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September picks
Apples Tomatoes Sweet Corn Blue Crab Peppers Winter Squash Grapes Pears
From the Field Week of Sep 27, 2026

Apple Country: Maryland's Piedmont in September and October

Apple season in Maryland's piedmont moves faster than most people track it. The Galas come in first, usually by late August into early September, and they don't wait. By the time you've noticed them at a farm stand the Honeycrisps are already being picked, and those go quickly because everyone wants them and the window is narrow. Frederick, Washington, and Carroll counties sit on the right geology for apples, the Blue Ridge and its foothills giving way to the kind of well-drained, sloping ground that old orchards have always preferred. Catoctin Mountain Orchard outside Thurmont has been working that land for decades, and on a Saturday in late September you can smell the ferment of dropped fruit on the ground before you even get out of the car.

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Farmers Markets

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Plant Masters
Montgomery ยท
Plant Masters has been growing cut flowers out of Laytonsville for more than thirty-five years, now into its second generation of family growers. With five acres of cultivated land, four hoop houses, and a greenhouse, they keep locally grown blooms available across seasons , alongside bedding plants, herbs, hanging baskets, and houseplants. Look for them at farmers markets throughout the Washington metro area when you want flowers grown in Maryland soil rather than shipped from across the country.
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Braglio Farms
Baltimore County ยท
Braglio Farms on Marriottsville Road in Randallstown is part working farm, part community gathering spot, with an online market stocked with locally raised meats, firewood, spices, and bakery items. The property hosts seasonal events ranging from Halloween trails to Ladies Night, along with a food truck, an ice cream shop, and venue rental for private gatherings. It's the kind of place that draws families back through multiple seasons rather than just once.
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CSA Shares

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CSA
Seed of Life Nursuries & CSA
Montgomery
Farmer at the following farmers markets: โ€“ Grace Community Church โ€“ Park Heights
CSA
Good Dog Farm
Baltimore County
Good Dog Farm works 25 acres of Certified Naturally Grown land in Upperco, raising chemical-free vegetables that get delivered directly to Baltimore neighborhoods , no weekend farmers market run required. Their CSA shares are customizable, which makes it easier to actually use what shows up at your door. For city families trying to close the gap between wanting local produce and making it happen, this Baltimore County farm offers a practical on-ramp.
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Local Meats & Seafood

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Meat
JB Farms
Carroll County
Started in 2012 by Joe and Joyce Blankenship on 21 acres in Taneytown, JB Farms operates as an on-farm butcher shop and slaughterhouse, open seven days a week. They raise and process their own animals using all-natural feed with no hormones, and also offer deer processing and halal meat. For Carroll County residents who want to know exactly where their meat comes from, this is about as direct as it gets.
Seafood
Trout's Supreme Seafood Co Inc
Frederick County
Trout's Supreme Seafood has been moving fresh seafood through Frederick County since 1991, when founder Steve Trout built what became a regional wholesale operation out of New Market. Their facility on Old National Pike now supplies restaurants and buyers across Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, with a reputation built on consistent quality over more than three decades. If you're sourcing through a local restaurant or market that carries their product, you're tapping into one of the area's more established seafood distributors.

Dairy & Eggs

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Eggs
4 The Girls Farm
Baltimore County
Dairy
804 Cattle Company
Prince George's
Eggs
Adkins Farm Market
Wicomico
Come take a mini vacation in the country this fall at our corn maze and play area. We offer flowers in the spring, fresh fruits and veggies all summer and all of your fall decorating needs and pick yo

Craft Beverages & Coffee

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Brewery
1623 Brewing Company
Carroll
Brewery
1812 Brewery
Allegany
Coffee Roaster
2nd Wave Coffee & Social
Worcester
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In Season: September

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Apples
Peak season โœฆ
Tomatoes
Late season
Sweet Corn
Late season
Blue Crab
In season โœฆ
Peppers
All varieties โœฆ
Winter Squash
Early harvest
Grapes
MD wine country โœฆ
Pears
Early varieties

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