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This month's notes: February 2012: Winter is upon us, but don't despair! Strawberry and citrus picking actually begins in Florida, southern Texas and southern Californiaa in December. And for the rest of us; there are many delicious jams, jellies, and marmalades that you can make for yourself or as gifts, from frozen or fresh fruit.  See this page for hundreds of easy canning and freezing instructions/recipes, canning equipment guide! Also make your own ice cream - see How to make ice cream and ice cream making equipment and manuals. Then see each state's crop availability calendar for more specific dates of upcoming crops. Organic farms are identified in green!  See our guide to local fruit and vegetable festivals!. Please tell the farms you found them here - and ask them to update their information!!

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Corrections to PickYourOwn.org

For One or Two Minor Corrections, Deletions and Updates to Listings

Whether you are the farm or event owner, or a visitor or customer, if you want to make one or two minor corrections to any listing, here's the form! The form is designed to make it fast and easy for you to help me update the information, so I can promptly correct it! If you have more than a couple corrections or want to rewrite your listing, use the form on this page: www.pickyourown.org/addmyfarm.htm

If you want to offer comments or feedback about a farm, please use the Feedback form.

If you want to recommend a farm to add; use our Suggest a farm  form UNLESS you are the owner/operator of the farm; in that case, use the  add-my-farm form! 

Please don't type in ALL CAPITALS!  It's really hard to read and must be manually retyped!

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1. Q. If I own a farm and need to correct information on my listing, how do I do that?
   A. If it is minor changes (a phone number, adding a website address, delete something, just use the form above.  For numerous or more complex changes or to re-write your listing, use the add-my-farm form!  
2. Q. If I am a customer, visitor or friend/neighbor of the farm or event and want to make a correction, how do I do that?
   A. Just use the form above!.
3. Q. Can you tell me where to find organic ________?
   A. The information about each farm that I found from government agriculture sources didn't include organic status.  I have requested it from the farms, but they are slow in responding.  As they reply I update their listings.  If it doesn't say "organic", it is safe to presume that it isn't.  For 2006, I am identifying organic farms with a green "ORGANIC", so they will stand out.  And in the improved search engine (see question 2) I will enable a "include only organic farms" option, too!.
4. Q. How long does it take for the changes to appear?
   A. Obviously, I need to verify that the changes are correct, which means verifying that the person making the changes really is the representative of the farm, or that a visitor or customer's changes are correct (You would believe how many times I get emails saying "this farm is closed" because the customer got lost driving and ended up in a neighboring subdivision. I actually make 99% of changes within 24 hours. I'm trying to keep this free for everyone. I don't charge either farmers or consumers (or anyone else). In order to keep it free, I do 100% of all the work myself, in my "spare" time, so it takes me a bit longer (the baby needs some time, too! :).  Keeping this resource free for all has been a priority of mine, along with ease of use and accuracy of the information!

Keep the suggestions coming!  If people want it, I'll do it!

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