2024 Coastal Georgia, including the Savannah area Vegetable U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org

Vegetable U-Pick Orchards in Coastal Georgia, including the Savannah area in 2024, by county

Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for vegetables that we know of in this area. Not all areas of any state, nor even every state, have vegetables 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!

PLEASE report closed farms, broken links and incorrect info using the "Report Corrections" form below.

Camden County

• Merck Farms - strawberries, vegetables
  4745 Clark\'s Bluff Road, Kingsland, GA 31548. Phone: (912) 674-0197. Email: bob@merckfarms.com. Directions: type . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express.
  Merck Farms Facebook page. . is open based on crop availability, they update open times every afternoon/evening on their Facebook page. Please call or text prior to driving out to the farm to confirm seasonal hours of operation and crop availability. "" into Google Maps, Apple Maps or Car GPS systems or if you are on your phone just click on this link. Click here for a map to our farm. LLC is a locally owned farm located on the St. Mary's River in Kingsland, GA. Our mission is to grow fresh fruits and vegetables, and provide them to our community. We believe in reducing our footprint on the earth by growing locally and sending the food straight from the farm to your table. Strawberry U-pick started earlier than normal in February in 2020 and ended the season in early April. Vegetable U-pick began about one month after the strawberry U-pick ended. The vegetables typically include sweet onions, bell peppers, hot peppers, cucumbers, eggplant, cherry tomatoes and slicing tomatoes. (ADDED: September 16, 2020, JBS)

Pierce County

• Davis farm - beans, corn (sweet), cucumbers, melons, peas, peppers, summer squash, tomatoes, other vegetables,
  6138 Ayrin Brooke Ln, Blackshear, GA 31516. Phone: 912-449-2425. Email: gajokerfloyd@yahoo.com. Open: Monday through Sunday, from 7 am to 8 pm; June 1 to October 30. Directions: highway 84 east out of Blackshear, Georgia turn left at ace pole plant then another left on dean still road go about a mile turn left on Ayrin brook lane its the first dirt road on your left it the second double wide on you right fenced yard. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. . . There will be okra, straight neck squash ,zucchini squash, Irish potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes ,cherry tomatoes, sweet corn ,jalapeno peppers, sweet bell peppers, mild banana peppers, spaghetti squash ,watermelons, black-eye peas ,green snap-beans in the fall white turnip, purple top, and mustard greens. Please check the south Georgia produce harvest page on this web site.

Tattnall County

• Durrence Farms - U-pick strawberries, blackberries and prepicked vegetables
  14381 Hwy 301(5 miles north of Glenville), Glenville, GA . Phone: 912 654 4367. Email: danny@jdbeef.com. Open: Daylight, March for strawberries, onions, May for blackberries, squash, cucumbers, June for tomatoes, cantaloupes, July for watermelons, peppers etc, Fall for greens. Click here for a map and directions. . If attendant is not available you can pay in the honor box. Bring small bills to verify yourself out. Greens, turnips, mustard, etc in cold weather; Strawberries March to May; Blackberries in May-June; Tomatoes June; Squash May-June & later; Cucumbers Bell peppers, others. DC Durrence Farm knows a thing or two about home-grown. A fourth generation family owned and operated farm, Durrence Farm has four poultry houses, a farm-fresh road side market, and JD Beef cattle operation. The farm grows strawberries, tomatoes, sweet corn, and a variety of fresh garden vegetables and fruits. When owners Danny and Sandra Durrence are not busy managing the farm they can be found making trips to supply the Daniel Reed restaurants with seasonal produce and beef. Farm Fresh U-Pick, Angus Cattle, USDA Certified. A visitor writes on May 6, 2020: "II go there several times a year and was just there last week to get strawberries. There is a review on your web site that leads people to think it is closed. Please know that it is NOT closed but actually doing better than ever. They seem to have had a better farm the last few years - more organized and a wider variety of crops. I always do the U-Pick strawberries and blackberries. It is a wonderful roadside farm with very friendly owners. If the owners aren't there, they have an honor box which is great if I can only get their in early evening or Sundays..
  Comments from a visitor on June 08, 2010: "Mr & Mrs Durrence are friendly and provide high quality produce at a reasonable price."

