Illustration Viral pumpkin hack
Gut a pumpkin in seconds with your drill
The drill attachment that ends scooping by hand, plus the test-winning carving kit.
Carving toolsThere's one place to pick your own fruit in Mount Morris. Another 1 is within 25 miles. From Rockford, IL, Mount Morris lies roughly 22 miles to the southwest.
Search the map around Mount Morris
Week of November 2 · updates automatically
Nothing is typically ripe around here right now. Next up: apples from early August.
Based on the typical seasons for Illinois, adjusted for the local frost dates (last spring frost around April 29). These are typical dates, not promises: farms post the real opening on their website or social pages.
The median last frost near Mount Morris is April 29; the first fall frost arrives around October 7. That leaves about 161 frost-free days for the farms.
| Crop | Typical season in Illinois | Daytime highs | Rainy days / month | Farms here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apples | August to October | 64–83 °F | 6 | 1 |
October brings highs around 64 °F and mornings near 40 °F, so pack a warm layer for apple picking.
Frost dates: median of NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals at the weather station closest to Mount Morris, 9 miles away. The actual dates in Mount Morris 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 Mount Morris, 9 mi away.
Illustration Viral pumpkin hack
The drill attachment that ends scooping by hand, plus the test-winning carving kit.
Carving toolsWe know of one farm in Mount Morris: BerryView Orchard. Within 25 miles there are 1 more.
The farms here list apples most often. Crops ripen at different times each year, so it pays to check ahead.
Around April 29 in a typical year, and the first fall frost comes around October 7. Both are median dates from NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the weather station nearest Mount Morris, so a given year can be a few weeks earlier or later.
Know a farm we don't list yet? Send us a tip, we update the list regularly.