Thank you to everyone who came out to RabbitEye Farm and picked during this short, hot, thunder-stormy season. It has been an odd year, but we are thankful to have had even the few pick days that we did. We are now closed for the season.
Berry picking season is always too short. Both June and berry picking season is ending. Twenty Twenty-three has proven to be a challenge, but we are optimistically looking forward to next year. Keep us in mind!
2023 opening day is Thursday, June 15th, just in time for Father’s Day. You may want to pick some berries for the Father figure in your life, or bring him to pick on Sunday. Either way, we are happy to announce that we will be open beginning Thursday June 15th. Normal pick days will stay on schedule as long as we have berries. Pick days are Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 8-11am and 6-9pm.
We provide a bucket and liner. You keep the liner to gently carry your berries home. It’s that easy! The bucket size is two and a half quarts and the price is $15 per bucket. So all you have to do is show up… best if you don’t wait.
No. Our berries are grown with organic practices and are not sprayed with any pesticide. The only thing we put on our berry plants is rain, and when it doesn’t rain, we water them with spring water.
Our pick days are rain or shine. The berries are definitely fresh, rain-washed is a bonus! If Mother Nature sends some rain… its a great chance to wear your boots. (Picking in the rain has proven to be more fun than you would think.)
Berry season is always too short and this year we got a late start – so don’t wait too late!
The 2023 blueberry anticipation is on schedule! Although the blueberries are actually still green, they are getting bigger and starting to turn pink. They turn pink before they turn purple and then blue. They are a colorful fruit. So, it will be another month before they are ripe.
The early warm temperatures this spring followed by more frost did some damage to some of the foliage and about half of the blossoms. We will still have picking of delicious antioxidant rich blueberries since we have several varieties. While its still rather cool outside now, it won’t be long before warmer temperatures will make them ripen faster and faster. They look to be on schedule for pickin’ in June.
As berry picking season gets a little closer, we will post more photos so you can see the progress they are making from turning pink to turning blue. Meanwhile, here are a few random colorful photos from today.
Johnny-Jump-Ups
Tree Frog
Iris
Sage in foreground
Apple blossoms
