U-PICK FRUIT AND VEGETABLE FARMS
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FARMS IN YOLO COUNTY:
Haag Farm
Phone: 530-787-3603.
Email: haag@cal.net.
http://www.walnuts.us/
U-Pick October Walnuts
Open: Call for appointments
Hands-on training/tours of modern orchards: drip irrigation, biological controls, pruning, chemigation, and IPM. 25 years in business
Impossible Acres
For hours, call or visit their website: http://www.impossibleacres.com/
26565 Road 97D, Davis, CA.
Phone: 530-750-0451.
Email: impossibleacres@aol.com.
Pick-your-own Produce including boysenberries, blackberries, raspberries, cherries, peaches apples, pumpkins, corn, gourds. Most of their produce is marketed as pick-your-own, so they have set up the fields for easy access picking. They also grow many varieties of each crop to extend the length of the picking season.
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Extra family fun: In the fall they open "Grandpa's Barn" which features scarecrows, hayrides, mazes, and a petting zoo with goats, ponies and chickens.
Directions: West of Davis, East of Winters, South of Woodland, North of Dixon. Follow signs from the corner of County Road 98 and County Road 31 (Covell).
Jacob Mini Farm
U-Pick Pecans, Christmas Trees, and Pumpkins
34905 Creeksedge Road, Davis, CA, 95616.
Phone: 530-753-3037.
Open: Call for hours.
Farm stand - oranges, persimmons, walnuts, mistletoe, pecans, evergreen boughs.
Directions: From Davis - West on Russell Blvd, left on Rd 95A, right on Creeksedge Road 1st driveway. From Dixon - North on Pitt School Road, left on Sievers Road, right on Stephenson Bridge Road, cross bridge, left on Creekside Road. At Putah Creek and Yolo County Rd 95A.
Loving Nature Farm
Open: Monday to Sunday, from 9 am to 6 pm, all year round.
38883 Z Line Road, Clarksburg, CA 95612.
Phone: 9168991154.
Email: michaelwong250@gmail.com.
http://lovingnaturefarm.com/
Follows organic practices (though not certified), beans, beets, broad beans, broccoli, corn (sweet), cucumbers, eggplant, herbs/spices, peas, peppers, summer squash, winter squash, tomatoes, other vegetables, and Fresh eggs.
Extra family fun: Picnic area including restrooms, pony rides, farm animals, birthday parties, school tours
For families interested in growing their own food, Loving Nature Farm leases small garden plots. They provide seeds and seedlings, organic fertilizer, and regular watering services.
Directions: On Jefferson Blvd heading south, make a right on Hamilton Road, at the end of Hamilton Road make a left on Z Line Road, go 0.4 mile and arrive at the first house on your left. Click here for a map and directions. Open all year round for a wide selection of U-pick seasonal fruit and vegetables.
Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard.
Pacific Star Gardens
Open: Monday-Sunday, 9 am to 7 pm (starting in the spring)
20872 County Road 99, Woodland, CA 95695.
Phone: 530-666-7308.
http://pacificstargardens.webs.com/
Email: ramfam@pacbell.net.
Directions: Interstate 80 east to Highway 113 north, Road 27 exit, turn left go one mile to Road 99, turn right, we are about a mile north. And for a map of the farm, click here.
Crops are usually available in April, May, June, July.
Payment: Cash, only.
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For information on more U-Pick farms throughout the San Francisco and Sacramento areas:
http://www.pickyourown.org/CAsanfran.htm
