I have a buddy (bestest buds since we were 7-yrs. old) who has access to a local blueberry farm. Lynn and I met him at the gate yesterday morning for a little bit of blueberry picking. The farmer is getting ready to cut the bushes to the ground and plow them under and told us to take whatever we wanted. It seems he had only picked two weeks into his 3-month harvest season and the bottom fell out of the blueberry prices due to COVID-19. No Restaurants/Foodservice business, etc. to sell to. Damn! Another business failure due to this virus crap. Anyway, we picked three 6-gallon buckets of frigging berries yesterday. We dropped a bucket off to a friend who does a lot of baking and had plenty of freezer space, my buddy took a bucket and Lynn and I brought a bucket home. We kept a pile of berries to eat ... been munching since yesterday ... and froze the rest. Anyway, we had a great time, the weather was beautiful, "social distancing" was NO problem and we have berries up to our eyeballs! All-in-all, a fun day and a good excuse to get out of the house.
Here's a pic of Lynn doing her thing along with a 6-gal. bucket of berries in the back of my buddy's truck. My buddy called last night and said if we want any more, we're welcome to go back out anytime this week before the owner starts cuttin' 'em down.
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