2024 Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia Asparagus U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org

Asparagus U-Pick Orchards in Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia 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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Hampshire County

• Capon Crossing Farm Market - Uses natural growing practices, asparagus, beans, broccoli, cucumbers, eggplant, flowers, herbs or spices, melons, onions, peppers, pumpkins, raspberries (red), summer squash, winter squash, strawberries, tomatoes, Honey from hives on the farm, Fresh eggs
  Hc 64 Box 232 A, Wardensville, WV 26851. Phone: 540-664-4219. Email: caponcrossing@aol.com. Open: all year; Our hours are basically daylight hours as the market is on a working cattle farm and will always have someone here to assist. Directions: 5 miles North of Wardensville, WV on 259, or, 17 miles from Route 50 on 259. 2 miles from Capon Springs Road toward Wardensville. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa, MasterCard. . Alternate Phone: 304-874-3462. . We use natural practices, but are not seeking organic certification. Bluegrass Band can be booked for occasions on and off the farm, depending upon availability.

Hardy County

• Buena Vista Farm - asparagus, beets, blackberries, cucumbers, herbs or spices, onions, peas, peppers, pumpkins, summer squash, winter squash, strawberries, tomatoes, Honey from hives on the farm, restrooms, picnic area you may bring your own food, farm animals
  4975 US 220 North, Old Fields, WV 26845. Phone: 304-538-2788. Email: bvfarm@hardynet.com. Open: May 21 to October 31 when the market is open. Directions: 5 miles north of Moorefield WV on US 220. From Corridor H take Fish Pond Road at the Holtzman Propane Exit \(dirt road\) travel 2 miles to US 220 turn left for the patchmarket. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . Alternate Phone: 304-530-2788. . 5 miles north of Moorefield WV on US 220. From Corridor H take Fish Pond Road at the Holtzman Propane Exit (dirt road) travel 2 miles to US 220 turn left for the patch/market. Strawberries: May 21 to June 15 Fresh Produce: May 21 to September 15 Pumpkins and Group Hayrides: September 15 to October 31. A visitor writes on June 09, 2013: "Great farm family..refreshing to see people enjoy what they do..Nicely groomed and easy access.. Parking okay.. You can pick your own or they have berries picked for you., U-pick is $3.00 per pound. Pre-pick is $5.00 per qt. You may call ahead to order for certain day ."

 

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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