Pick Your Own Farms
Mystic/Eastern
5 listings
East Lyme, CT
Scott's Yankee Farmer
436 Boston Post Road / Route 1 860-739-5209Crops: Strawberries (early June to early July); raspberries (July); blueberries and blackberries (July and early August); cut flowers (July and August); peaches (August); sunflowers (mid-August to early September); apples (September and October); pumpkins (October)
Seasons and Hours:PYO Hours: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (these hours may change so call ahead) Store Hours: daily, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Also: Farm store open mid-April to December 31, daily, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Selling maple products, pumpkins, jams, honey, pies, apple cider. Homemade donuts weekends in the fall.
Preston, CT
Maple Lane Farms
57 N.W. Corner Road 860-889-3766Crops: Cut your own Christmas tree starting the day after Thanksgiving. Call 24-hour info line at 860-887-8855 for up-to-date information
Hours: Daily, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Ledyard, CT
Allyn's Red Barn
610 Colonel Ledyard Highway 860-464-7245Crops: Apples. Varieties include Cortland, McIntosh, Mutsu, Empire, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Macoun, Northern Spy, Spygold, and Spartan.
Season and Hours: PYO starts in September; call or email allynsredbarn@hotmail.com for updates.
Also: Farm store sells apples, pies, cider.
Gales Ferry, CT
Holmberg Orchards
12 Orchard Drive, Route 12 860-464-7305Crops: Blueberries, blackberries, peaches, nectarines, apples, pears, raspberries, pumpkins, cut flowers.
Seasons: Blueberries in early July; peaches, raspberries, and grape tomatoes begin August 1; summer apples and pears start in mid-August; nectarines in late August; pumpkins, squash, gourds, Indian corn, hay bales, cornstalks and mums in late September.
Hours:Tuesday through Sunday, 8 a.m. to noon. (Call ahead; hours may change.) Pick Your Own phone information line is 860-464-7107.
Also: Gourds, hay bales, corn stalks, winter squash, sweet cider, and dried flowers are also available in the fall. Donuts, slushies. And, wine and cider barn open Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. for outside tastings
Eastford, CT
Buell's Orchard
108 Crystal Pond Road 860-974-1150Crops: Strawberries in June, blueberries from mid-July to late August; peaches from early August to early September; apples from Labor Day through late October; pumpkins from late September through Halloween.
Seasons and Hours: See website for picking hours.
Also: Annual Fall Festival on Columbus Day weekend.