2024 North-central Pennsylvania Pumpkin U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org

Pumpkin U-Pick Orchards in North-central Pennsylvania in 2024, by county

Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for pumpkins that we know of in this area.

Not all areas of a state have pumpkins farms 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.

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Bradford County

• Pumpkin Lane Farms - corn (sweet), pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field
  RR 1 Box 2502, Monroeton, PA 18832. Phone: (570)-265-7952. Email: jwecker@tsd.k12.pa.us. Open: The corn stand will be open generally from Noon until 6 pm all summer. Directions: Our farm is on State Route 414 west approximately 3 miles from the 220414 intersection in Monroeton. If heading west on 414, we are located just past the Monroe Frankin Elementary School on the left. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. Our farm is on State Route 414 west approximately 3 miles from the 220/414 intersection in Monroeton. If heading west on 414, we are located just past the Monroe Frankin Elementary School on the left. click here for a map to our farm. Crops are usually available in July, August, September, October There will be an "honor bucket" if no one is available to work the stand. Pumkin hours are all day on weekends and after 4 pm during the week throughout the month of October. Anyone wanting free pumkins after Halloween may stop and take as many as you would like. Sweet corn is available from the middle of July until September, as the weather conditions permit. Pumkin sales begin the first weekend in October and run through the end of the monthWe also have prepicked cucumbers, summer squash, winter squash, and hay and straw for sale, as well as decorative gourds and ornamental corn.

Lycoming County

• The Green Barn Berry Farm - blackberries, blueberries, pumpkins, raspberries (Autumn, red), raspberries (Spring, black), strawberries, porta-potties are available, school tours
  7299 Armstrong Road, Muncy, PA 17756. Phone: 570-546-5706. Email: thegreenbarnberryfarm@windstream.net. Open: Our opening date in the Spring for picking all of our berries is different each year; Our hours once we open are Monday through Friday 8 am until 8 pm and Saturdays 8 am until 4 pm We are closed on Sundays; Please note that due to weather conditions or over picking, we might close the fields for a day or two to ensure our customers prime picking; We recommend and appreciate you calling ahead; Thank you. Directions: Located on route 405, the Muncy-Montgomery highway, off of interstate 180. Take the Muncy exit, 13A, from interstate 180. Turn onto route 405 towards Muncy and continue approximately 2.5 miles until you reach a railroad underpass. Immediately to your right at the underpass turn onto Armstrong Road. \(Signs will guide you\) If traveling route 15 north, turn onto route 405 at the red light in Montgomery and proceed to the railroad underpass as well. Payment: Cash, Check.The ONLY p yo . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. The Green Barn Berry Farm Located on route 405, the Muncy-Montgomery highway, off of interstate 180. Take the Muncy exit, 13A, from interstate 180. Turn onto route 405 towards Muncy and continue approximately 2.5 miles until you reach a railroad underpass. Immediately to your right at the underpass turn onto Armstrong Road. (Signs will guide you) If traveling route 15 north, turn onto route 405 at the red light in Montgomery and proceed to the railroad underpass as well. The ONLY p yo crops offered are Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and pumpkins Our berry picking season kicks off with strawberries in early June and continues throughout the entire month of July with blueberry and black raspberry picking. In the later part of the summer our red raspberries are about ready to burst right off of the canes. After the hustle and bustle of summer has come to a close, our fall season welcomes you back once again for pick your own pumpkins, hayrides, and family oriented activities.
• Tom Styer Farm Market - beans, peas, pumpkins, strawberries, tomatoes, farm market, farm animals, school tours
  215 Shady Lane, Muncy, PA 17756. Phone: 570-546-5861. Email: Styerfarm@windstream.net. Open: Monday to Saturday 9 am to 5p November through May 8 am to 8 pm June, 8 am to 6 pm July through October. Directions: from Williamsport, exit 13A off Route 180, you can see the farm from the beltway. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard, Discover. Tom Styer Farm Market Crops are usually available in May, June, July, August, September, October Hayrides to the pumpkin patch, farm animals during pumpkin season

 

Pumpkin

Pumpkin Picking Tips, Recipes and Information

Do you want it for a party, decoration or eating?

For a wedding or party:

See this page: Finding pumpkins for weddings

Decoration to paint or carve:

OK, Then you need only look for any pumpkin that is

• visually appealing, evenly a deep orange. The shape is just whatever appeals to you. If it grew on its side and has a flat spot, you can either make that the make or use it as part of your design!
• free from cuts, soft spots, bruises. The flesh should feel hard, and not give easily. Infections can invade easily and cause rot
• Make sure the stem is attached.

Store it carefully, especially if you pick it from the vine yourself. Cure a fresh-picked pumpkin by keeping it in a dry place. Don't handle or disturb it. Curing toughens the rind, making it less prone to rot. Pumpkins will keep for months in a cool (50 F to 65F dry, low humidity environment; such as a cool, dry basement.

Tip: If you like roasted or baked pumpkin seeds, you can save the seeds from any pumpkin!

To make a pumpkin pie!

Then you need a small, sweet type of pumpkin that has been developed for eating. They are smaller, typically about 8" to 10" diameter. The meat is much less stringy and smoother than a decorative pumpkin variety. Pumpkin is rich in vitamin A and potassium. One-half cup of cooked pumpkin provides more than the recommended daily allowance of vitamin A. One cup of cooked pumpkin contains only 81 calories. It's low in fat and sodium! Usually you can get these at the grocery store, and some of the pumpkin patches and farm stands have them. Be sure to tell them that you intend to use it for a pumpkin pie. Again, look for firm, no soft spots, or signs of any rot. See this page for easy, illustrated directions to make a pumpkin pie from a fresh pumpkin!

Varieties of Pumpkins

• Sugar - Excellent for baking
• Jack O'Lantern - most common for carving
• White Lumina - unusual, medium-sized white pumpkin
• Mini - Great for decoration
• Gourds - Many varieties, used for decorations

For a very complete, detailed list of many varieties of pumpkins and where to get the seeds, see this page!

Want to Grow Your Own Pumpkins?

Then see this page!

Pumpkin recipes

• How to prepare cooked pumpkin from a fresh pumpkin (for use in all the recipes)
• Illustrated instructions to make a pumpkin pie from a fresh pumpkin - the best pumpkin pie you will ever taste! (metric version for the UK, Europe, Australia, Japan, etc.)
• How to home-can pumpkin (in a cooked, cubed form) and why you shouldn't home-can the pureed forms.
• Traditional Pumpkin Pie
• Chocolate pumpkin pie
• Pumpkin Spice Muffins
• Pumpkin muffins
• Pumpkin Bread
• Pumpkin Butter!
• Pumpkin cheesecake - INCREDIBLE!!! You have to try this one!
• Pumpkin Cookies
• Pumpkin soup - even if you normally aren't a soup lover; you will love this one.
• Butternut-Chestnut Panchetta-Bacon Soup - Pumpkin or Butternut squash combines with chestnuts and bacon, ham or panchetta in this great soup
• Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
• No Sugar Pumpkin Pie
• Apple Cider Doughnut Recipe (with maple glaze or sugar glaze)

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