click here to go to the Circle J Ranch page at http://www.circlejretreatcamp.com
or click here for the PickYourOwn.org starting page
Specific Fruit and Vegetable Picking and Preserving Guides and Recipes
After you go to Circle J Ranch, you may want to freeze, can or preserve the fruit or vegetables you get there. See these pages below for detailed, illustrated, step-by-step instructions that make it easy!
- How much do I need to pick?
- Apples
- Blackberries
- Blueberries
- Cherries
- Figs
- Green Beans
- Peaches, Plums and Apricots
- Pears
- Peppers (hot or sweet)
- Raspberries
- Rhubarb
- Sweet Potatoes
- Strawberries
- Tomatoes
- Watermelons
- Other Vegetables
- Complete list of home canning and freezing directions
More Festivals
- Apple festivals
- Apple butter festivals
- Asparagus festivals
- Avocado festivals
- Blackberry festivals
- Blueberry festivals
- Bean festivals (green beans, lima beans, pole beans, baked beans, etc.)
- Cantaloupe festivals
- Cherry Festivals
- Chili, Chile Peppers Hot peppers and hot sauce festivals
- Corn festivals
- Cranberry festivals
- Currant festivals
- Easter egg hunts
- Fall / Harvest Festivals
- Flower festivals and flower picking
- Garlic Festivals
- Gooseberry festivals
- Hazelnut festivals
- Honey festivals
- Horseradish festivals
- Nut festivals (Almonds, Chestnuts, etc)
- Octoberfests
- Onion Festivals
- Peach Festivals
- Pecan Festivals
- Peanut Festivals
- Pear festivals
- Plum festivals
- Pumpkin Festivals
- Raspberry festivals
- Rhubarb Festivals
- Strawberry festivals
- Sweet Potato Festivals and Yam Festivals
- Tomato festivals
- Walnut festivals
- Watermelon festivals
See below for more farm-related information
- Home canning and freezing directions
- Pumpkin patches
- Corn mazes
- Christmas Tree Farms & lots
- Easter egg hunts
- Find local children's consignment sales
- Home canning equipment and supplies
- How to make homemade ice cream
- Recommended canning +books and guides
- Farm markets and roadside stands
- Local fruit and vegetable festivals
- Local Winery tours and wine tastings
- Other types of local farms: honey, horses, meats, milk, eggs, etc.
- Environmental resources
- Consumer fraud information
Looking for canning equipment and supplies?
Water bath canner with a jar rack
Pressure canners for gas, electric and induction stoves: Presto 23Qt or T-fal 22Qt
Canning scoop (this one is PERFECT)
Ball Blue book (most recent version)