2024 Northern New Hampshire Pumpkin U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org

Pumpkin U-Pick Orchards in Northern New Hampshire 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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Grafton County

• Frost's Roadside Garden - Strawberries, vegetables, Pumpkins, picnic area
  1590 Littleton Rd, Monroe, NH 03771. Phone: 603-638-4416. Email: ebfrost@roadrunner.com. Open: July through October, daily from 9 am to 7 pm. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. Route 135, North of Monroe Village or 191 exit 18, Route 5, Route 135, 1st left, Call for directionsOur farm stand is the biggest in the area.We have 6 areas of a variety of many vegetables of the season. Corn is extra sweet and picked daily. Pumpkins of all kinds, plus Winter Squash specials.
• Mount Pleasant Orchard - Minimizes chemical and pesticide use, apples, pumpkins, U-pick and already picked, snacks and refreshment stand
  312 Sargent Hill Road, Grafton, NH 03240. Phone: 603-523-4325. Email: skuligoski@yahoo.com. Open: See our website for current hours. Directions: From Interstate 89: Get off on Exit 17 and go on Route 4 East. Follow that until you get to Grafton. There will be a sign on Prescott Hill Road, and other signs all the way up to the orchard. From Interstate 93: Get off on Exit 17 and go on Route 4 West. Follow that until you get to Grafton. There will be a sign on Prescott Hill Road, and other signs all the way up to the orchard. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check.
  Mount Pleasant Orchard Facebook page. Picking updates: Click here for picking updatesSee our website for dates open. We minimize use of pesticides and other chemicalsWe will also sell pies, and some pumpkins from our gardenMt. Pleasant Orchard facebook page
• Patch Orchards - Apples, sweet corn, pumpkins
  40 Patch Rd, Lebanon, NH 03766. Phone: 603-448-4130. Email: patchorchards@gmail.com. Click here for a map and directions.
  Patch Orchards Facebook page. . See their website for hours and availabilityOur family has been farming here since 1776. New farm stand, tasting room and sugar house. Panoramic views.
• Poverty Lane Orchards - apples, pumpkins, some winter squashes.
  Poverty Lane, Lebanon, NH 03766. Phone: (603)448-1511. Email: info@povertylaneorchards.com. Open: week days: 9 am to 6 pm; weekends, . Directions: near Exit 19 off Interstate 89 in New Hampshire, minutes from the junction of Interstates 91 and 89 in the Upper Connecticut River Valley. At Exit 19, turn west from the off-ramp. At the first light, turn left up Poverty Lane. \(From I-91, take I-89 south across the river to reach Exit 19.\) . Click here for a map and directions. . Open Labor Day Weekend through Early October (Farm stand open longer).10 am-5 pm. Daily tastings of our ciders (with valid ID). Call for variety informationnear Exit 19 off Interstate 89 in New Hampshire, minutes from the junction of Interstates 91 and 89 in the Upper Connecticut River Valley. At Exit 19, turn west from the off-ramp. At the first light, turn left up Poverty Lane. (From I-91, take I-89 south across the river to reach Exit 19.) Click here for a map. Wagon Rides into the Fields on Fair Weekends. Horse-drawn wagon rides to the orchard. Pick your own, or already bagged, apples, including several wonderful varieties of heirloom apples, cider - alcoholic and regular non-alcoholic. (UPDATED: September 29, 2020 JBS)
  Comments from a visitor on September 21, 2008: "I like this farm very much. They have a wide variety of heirloom apple varieties."
• Windy Ridge Orchard and Christmas Tree Farm - Apples, blueberries, pumpkins, Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Precut Christmas trees, Christmas wreaths and boughs, saws provided, trees bagged, sleigh rides, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, and prepicked produce, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, tractor-pulled hay rides, petting zoo
  1775 Benton Road, North Haverhill, NH 03774. Phone: 603-787-6377. Email: info@windyridgeorchard.com. Open: July - August: 7:00 - 3:00 August - November: 7:00 - 6:00 November - December: 10:00 - 4:00 Blueberries: July 15 - August 10 Apples: August 30 - October 10 Pumpkins: September 10 - October 31 Christmas Trees: Thanksgiving - Christmas weekends only Payment: Cash, Check. Directions: Interstate 93: Take exit 32, turn off ramp onto Route 112 West, follow 112 for 13 miles, turn left onto Route 116 South, follow for 7 miles, orchard is on left. Route 10: turn onto Benton RoadRoute 116 at the North Haverhill Civil War monument, follow 116 for 3 miles, orchard is on the right . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . Interstate 93: Take exit 32, turn off ramp onto Route 112 West, follow 112 for 13 miles, turn left onto Route 116 South, follow for 7 miles, orchard is on left. Route 10: turn onto Benton Road/Route 116 at the North Haverhill Civil War monument, follow 116 for 3 miles, orchard is on the right Crops are usually available in July, August, September, October, DecemberJuly - August: 7:00 - 3:00 August - November: 7:00 - 6:00 November - December: 10:00 - 4:00 Blueberries: July 15 - August 10 Apples: August 30 - October 10 Pumpkins: September 10 - October 31 Christmas Trees: Thanksgiving - Christmas (weekends only)

 

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