Pick your own farms in Michigan
There are so many farms in Michigan, I broke it down into groups of counties by region:
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Click below for these areas of Michigan OR click on the map below |
- Crop availability / harvest schedule - click here
- To find pumpkin patches, corn mazes and other Halloween activities, click here.
- To find choose and cut-your-own Christmas tree farms, click here.
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The National Cherry
Festival - July 1 - July 8 2006.
Traverse City, MI.
Events
calendar.
Celebrating 80 years with parades, competitive events, fun events, children's events, food, arts and crafts, car and truck show, and air show and new events including a feast of cherries and local wines and a world record attempt to host the world's largest cherry pancake breakfast.
Clickable Map
This one page provides a listing of every known pick-your-own farm and orchard in Michigan. From apples, blueberries, strawberries and vegetables through Christmas trees, they're all here. Whether you call them PYO, U-pick or pick-it-yourself farms, I'm always looking for suggestions of more farms and events to add and feedback about any you have visited, so if you encounter any, just click on the preceding link, as appropriate! And if you have a farm and want to add it or correct the information, please click on the link to "add my farm".!
And if you want simple instructions how to make jam, how to make applesauce, or how to make apple butter, just click here.
Festivals and Events in Michigan
- Blueberry Festival in Otter Lake, Michigan - in 2008: it is
on the last Saturday in July. Sat July 26 from 8 am to 6 pm.
Blueberry Lane Plantation Farm on Blueberry Lane in Otter Lake, Michigan. Phone: 810-656-6400 or 810 -793-4590 after July 1, 2005. The days activities are as follows: FREE PARKING. FREE FAMILY SCAVENGER HUNT ALL DAY--WITH DRAWING. FOR A PATIO SET AT 5:00 P.M.
* $1.00 HOT DOGS/POLISH DOGS. * $1.00 POP/WATER/SLUSHES. * .25 CENT POPCORN PER BAG. * FREE POPCORN IF YOU PICK BLUEBERRIES.
.10 CENT KIDS GAMES (VARIOUS) WITH : A CANDY PRIZE. FACE PAINTING. CRAFT TABLES. FREE PIE EATING CONTESTS. THERE WILL BE PONY RIDES WHICH WILL THERE WILL BE A CHARGE FOR WE ARE NOT SURE HOW MUCH YET.
Also for every person that picks 50lbs of blueberries--their name will be placed in a FREE special drawing for another patio set or grill we are not sure yet. This will also be drawn at 5:00 p.m. - The Blueberry Festival in Frankfort, Michigan
August (Dates to be announced). Phone: 231-352-9674. - Fruitland
Blueberry Festival, Whitehall, Michigan.
July (Dates to be announced); Staged Entertainment of local talents, Arts & Crafters, inflatable rides for kids, Blueberry Pancake breakfast and a variety of foods all day from 9-5. Phone: 231-766-3208. -
Montrose Blueberry Festival in Montrose, Michigan
August (August 118-22, 2004); -Montrose, Michigan. Phone: 810-639-3475. Email: montroseblueberryfestival@hotmail.com - National
Blueberry Festival in South Haven, Michigan
Second Weekend of August (August 12-15, 2004); South Haven, Michigan. Phone: 616-637-5252 or 637-5171 -
Paradise
Blueberry Festival in Paradise, MI
August (Third full weekend in August 2004); Phone: 906-492-3219
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Home Canning KitsThis is the same type of standard canner that my grandmother
used to make everything from applesauce to jams and jellies to tomato and
spaghetti sauce!. This complete kit includes everything you need and
lasts for years: the canner, jar rack, jar grabber tongs,
lid lifting wand, a plastic funnel,
labels, bubble freer, and the bible of canning, the Ball Blue Book. It's much cheaper than buying the items separately. You'll never need anything else except jars and lids (and the jars are reusable). To see more canners, of different styles, makes and prices, click here! |
