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Carving toolsThere's one place to pick your own fruit in Marine On Saint Croix. Another 19 are within 25 miles. It's about 20 miles from Saint Paul, MN, heading northeast.
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Based on the typical seasons for Minnesota, adjusted for the local frost dates (last spring frost around April 30). Weather moves harvests by a week or two, so check with the farm before you go.
Draw a 25-mile circle around Marine On Saint Croix and you get 20 U-pick farms in 17 towns, including 8 pumpkin patches, 7 orchards with apples, 4 with strawberries, 3 with raspberries and 2 with blueberries. 11 of them list a website or Facebook page with current hours.
In Marine On Saint Croix itself you'll find Live Flowers, LLC, with flowers. It posts updates online and sits on 16419 May Avenue North. If it's closed or picked out, the table below shows the next-closest farm for each crop.
| Crop | Closest farm | Distance | Farms within 25 mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkins | Pine Tree Apple Orchard White Bear Lake | 7 mi | 8 |
| Apples | Pine Tree Apple Orchard White Bear Lake | 7 mi | 7 |
| Strawberries | Pine Tree Apple Orchard White Bear Lake | 7 mi | 4 |
| Raspberries | The Berry Patch (Forest Lake) Forest Lake | 9 mi | 3 |
| Blueberries | Blueberry Fields of Stillwater Stillwater | 7 mi | 2 |
| Corn maze | Pine Tree Apple Orchard White Bear Lake | 7 mi | 1 |
| Flowers | Live Flowers, LLC Marine On Saint Croix | in town | 1 |
Numbers in brackets are farms within 25 miles. Months follow the typical season in Minnesota; each farm sets its own dates.
Around Marine On Saint Croix the last spring frost usually comes around April 30, and the first fall frost around October 11. That leaves about 163 frost-free days for the farms.
| Crop | Typical season in Minnesota | Daytime highs | Rainy days / month | Farms here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flowers | July to September | 74–83 °F | 6 | 1 |
Frost dates: median of NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals at the weather station closest to Marine On Saint Croix, 10 miles away. The actual dates in Marine On Saint Croix can shift by a few weeks from one year to the next.
Weather: NOAA 1991–2020 monthly normals (average daily high; days with at least 0.1 inch of rain) at the station nearest Marine On Saint Croix, 10 mi away.
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Carving toolsWe know of one farm in Marine On Saint Croix: Live Flowers, LLC. Within 25 miles there are 19 more.
The farms here list flowers most often. Picking dates around Marine On Saint Croix move with the weather, so call or check online first.
Around April 30 in a typical year, and the first fall frost comes around October 11. Both are median dates from NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the weather station nearest Marine On Saint Croix, so a given year can be a few weeks earlier or later.
Pine Tree Apple Orchard in White Bear Lake, about 7 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 8 farms with pumpkins in total. The usual season in Minnesota is September to October.
Pine Tree Apple Orchard in White Bear Lake, about 7 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 7 farms with apples in total. The usual season in Minnesota is September to October.
Pine Tree Apple Orchard in White Bear Lake, about 7 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 4 farms with strawberries in total. The usual season in Minnesota is June to July.
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