Ware County

• The Red Barn (formerly the Berry Patch) - strawberries, green beans vegetables
  6446 Valdosta Highway, Manor, GA 31550. Phone: 912-283-5060. Email: elmond@att.net. Open: closed on Sundays. Click here for a map and directions. The Red Barn (formerly the Berry Patch) . In April and May: strawberries, greens, potatoes, cabbage, yellow squash and zucchinis. Starting sometime in June, also Tomatoes, sweet corn, okra, and several varieties of beans(i.e. limas, grean beans, fordhooks,etc.). Be sure to call before you go to verify on their hours and availability of crops. We sell fresh quality produce by the pound or in bulk at low prices. Please call before you come to check on produce availability. Hours may vary. U-PICK TOMATOES: Tomato field is typicaly open in June and July for u-pick. 2020 price was $8 a 5 gallon bucket . Note: BRING YOUR OWN BUCKETS! STRING BEANS: Round Green String Beans and Flat Green String Beans in June and July. in 2020, they were $8.00 a 5 gallon bucket for u-pick green beans.
  Comments from a visitor on June 11, 2010: "Very friendly people willing to go the extra distance to make sure their customers are happy. Very reasonable prices and great vegetable/fruit quality.
  Comments from a visitor on July 17, 2009: "They were very nice. The turn in is there before you know it. Slow down in Manor near "Friendly Express" convenience store. Tomatoes available again in Oct. great watermelon and other produce. "

 

Vegetable Picking Tips, Recipes and Information

Pick veggies that are firm and free of blemishes.

Canning, Freezing, Drying, Preserving and more!

Below are links to pages with easy and reliable directions about how to can, preserve, freeze and make other goodies fromveggiess.  Some of these require a Pressure Canner to prevent potential spoilage and food poisoning, due to the low acid content of the food.  For others, you can use a water bath canner OR a Pressure Canner.  I've noted what's required for each, below, following each entry, with
W for water bath,
P for Pressure canner, and
W, P for either may be used!

• Canning asparagus - P
• Canning fresh shelled beans - P
• How to can beets - P
• How to make home canned carrots - P
• How to can corn (hot pack method) - P
• How to can corn (raw pack method) - P
• How to can creamed corn (hot pack method) - P
• How to make canned greens, like Spinach, Turnip Greens, Collards, Kale, Swiss Chard
• How to can green beans, yellow beans, snap beans, broad beans, etc. - P
• How to make canned dried beans and peas (from kidney beans, peas, lima beans, broadbeans, chickpeas, pole beans, etc.) - P
• How to Make Homemade Canned Baked  Beans With Tomato or Molasses Sauce - P
• How to Make Homemade Canned Baked  Beans With Back, Pork or Ham and Tomato or Molasses Sauce - P
• Mixed vegetables - P
• Mushrooms - P
• How to can peas (English peas, Crowder peas, blackeye peas and purple hull peas) - P
• Boiled Peanuts! Now Southerners who move to other parts of the country can make their own home-canned boiled peanuts to eat later or give away as gifts
• How to can peppers (removing the skins)- P
• How to can peppers (leaving the skins on) - P
• How to can Hot peppers in oil - W
• How to make fresh basil Pesto (only fresh and frozen - this can't be home-canned)
• How to make canned Pineapple - W
• How to can potatoes - P
• How to home-can pumpkin (in a cooked, cubed form) and why you shouldn't home-can the pureed forms. Note: Pumpkin is difficult to can safely - it is a low acid food, so that rules out open water bath canning immediately. Pressure canners can be used, but according to the health authorities (like the National Center for Home Food Preservation) only if the pumpkin is cubed, rather than mashed. I usually just freeze the cooked pumpkin! - P
• How to make pumpkin pie from a whole, fresh pumpkin - the easy way! for fresh or frozen use
• More pumpkin recipes (roasting seeds, pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin cookies, etc.) - fresh or frozen use
• Rhubarb - how to can rhubarb - W

