Blueberry picking 2020

Season opens Sunday, May 31st

Blueberry picking is on, beginning Sunday May 31st! (There are limited blackberries available too, but they are ripening a little behind the blueberries.) Hours are morning pick: 8-11 AM, and evening pick 6-9 PM. You can pick both blueberries and blackberries in the same bucket, same price. This year, we are offering one size bucket to simplify and streamline having to make change. The winning size is the most popular (and best value) bucket, which holds a generous 2½ quarts. The cost is $15, same as last year, and the year before that. We provide both the buckets and liners with twist tie. You keep the liner which makes it easy to tote your berries home.

Ripening in the rain

The berries are ripening nicely and seem to be especially huge this year. Could it be this rain? Above are a few blueberry picking photos taken today, May 27th as we got some of the very first fruit (in the rain), and then compared some of them to a quarter! Not all the blueberry bushes produce this size fruit, so we are definitely marking this one! It is scheduled to rain every day this week, but Sunday is predicted to be total sunshine. Did Mother Nature know we would open on Sunday?

Blueberries are an antioxidant-rich fruit which help your immune system. We hope you pick some to eat fresh, and also freeze some for the future months. Check out this post from March 12, 2020. Picking right from the bush gives your fruit the most nutritional value possible. Below are a few photos from yesterday.

What about social distancing?

If you have visited us in previous years, you will know that social distancing is not a problem with so many rows of fruit. The rows are also fairly wide so keeping a distance of six feet away from other pickers is easily obtainable. Our rows are now numbered, so if a really, really large number of pickers show up at the same time, we can assign you a row.

In addition to each bucket having a fresh liner, we have taken some extra measures this year. We will spray the metal buckets with CDC recommended food-service spray after each use, and set them in the sun to dry.

The process of paying and getting your buckets will be only slightly different. Offering one size bucket will greatly reduce the need for change and make things way easier. As always, you can still pay with cash or with PayPal. We are too small an operation to take credit cards.

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Spring clover has not been cancelled

Walkin’ in high clover

From bees to chickens, everyone on the farm has been walkin’ in high clover! While 2020 has proven to be quite a trying year so far, not everything has taken a turn for the worse.

Our clover is amazing. It was a blanket of lush green for St. Patrick’s Day and quite noteworthy. Now, in April, red waves of blossoms are being moved around by the wind. It makes you stop, look, and spend a bit of time.

The bees are busy taking full advantage of the abundance, because they know that these blossoms won’t last long. Clover likes cool weather, and will soon go to seed and die back when it gets hot. The cat likes to lazily play with the tall red spikes. And the chickens? Well, they are mainly happy to be together. The good weather and lush greenery are just a bonus.

Here is a funny little video for you. I tried to capture how fabulous the clover is, but the video doesn’t really do it justice.

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Were you smart enough to freeze blueberries?

Did you freeze some of those blueberries you picked last June from our farm? Folks, its time to get those antioxidant-rich berries out of your freezer, and build up your immune system – now! If we ever needed a super food, this would be it.

Protect against COVID-19

The news is thick with corona virus warnings and suggested actions to take. Please also pay attention to what you are eating and try to include more antioxidant-rich foods into your family’s diet. Blueberries are one of two fruits mentioned by Dr. Oz in his tips to help protect against the on-coming sickness (Today Show 3/11/20). Whatever you choose to do – do it now, before the brunt of the virus hits our area. Prevention is way better than a cure.

IQF – Individual Quick Freeze

If you did a quick freeze, you have preserved the most nutritional value. This, combined with the fact that they were grown with organic practices, and they came straight from the bush to your kitchen, means they are still packed with antioxidant goodness. Your health and well-being will benefit from these efforts.

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No Need to Thaw

My favorite way to eat them is straight out of the freezer, but you can easily put them (still frozen) into pancake batter and enjoy fruity blueberry pancakes any time of the day. What about a blueberry cobbler? – no need to thaw the berries here either! Here is a link to a cobbler recipe we recommend. Would you prefer blueberry juice? Did you know that frozen blueberries are easier to juice than fresh – its true. Winemakers purposefully freeze berries first, because freezing helps to break the berry skins releasing more juice. You WILL need to thaw them for this.

Thinking Ahead

Farmers are optimists but, as you can imagine, they need to plan and think ahead. When a harvest is as abundant as our blueberries last year, it just made sense to freeze for the future. This is the perfect time to cash in on all that work we did last summer.

Prepare your immune system and give it the best possible chance by getting at least 7 hours of sleep, exercising for 30 minutes every other day, eating healthy food including berries rich in antioxidants and yes, wash your hands.

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