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Apple gadgetsWarrens has one U-pick farm on our map. Another 4 are within 25 miles. It's about 92 miles from Madison, WI, heading northwest.
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Nothing is typically ripe around here right now. Next up: blueberries from early July.
Based on the typical seasons for Wisconsin, adjusted for the local frost dates (last spring frost around May 6). Crops ripen with the weather, not the calendar, so confirm with the farm the day before.
Draw a 25-mile circle around Warrens and you get 5 U-pick farms in 3 towns, including 3 with blueberries, 2 orchards with apples, 1 with raspberries and 1 pumpkin patch. For 1 of them we have a website or Facebook page, which is the best place to check what's ripe.
Warrens's own U-pick farm is Star Valley Orchards, with apples. It sits on 3564 Blarney Road. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blueberries | The Berry Barn Tomah | 3 mi | 3 |
| Apples | Star Valley Orchards Warrens | in town | 2 |
| Raspberries | Moseley Roadside Market Tomah | 3 mi | 1 |
| Pumpkins | Rex Moseley Fruit and Vegetable Farm Tomah | 1 mi | 1 |
The counts are for farms within 25 miles. Months follow the typical season in Wisconsin; each farm sets its own dates.
In a typical year Warrens sees its last frost around May 6 and the first one of fall around October 3. That leaves about 148 frost-free days for the farms. Fall comes early here, so apple and pumpkin picking near Warrens often winds down by the middle of October.
| Crop | Typical season in Wisconsin | Daytime highs | Rainy days / month | Farms here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apples | September to October | 58–71 °F | 6 | 1 |
Late in the season it gets cool: October averages a high of 58 °F and a low of 36 °F near Warrens.
Frost dates: median of NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals at the weather station closest to Warrens, 10 miles away. The actual dates in Warrens 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 Warrens, 10 mi away.
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The old-school gadget that turns a bag of picked apples into pie filling in minutes.
Apple gadgetsWe know of one farm in Warrens: Star Valley Orchards. Within 25 miles there are 4 more.
The farms here list apples most often. Seasons change every year with the weather, so check the farm's website or call before you go.
Around May 6 in a typical year, and the first fall frost comes around October 3. Both are median dates from NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the weather station nearest Warrens, so a given year can be a few weeks earlier or later.
The Berry Barn in Tomah, about 3 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 3 farms with blueberries in total. The usual season in Wisconsin is July to August.
Right in Warrens: Star Valley Orchards. Within 25 miles we list 2 farms with apples in total. The usual season in Wisconsin is September to October.
Moseley Roadside Market in Tomah, about 3 miles away in a straight line. It's the only one we list within 25 miles. The usual season in Wisconsin is July to September.
Know a farm we don't list yet? Tell us, we update the list regularly.