There are more berries this week.

We will be open for more berry picking Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday:

Tuesday – June 5, Thursday – June 7th, and Sunday – June 10th.  Hours are mornings: 7AM-11AM and evenings: 5PM-9PM.

We are hoping to keep this same schedule throughout the month of June, but it all depends on the berries.  We will keep you updated. Next week, a large group is scheduled on June 12th as the Active Life Group will come for their annual berry picking outing.

What kind of berries?

Blueberries and Blackberries.  The blackberries are a little slower to ripen, and are not yet in full swing, but that will happen any day now.  Blueberries are abundant and totally in season.  We have several more rows of blueberries than blackberries, so if you are specifically seeking blackberries, come early in the day.

What to bring?

We supply a bucket with a liner to pick into.  Then we lift the fruit out with the liner and you can conveniently carry your berries home.  There are three sizes to choose from: a generous pint, a quart, and a two and a half quart pail. Prices are $4, $7, and $15.  You may want to bring a hat, though, and a few helpers.

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There were lots of terrific proactive berry pickers here for the first pick days, and there were more folks than we got photos.  Here is a slideshow of some (not all) of the folks who got the first pick of the season.

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The summer of 2018 looks good for blueberry picking!

The bushes are loaded with green berries that will quickly turn into summer fun. They still need to go through their pink and purple stages though.  Blueberries are ripe when they are a very dark bluish purple that looks almost black.  Mother Nature determines how quickly or how slowly they develop, so we can only guess when they will be ready. The consensus is that the berries will be ripe after Memorial Day.  Rest assured that we will keep you posted as berry season gets closer, and we can better predict when they will be ready for you.  A good rule of thumb is to consider the entire month of June as “blueberry month.”  But it can extend a week into July or a week into May.

The blackberries are just setting their fruit, but they should be ready about the same time as the blueberries.
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A wedding to remember

We haven’t posted much since summertime, but we’ve been busy – planning a wedding!  Back in mid summer, our son and his bride-to-be asked to get married at our farm below the blueberry terraces.  Of course, we said yes, and it has been tremendous fun working to get ready ever since.  We hosted the actual ceremony, the reception was at a nearby hall facility, so there was much less stress than you are probably imagining.

Creativity

Planning an outdoor wedding opens up so many possibilities for creative thinking.  However, we started with logistics.  We determined where exactly it would take place, what time of day, and where folks would park.  We briefly discussed what we would do if it rained, and although we hoped it wouldn’t, the happy couple said they really wanted to get married on that spot, rain or shine.  Since they didn’t have a problem, we didn’t have a problem either.  

It was scheduled for October and the time of day was set for 5:00 in the evening, so we got 10 flickering glass and metal lanterns that each hung on a garden shepherds hook.  We decorated with Magnolia leaves, white pumpkins and white lights.  Our son built a cedar and iron gazebo that was just perfect – natural, sturdy, and festive.  It blended in with the natural surroundings while still representing the home that the couple will build together.  They asked his dad, my husband, to officiate, for which he was greatly honored.

The actual ceremony was very down-to-earth, meaningful but simple.  Rather than the traditional wedding march, the bride walked in to a beautiful violin arrangement of the Shaker Hymn “Simple Gifts”, composed in 1848 by Joseph Brackett.  This song was in the violinist’s repertoire and immediately jumped out as being absolutely perfect for this wedding.  Everything was coming together!
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