Pamphlets on pick-your-own farms are at county extension offices.

Some operations are known as "choose-and-cut" or pick-your-own farms, which allow customers to walk through the planted land, select their Christmas tree and cut down themselves.

Later, cultivated strawberries, available at pick-your-own farms, are large enough to fit between picking fingers and spring free with gentle pulls.

You might also consider taking vegetable-hating children to pick-your-own farms and letting them help harvest what you want them to eat.

To find a pick-your-own farm near you, check out the Internet for local farms.

New Hampshire began limiting liability for pick-your-own farms in 1981.

For a complete guide to the state's pick-your-own farms, call 258-4293.

Macouns are also very popular at roadside stands and pick-your-own farms.

This season there will be fewer than 20 pick-your-own farms, about the same number as last year.

It is also a lot cheaper to buy fruit at a pick-your-own farm than at most grocery stores.