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As the weather got cooler today in Illinois and Missouri compared to the beginning and middle of the week, people went to Eckert's Farm in Belleville, Ill. to pick black raspberries, snacking on the berries there and bringing containers home. Photos by Allie Schallert, aschallert@post-dispatch.com
Camille George, from right, of O'Fallon, Ill., picks berries with her daughter Emily George and her friend Ella Andrews at Eckert's Farm in Belleville, Ill. on Friday, June 17, 2022. "We decided to come out here because the weather was great," Camille said. Photo by Allie Schallert, aschallert@post-dispatch.com
Kayla Berry, of St. Louis, picks black raspberries at Eckert's Farm in Belleville, Ill. on Friday, June 17, 2022. Customers are given small plastic containers to put berries in and are charged per container instead of by weight. Photo by Allie Schallert, aschallert@post-dispatch.com
Gary Craig, of Cahokia, Ill., drives a trailer with customers through the orchards to the black raspberry bushes at Eckert's Farm in Belleville, Ill. on Friday, June 17, 2022. Craig has been a load driver at Eckert's for five years. "It's a lot of fun," Craig said. Photo by Allie Schallert, aschallert@post-dispatch.com
Rose Cambridge, 3, of St. Louis, eats black raspberries off the bush at Eckert's Farm in Belleville on Friday, June 17, 2022. After filling one container, her nanny, Megahn Evans, took the container because Cambridge ate the berries she just picked out of it, and Evans encouraged her to eat directly from the bush instead. Photo by Allie Schallert, aschallert@post-dispatch.com
Rose Cambridge, 3, of St. Louis, eats black raspberries that she picked at Eckert’s Farm in Belleville on Friday, June 17, 2022. Her sister Grace, 7, offered to give Rose her berries since she kept eating out of her container. The limited crop was only available for two days, but Eckert’s will open for pick-your-own blackberry season on Friday, June 24.
Kayla Berry, of St. Louis, picks black raspberries at Eckert's Farm in Belleville, Ill. on Friday, June 17, 2022. Customers are given small plastic containers to put berries in and are charged per container instead of by weight. Photo by Allie Schallert, aschallert@post-dispatch.com
Rose Cambridge, 3, from left, and her sister Grace, 7, both of St. Louis, ride back to the store with their nanny, Megahn Evans, at Eckert's Farm in Belleville, Ill. on Friday, June 17, 2022. Evans saw on Facebook that the farm had berry picking and decided to bring the girls out. "It's summertime," Evans said. Photo by Allie Schallert, aschallert@post-dispatch.com
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