2024 Salt Lake City, Provo and Surrounding Counties in Utah Asparagus U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org

Asparagus U-Pick Orchards in Salt Lake City, Provo and Surrounding Counties in Utah in 2024, by county

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

Not all areas of a state have asparagus orchards 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.

Davis County

• Day Farms - asparagus, beans, eggplants, peppers, pumpkins, strawberries, tomatoes, Other fruit or veg, Honey from hives on the farm, and prepicked produce, restrooms, school tours
  2500 W. Gentile Road, Layton, UT 84041. Phone: 801-546-4316. Open: Produce Stand: April & May Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 1pm & 3 pm to 7 pm. Click here for a map and directions . Payment: Cash, only. Day Farms Phone: Crops are usually available in April through October Produce Stand: June (call for information). Produce Stand: July-Sept Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 7pm Produce Stand: October Monday to Saturday from 11 am to 6 pm Pumpkin Hayrides: 3 wks. in October Monday, Wednesday, Friday 4 pm to 7 pm & Saturday from 1-7 Asparagus: April & May, Strawberries: June & Sept, Tomatoes, Green Beans, Bell/Chili/Hot Peppers, Egg Plant & Tomatillos: Aug-Sept, Pumpkins: October Picked produce: Asparagus: April and May. Sweet Corn: July-September Green Beans, New Potatoes, Yellow Squash, Zucchini, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Watermelon, Cantaloupe, Peaches: Aug-September Storage Potatoes, Storage Onions, Winter Squash, Pumpkins, Mini-pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn, straw & stalks: October. Honey: Aug-Oct. Apples: Oct.

Asparagus

Asparagus Picking Tips, Recipes and Information

 Asparagus is one of the first crops to harvest in the early Spring. Asparagus is usually green, but there is a white (blanched) version that has been kept covered until harvested, so no light reaches it, and even a purple version.

Pick your own asparagus

Pick your own asparagus is pretty rare in the U.S., much more common in the U.K. and Europe. U-Pick white asparagus is REALLY hard to find in the U.S. Eckerts in Belleville, Illinois , has it.
To pick asparagus, just look for asparagus spears are about 6 to 10 inches above the soil line, are firm, with tightly closed tips.
Then just cut at the base (ground level) or snap each spear; they usually snap off cleanly at the ground level.

Canning, Freezing and Asparagus recipes

• Freezing asparagus
• Canning Asparagus
• Canning pickled asparagus
• Canning one jar of pickled asparagus
• Oven-roasted Asparagus recipe
• Cheesy garlic roasted asparagus
• White asparagus

Grow your own asparagus (white or green)

The Old farmer's Almanac has a good page about how to grow your own asparagus , white or green.  I've been growing it for years.  It's probably the easiest thing you can grow.  And after you harvest in the spring, you let it grow, and it produces 5 ft tall fern-like leaves that make a nice background hedge at the back of the garden. So don't plant it where it will block the sun from other parts of the garden.  The leaves suck up energy from the sun and store it in the roots to produce next Spring;'s crop.

Other Local Farm Products (Honey, Horses, Milk, Meat, Eggs, Etc.)
(NOT pick-your-own, unless they are also listed above)