Blueberries!
Last years blueberry crop was so enormous, I thought that it was something that wouldn't repeat itself again for a while. However, I took a look at our bushes this year and was amazed to find that, if possible, they are even more loaded than last time!
I think that this year I'll be advertising about it and letting people pick them for a small charge per bag or something. There is no way I could ever pick all of them myself...as many as I picked last year (over 60 quart sized bags for the freezer, and gallons full for preserves and other such things), I never even made a dent in those bushes. So hopefully there will be a way to share these with others this year. These blueberries are too good to go to waste.
Here is what they look like right now...in about a month or two they should be ready to pick!
One of our 6 bushes always ripens faster and has juicier looking berries. The ones on this bush have already been turning slightly purple.
I think that this year I'll be advertising about it and letting people pick them for a small charge per bag or something. There is no way I could ever pick all of them myself...as many as I picked last year (over 60 quart sized bags for the freezer, and gallons full for preserves and other such things), I never even made a dent in those bushes. So hopefully there will be a way to share these with others this year. These blueberries are too good to go to waste.
Here is what they look like right now...in about a month or two they should be ready to pick!
One of our 6 bushes always ripens faster and has juicier looking berries. The ones on this bush have already been turning slightly purple.
Mmm-MM! Your blueberry bushes last year had me thinking, and talking to my dad about planting some when we live on our farm. He said he thought it got too warm where we live - Nebraska! I thought "nuh-uh, it's better than Bethany's neck of the woods!" You give me a great deal of hope. :>)
The real reason I wanted to comment, though - when I was growing up, we had apricot trees in our back yard and there was no way we could keep up with them. We just put a sign in the yard and had a small scale for weighing, and charged per pound. I think it sounds like a GREAT way for you to make some money and keep them from going to waste. Everybody wins!
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Those look SO good Bethany. I wish I lived closer. I am a blueberry fanatic. I never buy them because they cost so much fresh in the store.
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Hi Bethany, those look delicious! Please let us know if you do decice to let folks come out and pick some, I would much rather pay you for some fresh blueberries than one of the big grocery chains. You've got me already thinking about homemade blueberry pancakes plus I like to eat a 1/2 cup of frozen blueberries in the morning (if eating them alone they taste better frozen than fresh).
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Bethany, what lovely blueberries! I am in Indiana and paid to pick berries last year. I think it was $1 per lb., but I'm terrible with numbers. Please make some hard earned money on your berries, people will be happy to pay. Don't forget you can run an ad on craig's list for this too, for free!
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I love picking blueberries! There's a place not too far from us that charges $5. It's all you can pick and you bring your own containers. Sharing your berries with others is a great idea - a little cash for you and some berry picking fun for others!
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New to your blog but am a subscriber. Your blueberry bushes look gorgeous. We live on 80 acres and plan to plant a bunch. We've got some in pots ready to go in right now. Can't wait to have our own. I like how you freeze and preserve them. This saves a lot of money if your family likes blueberries like mine does!
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Save some for Bobby Bambino!!
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How do you do that?! I have a few bushes and they are pathetic! I talk nicely to them...bring them water, sing songs...tell them my secrets, etc...nothing seems to work!
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lol Warren, I would tell you but I honestly have no clue! We simply ignore them and somehow they keep surprising us!
Last year, after that good crop though, we did sprinkle some acidic plant food around them before it rained. Maybe that would help yours?
I hope that your blueberries will start producing more than you can handle by next year!
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Hi,
Blueberries are flowering plants of the genus Vaccinium with dark-blue berries. Species in the section Cyanococcus are the most common fruits sold as "blueberries" and are mainly native to North America
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