Pickled vegetables

• Pickled asparagus  - W, P  
• Pickled beets - W, P
• Branston pickle relish (an English tradition)
• Pickled Brussels Sprouts (or Cauliflower) - W
• Bread-And-Butter Zucchini pickles - W, P
• Pickled green beans - W, P
• Pickled Dill beans - W, P
• Pickled cabbage - W, P 
• Pickled carrots - W, P
• Southern Chow-Chow (also called Piccalilli) - W, P 
• Pickled corn relish - W, P
• Pear relish
• How to Make Pickled Eggs (to store in the fridge!)
• Spiced Green tomatoes
• Pickled Green Tomatoes - another pickled green tomato recipe, this one sweet
• Pickled garlic - W, P -  (photos coming!)
• Hot relish (Dixie Relish, Fall Garden Relish)
• Mixed  vegetable pickles (cauliflower, peppers, onions, celery, cucumber mix) - W, P
• Mustard beans (pickled mustard beans)
• Pickled dilled okra! - W, P
• Olives
• Pickled pearl onions - W
• Pickled onions (red or white) - W
• Pickled peaches (also nectarines, apricots, etc.) - W,P
• Pickled peppers - W, P
• How to make sauerkraut - homemade and naturally fermented! - W, P
• Pickled Three-Bean Salad - W
• Pickled watermelon rind - W, P
• Zucchini pickles (dill) - W

Canning tomatoes (in water bath canners )

• How to can tomatoes using a water bath canner - W
• Diced, chopped or crushed tomatoes - W
• Bruschetta - W
• Tomato sauce - W
• Tomato paste - W
• Barbecue sauce (BBQ sauce) - W
• Chili sauce from your own tomatoes and peppers - W
• Diced, chopped or crushed tomatoes - W
• Tomato Preserves- W
• Tomato salsa - W
• Spaghetti sauce - without meat - W, P
• Spiced Green tomatoes- W
• Pickled Green Tomatoes - W - another pickled green tomato recipe, this one sweet
• Ketchup.. or if you prefer... How to make catsup - W, P
• NEW! SUPER-EASY homemade ketchup recipe - W
• Salsa from your unripe, GREEN tomatoes! - W
• Tomatillo salsa - W
• How to make roasted tomatoes, boiling water bath canner version - W

Canning Tomatoes in Pressure canners

• Canned tomatoes using a Pressure Canner - P
• Baked  Beans With Tomato or Molasses Sauce - P
• Canning your own chili con carne (with meat) - P
• How to make roasted tomatoes, pressure canner version - P
• Spaghetti sauce - with meat  - P
• Stewed tomatoes - P
• Tomato soup or tomato-basil soup - P
• Tomato sauce - P
• Tomato juice - P
• Tomato juice, like V8 - P

Freezing Tomatoes

• How to freeze tomatoes from you garden or the farm; for that fresh taste this winter!
• Space-saving prepping and freezing extra tomatoes from your garden to can later

Drying tomatoes

• NEW! How to make Sun-Dried Tomatoes
• Food drying basics and principles
• How to dry your own herbs
• Food Dehydrators - models, specs and pricing information

Ripening green tomatoes in your garage or basement

If you want to bring your green tomatoes indoors before a freeze in the Fall, and ripen them, see:

• How to ripen your green garden tomatoes indoors in the Fall and Winter.

And if you'd like to start you own tomatoes from seed (you can save a small fortune and grow the heirloom varieties you like) see this page for easy directions for growing your own tomato plants from seed.

• General Directions and guides about home canning, preserving, safety, tips, etc.)
• Home canning safety
• FAQs
• Equipment and supplies

Many more recipes and directions:

• Canning anything that can be safely canned at home!
• Juices: Canning fruit and vegetable juices
• Freezing directions
• Pie fillings (making home canned pie fillings)
• Sauces, Salsas, Syrups, Fruit Butters and Chutneys (from applesauce, apple butter, to salsa, syrups, etc, can any sauce)
• Broths and Stocks
• Soups - canning vegetable and meat soups at home (see this page for tomato soup)
• Pickling - more than just cucumbers
• Drying / food dehydrating
• Ice cream, gelato and sorbets

 

Other Local Farm Products (Honey, Horses, Milk, Meat, Eggs, Etc.)
(NOT pick-your-own, unless they are also listed above)

• Farm markets and roadside stands
• Local Honey Finder
• Local Meat, Milk and Eggs
• Venues: Farms, Wineries, Orchards for your event, wedding or party
• Easter egg hunts
• Children"s consignment sales
• Fruit and vegetable festivals
• Winery tours and wine tastings
• Horse rides, stables, lessons, trails
• Maple Syrup farms and sugarworks
• Bed & Breakfasts on Farms, Wineries, Ranches and Orchards
• Pumpkin patches
• Corn mazes
• Zombie Paintball venues
• Christmas Tree Farms & lots
• Environmental resources
• Consumer fraud information
• Wholesale food sources
• Resources for Farmers