left onto Berlin Road 1/2 Mile down on the Left. We will be closed July 4th. We use natural practices, but are not yet certified Organic. U-pick & We-pick. Bulk pricing. Oregon Tilth Certified organic blueberries. We are now certified organic through Oregon Tilth. Blueberry CSA and bulk discount pricing. Pre-orders are encouraged. We have 7 varieties of blueberries: Duke, Draper, Chandler, Bluecrop, Legacy, Liberty and Ozarkblue. Frozen berries are available in the off season. Bring your own containers for upick for this season. (UPDATED: June 29, 2020)

 

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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