Before you drive out
What is ripe,and when
Picking windows are short and they move. Strawberries finish in Florida before Michigan has started, so every farm here carries its own months rather than a national guess.
Right now
In Season This Month
August 2026
No farms with in-season fruits available right now. Check the calendar below!
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Strawberries
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Before you drive out
Six things that decide whether the trip is worth it
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Call the day before
A field can be picked clean by Sunday afternoon or shut by one wet morning. The farm knows on the day and almost nobody asks.
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Get there when they open
The rows nearest the entrance are stripped first. Arriving at opening is the difference between filling a bucket and hunting for one.
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Take your own containers
Some farms hand out flats, plenty charge for them, and a few expect you to bring your own. A shallow box beats a deep bucket for anything soft.
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Find out how they charge
By the pound, by the container, or a flat entry that comes off your total. It changes what you should pick and how much.
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Dress for a working farm
Closed shoes, long sleeves for thorned rows, and clothes you do not mind staining. Fields are muddy for days after rain.
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Bring cash and a cooler
Card readers drop out in the middle of nowhere, and an hour in a hot car undoes a morning of careful picking.
Seasons by region
Picking windows move by weeks between regions, so these are local rather than national.