Find a local pick your own farm here!

Looking for a local, pick-your-own farm in Abilene area of Texas? Scroll down this page and you will see the U-Pick farms in Abilene area of Texas, sorted by county. Those that offer organic or sustainably grown produce are identified by the words "organic" and/or "sustainable" in Green, next to their name  (see "What does Organic mean?"). The U-pick crops they offer follow the name of the farm. To search the page for a specific crop, use Ctrl-F (or on an ipad or Mac, use their "search on this page" function) If they have a website, the name will be in blue and underlined; click on it and it will open their website. If you find anything outdated or inaccurate, see the customer and farmer menus (as appropriate) at the top menu bar to submit updates and corrections and help me keep each current!

New! As inflation remains high, see this page for cost-saving measures for getting fruit and vegetables and home canning.
 If you are having a hard time finding canning lids, I've used these, and they're a great price & ship in 2 days.

New! Road tripping and camping is a great way to have a fun, safe and inexpensive family trip. The national and state parks and monuments are open, and campgrounds usually cost between $10 and $40 per night. September to November is the best camping weather.  See our new website Road Tripping and Camping.com for tips, tricks, guides, checklists and info about parks, monuments and other places to visit.

New! We just went live with our latest website, FunFactoryTours.com - As they name implies, you can find a fun factory tour, including chocolate, automobiles, historical forts and sites, famous buildings, Active Federal facilities even fun geology: like fossils and volcanic areas

Note: Beware the copycat websites like the one that stole our name and uses .farm extension: they copied my work and do NOT even update the info! I make updates EVERY day. They use tech tricks to get higher rankings, but have many more inaccuracies and out-dated info. Obviously, I cannot check every farm every day, but I do check as many as I can every day, and respond to all requests.  They don't. Don't support the scammers!

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! And if you know of any farms I missed and want to add a farm, please let me know!   I'm making updates for this year as fast as I can - if you find anything out-of-date, wrong or not working - please let me know! This website is supported by purchases you make through the links to products on Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This allows me to continue to maintain the website and make improvements!

What's in season in March 2024, and other timely information:

Notes for March 2024: Spring is here! Strawberry season is here.  It started in February in Florida, Texas, southern California and a few other areas of the Deep South; then March along the Gulf coast, April in the Deep South and west coast, May through much of the country, and June in northern areas. Blueberries are next, about a month later. Of course, cool weather crops, like Rhubarb, asparagus and greens should be available almost everywhere. Check your area's copy calendar (see this page) and call your local farms for seasonal updates.

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We also have home canning, preserving, drying and freezing directions. You can access recipes and other resources from the drop down menus at the top of the page or the site search. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to write me! It is easy to make your own ice cream, even gelato, or low fat or low sugar ice cream - see this page. Also note, there are many copycat website listing U-pick farms now.  They have all copied their information from here and usually do not ever update.  Since 2002, I've been updating the information every day but Christmas; so if you see anything wrong or outdated, please write me!

Abilene area of Texas U-Pick Farms and Orchards in 2024, by county

Click on the resources drop-down above, if you need a county map

Brown County

  • Yoes Peach Orchard - peaches,
    15825 N highway 183, May, TX 76857. Phone: 254-259-3123. Email: seoyc@aol.com. Open: Closed due to damaged crop because of rainy season; Our regrets. Directions: 3 miles south of May. Approx. 13 miles north of Brownwood on Hwy 183. Watch for signs. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only.

Callahan County

  • Childress Agricultural Enterprises - Pick-your-own blackeye peas, sweet corn, blackberries, peaches, pecans , picnic area
    11028 CR 452, Cross Plains, TX 76443. Phone: 254/725-4321. Email: bob@childressfarm.com. Directions: From Cottonwood (the one 40 miles SE of Abilene) go one mile West and then one mile South. See our web page for a map. or for a Mapquest map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in May, June, July, October, November, December. Open: Daylight to Dark everyday except Sunday Mornings. See our website for current information and prices. Payment: Cash, Check.
    Comments from a visitor on August 05, 2008: "I stopped in here on my way back home from Abilene, because they had their "peaches" sign out. Many places near Brown County lost the peach crop to a late freeze this year so I was excited to get fresh peaches. Oh they were excellent! I went in mid-afternoon and there were still lots of beautiful fruit on the trees. The trees are low and open so easy to get to. I don't know if they are organic, but the owner told me to be sure and eat a peach at each tree to test them before I picked! LOL! Nice people and great produce. I picked half a bushel and put up preserves, peach marmalade, and peach chutney with them. I will definitely visit the Childress farm again. :-)"

Coleman County

Comanche County

  • Texas Fruit & Pecan Orchard - Peaches, Plums, Apricots, Persimmons, Pecans
    3451 State Highway 6, De Leon, TX 76444. Phone: 254-893-6875 . Directions: West of De Leon 2-one half miles on SH 6 at CR 471.

Eastland County

  • Files Family Farm - peaches
    2500 CR 295, Carbon, TX 76435. Phone: 254-639-2149. Email: filesfamilyfarm@gmail.com. Our hours are: Call or email before you go - some years they do not offer PYO; otherwise, Anytime during peach season, except Sunday mornings. Call or just come on out around the first of July and through August Please check out our website for pictures of our peaches and for other info. Directions: From Carbon take 1027 south until you come to CR 411. Take a Right. When you come to a 'T' in the road take a left and stop at the second house on the right. We are open July, August. Click here for our Facebook page Naturally grown peaches have been our specialty for over 14 years here at Files Family Farm. We've had a pick your own orchard and sold at local farmers markets and supplied local customers here at our farm. Peach season is a lot of fun for us! All our peaches are grown without the use of pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers. Files Family Farm has 6 varieties of freestone peaches that ripen throughout the end of June- the first part of August. We have Red Globe, Bounty, Loring, Rustin Red, Dixieland and Redskin.

Jones County

Llano County

  • Apple Valley Orchard - Raspberries and blackberries, honey from hives on the farm
    12340 South Hwy 16, Llano, TX 78643. Phone: 325-247-3979. Open: Thursday - Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday - noon to 5 pm, April through July 5th, August through December. We have apple cider, apple butter, homemade ice cream, handmade soaps, bees wax lotions and lip balms, essential oils and lots more interesting items. The store will be open Thursday through Sunday for the rest of the year. Our bees produced 200 pounds of honey this year. We have four hives for pollination. Click here for a link to our Facebook page. (ADDED: June 13, 2015, JBS)

Mason County

  • Sonlight Orchard - pecans
    605 Austin Street, Mason, TX 76856. Phone: 210-377-3311 or 915-347-3311. Pick-your-own Choctaw, Kiowa and other papershell.

McCulloch County

Mills County

Runnels County

San Saba County

Shackelford County

Stephens County

Taylor County


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