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darius
So.Appalachian Mtns, VA
(Zone 5b)
March 11, 2008
06:40 AM Post #4649662
| I could almost taste the wild berries of your youth... yum! |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 11, 2008
07:36 AM Post #4649755
| I remember picking wild blueberries in my youth too. Nicely written. |
Bubba_MoCity
Missouri City, TX
March 11, 2008
10:02 AM Post #4650115
| It is one of my fondest memories, too. Grew up in N. MN. So many berries, so little time. Used old logging roads to find them - had a number of spots where we went. Lots of wintergreen growing among the blueberry plants, too.
Blueberry pancakes and waffles, hand-churned blueberry icecream, blueberry pies, and just blueberrys and fresh cream. Oh, Boy! |
DonShirer
Westbrook, CT
(Zone 6a)
March 11, 2008
10:10 AM Post #4650137
| I planted a mixture of BB bushes in semishade (only place available). It took several years for the berries to appear, but the birds ate them. So last year I threw netting over the bushes and tied it underneath. The doggone birds got in somehow and left me nary a berry! I'm wondering what to do this year--get a cat? Naah, the cat would probably like blueberries too. |
MistyMeadows
Payneville, KY
(Zone 7a)
March 11, 2008
11:22 AM Post #4650447
| We are hoping to grow some blueberries this year. Love them, love to freeze them and eat as a treat. But I remember berry picking in Western Massachusetts as a youngster and we'd have so much fun...but the army ants...ooh, we'd get eaten alive. It was worth it. We have a commercial blueberry farm near us now (about 25 miles away) and I go there in the summer and pick blueberries. They are all the cultivated varieties, but tasty. Last year was a very bad year for blueberres and almost any kind of fruit in our area. They were very limited on their production last year, so I didn't get any. :(
Am going to look at those recipes now...yum.
Thanks for this article. :)
Kathy
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Dea
Frederick, MD
(Zone 6a)
March 11, 2008
11:36 AM Post #4650496
| I can remember gorging myself - we'd all pile into the station wagon and go blueberry picking :) Wonderful article! |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
March 11, 2008
07:02 PM Post #4651881
| I am gonna try growing blueberries this year. I just love them!! |
nanadee
Mountain Home, AR
March 11, 2008
09:08 PM Post #4652405
| Nice article. Bluberry picking is a major outing for my little grandaughter and I . It's her favorite fruit and it's someplace we can go together and be out in the sunshine and eat to our hearts content. I don't know if the best part is the berries we eat or the memories we are making.It's a toss up. |
CajuninKy
Inez, KY
(Zone 6a)
March 12, 2008
09:25 AM Post #4654002
| I love blue berries. I like to take a drive to Red River Gorge and hike around in the woods snacking on them. Back home in La. We had lots of huckleberries growing wild. I was harder on them than the birds were. |
