Just Berries

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We are now closed for Strawberry Season.
Thank you to everyone who came out for the 2025 Strawberry Season! We will be moving into Blueberry picking within the next couple of weeks.

New this year: We have a new checkout building!

Flowers Seen On the Farm

We always get asked "What is that flower blooming?" Check out the pictures on the left to see what is blooming on the farm. If you have any questions about the flower, please ask Carolyn about them!

Welcome!

Welcome to Just Berries, located outside Stewardson, Illinois; we are glad you stopped by! Please see "Contact/Directions" for directions to the farm. We were founded in 2006 with just 1 acre of strawberries. Today, we have 3 acres of strawberries with an additional 2 acres ready for the rotation in 2018, 1 acre of blueberries with 1 additional being added in 2019 and a small patch of blackberries. We hope to hear from you in the "Contact Us" section with suggestions on how to improve our site or questions about our berries.
At Just Berries, we sell "just berries" as that is our primary focus. We sell quality, homegrown strawberries, blackberries and blueberries.

Check out our local weather: Stewardson, IL Weather

We have taken steps to ensure that our customers do not get muddy when they visit the farm by using cornstalks in the walkways instead of the traditional straw-bedding choice. This allows you to pick even after a rain storm and eliminates the mess that straw creates from re-seeding of the wheat and weeds.

So do not let a little rain storm stop you from coming out to pick!

When are our Seasons?

We get a lot of questions about our strawberry, blackberry and blueberry seasons, like when are the seasons? How long do they last? So we want to answer those questions for you below by showing how long our seasons have lasted in the past years.

Strawberry Season: usually lasts about a month to 1 1/2 months. In a normal year, the season starts around Memorial Day, so be on the lookout at Mother's Day for updates, unless it is an unusually warm or cold spring.
**We allow U-Pick and Pre-Picked strawberry orders
2012 Season: April 29 to May 28 under drought conditions along with a warmer spring.
2013 Season: May 25 to June 20 under cool and wet conditions
2014 Season: May 23 to June 10 with 1 acre that was over-picked
2015 Season: May 20 to June 11 with 2 acres but we had winter damage and were over-picked
2016 Season: May 14 to June 11 with 1 full acre and 1 acre with winter damage
2017 Season: May 14 to June 8 with 1 1/2 acres with no major problems.
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Blueberry Season: Follows Strawberry season in June and lasts about a month
*We allow U-Pick and Pre-Picked Orders
2015 Season: June 23 to July 17 with limited quantities
2016 Season: June 19 to July 14 with limited quantities
2017 Season: June 12 to July 4 with limited quantities
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Blackberry Season: starts during blueberry season, lasting about a month from early July to early August.
**No 2019 Picking
2014 Season: July 10 to August 9
2015 Season: July 6 to August 1 with minimal insect problems
2016 Season: July 7 to August 1
2017 Season: July 14 to July 30 with sunburn damage
2018 Season: None to pick
2019 Season: None to pick
2020 Season: None to pick
2021 Season: None to pick
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Contact Us:
233 N. 2900 East Rd.
Stewardson, IL. 62463
Mapquest us: Map to our Farm
Phone: (217) 343-8348 or (217) 682-5588
Email: justberries1@gmail.com
Facebook: Just Berries

Our Blueberries

Just Berries in the News

April 6, 2016: Effingham Daily News reporter, Dawn Schabbing, reports on the impact of the early frost.

July 26, 2017: Effingham Daily News reporter, Kaitlin Cordes, reports on the rise of Agritourism and showcases the Effingham Farmer's Market and Just Berries.

July 21, 2022: Effingham Daily News reporter, Nick Taylor, showcases local "you pick" farms.