Britt and Carolyn love blueberries so last Friday we went to a local "you pick 'em" blueberry farm.
I expected bushes about two feet tall but these are almost trees.
We went fairly early, leaving the house at 7:30 am and by 8 we were picking. We were assigned a particular row, although there was only one family there and they were on another row. They left shortly after we arrived so we had the place to ourselves.
You are given a bucket that has a loop of twine so you can hang the bucket around your neck, leaving your hands free for picking. Actually, you're not supposed to "pick" individual berries, but sort of gently roll the bunch between your fingers and the ripe berries just fall off. If I were going to do this for a living, I would devise a more comfortable means of hanging on to the bucket, or rather for it to hang on to me.
Britt, being taller than the rest of us, was able to reach higher up on the trees and further into the middle. Since most folks just pick off the outer, mid-height branches, the berries he picked were much bigger than those the rest of us got. In fact, the owner was most impressed and practically offered Britt a job, LOL.
The trees were loaded and it only took about an hour for the four of us to pick almost twelve pounds.
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