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Pick-Your-Own Farms and the Math That Makes Them Worth It

Pick-your-own season in Maryland runs from late May through October, and if you haven't worked it into your food routine, it's one of the more cost-effective ways to eat well from local farms. Strawberries come first, usually the last week of May or the first week of June depending on the spring. Blueberries follow in July, then peaches in August, then apples from September into October. Each fruit has a window of two to four weeks, sometimes less, and the farms that offer pick-your-own are pulling you in right at peak ripeness rather than a week before it when the fruit needs to survive transport.