Justy’s Produce and Flowers

What a wonderful place to spend a Saturday morning. We just discovered Justy’s and it lives up to its reputation. Justy, his sister and 78 year old Mom all are sweet as pie and so helpful. We bought 20 lbs of Gravenstein apples and couldn’t resist some of their gorgeous Dahlias — great prices, wonderful experience. Feels good to support our local farmers.

I used to like Justy’s a lot and I recommended it to lots of other people. Unfortunately, this year it feels like a completely different place. The fruit prices aren’t great and often the fruit isn’t even as good as what I can get in a grocery store. Apples are mushy, not crisp. Plums & prunes are over-​ripe, squishy & buzzing with flies.
And the flowers… they’re beautiful! But frequently you have to pick through them to find a few that aren’t already wilting. The last time I stopped there for flowers the few they had were obviously not fresh, so I asked Justy if I could go pick a few from the garden. There were no other customers there at the time. He said, «No, we don’t allow that.» No apology or offer to go pick fresh ones for me. My mom was sick & I really wanted some flowers to cheer her up so I bought a dozen dahlias. I drove the 5 min to her house, cut the ends off the stems & put them right in water. The next day they were already wilting & turning brown! It looked like they had been in that vase for a week, not just overnight. This was only 1 of several negative interactions I had with Justy.
I gave Justy’s several chances before I wrote this review. I REALLY wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt. After 5 visits there, with VERY poor customer service and marginal produce & flowers, I’m done.

I am slightly new to the area and wasn’t sure where to get peaches. I found several recommendations online and neither answered the phone. I drove an hour and a half to a fruit stand that did not have peaches (although their voicemail and Facebook said they did) and another farm that address led me to a residential neighborhood. With cranky children I gave up and just headed home.
I saw Justy’s and had remembered seeing them on a list for having peaches. I stopped and was pleased with the size, with produce and flowers overflowing out of the stand and plenty of parking. The peaches outside were hard but labeled as local freestone and $ 1.29/lb, more local peaches inside were $ 1.99/lb and very ripe. I was a little hesitant about the prices but thrilled to have found some. There were so many other things I wanted to buy but knew I was going to go over my budget on the peaches. Local ice cream, coffee samples, cucumbers, green beans, dried beans, many many types of apples, etc.
As I walked up to the register with all my peaches, I took note that the man working was on the phone with a customer! Unlike the two other places I called, apparently this man is interested in serving his customers and providing information.
He got off the phone and asked if I was planning to can, I said yes and I guess he could tell I haven’t canned very much because he said these would probably not be the best to can but he had some he could offer me for a lower price and this variety (Elberta) was better for canning. He gave me a plethora of information and didn’t talk to me like I was a bother. And the big box of peaches I wasn’t going to buy now? He insisted on putting them all back himself.
This is a little out of the way for me but I already can’t wait to go back!

Justy’s is as close as I think I am going to get to my favorite place in the world, Emilie’s in Dorchester County Maryland. It is well stocked. Didn’t expect to see dried beans in bags, nice selection, clean line displays, beautiful affordable flowers, ample parking (and close enough for me to walk from my new home) I only had four dollars so I didn’t buy much but it was excellent. I plan to be a regular. If you could get Emilie’s recipe for pulled pork, baked beans and crabby eggs I could die happy in Oregon!

I don’t get the 5 star reviews. Sure, it’s fresher and sometimes a more localized product than the grocery stores, but at tourist level prices. This is an open air fruit stand not a Whole Foods Market. When I have come in, they are always out of whatever is in peak season. Some of their workers act as if they are not happy and couldn’t care less if you shop here. It’s too bad because I think we all try to support local businesses. Only open during local harvest season so check their website. Maybe the short growing season and website drives the costs high?

Lots of fresh produce and fruit. Not all organic, but what is organic is from their farm and labeled as such. Best of all, these people were just incredibly nice. I don’t live close at all and would drive here just because of the customer service.

Need to buy produce in large quantities for canning and preserving, but don’t have time to pick it yourself? This is the place to go. It is an adorable family run produce stand with a pretty decent selection. They carry an amazing amount of local produce, including organic garlic from their farm! They sell some non-​local produce in addition to eggs, milk, honey, and flowers. There is U-​Pick available here as well, although I haven’t tried that yet. Very friendly cashier who gave me a discount for coming in as a Tri-​County Farms newsletter subscriber.
I picked up about 30 pounds of peaches and tomatoes for canning, which means I will be loving produce from Justy’s all winter long!

Great local produce, incredible armloads of fresh cut flowers, exactly what’s in season. Fresh! Bargain prices! SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FARM!

I have always wanted to be whimsical, but alas, I have always leaned towards practical.
Flowers, for instance. Sure, very pretty. Some of them. But they don’t last and are so ridiculously expensive, I could never justify the purchase.
But what… is… THIS? Justy’s! You’re turning my principles on their usually level heads! Here are huge, beautiful and completely affordable flowery bursts of goodness. I feel a sudden stirring in my chest, a long-​dormant desire to just stop by on the way home and grab an armful on a whim, visions of every room filled with overflowing vases…
But wait! There’s MORE! Justy’s is the best of many worlds. It’s hard for me to contain myself. Yet another set of guilty pleasures: fresh, local (most of it grown right there) produce and honey at or less than (!!) grocery store prices, along with convenient supplemental items (milk, chips, juice, Choco Tacos!!!) to fill in the gaps, so you don’t have run around town to get everything else. Man, oh man.
Justy’s! That’s its name, don’t wear it out! I’m Justy-​fying everything!
How did I not know about this place before? How are there no previous reviews? It’s on the corner of the family farm, which evidently, has been around forever. That makes it sound far away, but it’s not; it’s right off of Hwy 224, just one stop past the Clackamas Town Center mess.
Call me a little summer-​drunk and infatuated, but Justy’s, I really mean it: I love you man.