I am late! Oh no! I pull up the Walnut Springs Farm web site and see that it is not only strawberry picking season but cherry and raspberry season as well. I need to get out there and pick!
I love picking fruit (except strawberries where I always end up sitting in the mud after 40 minutes of picking.) I pick it on Saturday and then make it into jam on Sunday. Although I end up spending the weekend working hard, I have lovely jars of jam to show for my work. Last year, with our move, I only ended up raspberry picking. The jam was gone by October. This year, I hope will be different.
So, here are the interesting links to local farms:
Walnut Springs Farm is great. We almost bought a house near there. They have raspberries, cherries, strawberries and blueberries. Check back often for picking information.
Milburn Orchards is very famous for its apples but it also grows and sells peaches, cherries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, grapes, nectarines, plums, pumpkins and gourds. I know you can pick most of the fruits. Cherry picking begins June 10th. Sign up to get their emailed newsletter so you know what is being picked and when.
Colora Orchards grow only apples and peaches but there are 19 varieties of peaches and 10 varieties of apples.
Spring Valley Farm is also in Conowingo and opened for this season just today. They have blueberries, peaches, sour cherries and blackberries. Go to Ripe Report on the left to read what is available.
Redman Farms is in Chestertown. I don’t know much about it. Here is the link to the Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Chestertown-MD/REDMAN-FARMS/325757919559?v=wall&ref=search&ajaxpipe=1&__a=27
They have pick your own strawberries. They sell many vegetables at the local farmers’ markets.
Does anyone know of other pick your own farms that are local to the Cecil area?
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