Terry and I went berry picking again this morning. Murphy's Blue Berry Farm is open 8 AM to 8 PM Monday through Saturday. The late afternoon rains caused them to shut down early on Saturday (around 4 PM) and with no picking on Sunday, the bushes were loaded with deep blue, ripe berries this morning. We go there around 8:30 and there were already two dozen folks spread out along the rows of bushes. Most were there to earn a few extra bucks at 75 cents a pound. They were teenage girls and some seniors. Others were trying to fill the freezer like Terry and I.
We each filled a paint bucket in a little over an hour and a quarter and left before the sun got too warm. We only picked berries from five or six bushes to fill our buckets. When we weight out we had over nine pounds of berries in total. Mrs. Murphy said we could have earned a little over $7 for our effort. We paid her the $14 ($1.50 a pound) we owed and went on our way. When we packaged them for the freezer we had seven quarts. Six went into the deep freeze and one went into the fridge for more immediate consumption.
We'll probably go back one more time to assure plenty for the winter.
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After an early lunch and another cup of coffee, I packed up the Tundra and head for the Bolt Hole in the Adirondacks 220 miles northeast of the Aerie. I do like to drive! And, with its lumbar support, the driver's seat in the truck is very, very kind to my back. Of course when I finally get out of the truck my legs are a bit wobbly....
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It was 57 degrees when we went out berry picking this morning and Terry says it got up to all of 73-74 degrees this afternoon. The temperatures are a bit cooler here at the Bolt Hole and I expect it might get down into the 40s tonight. The weather quacks are predicting a high of only 72 or so on Tuesday and maybe 78-80 on Wednesday. The average high for this date is around 82. As might be expected when things are coming out of the north there's only a slight chance of rain late Wednesday and into Thursday. That's when the winds will shift to the southwest. Should be no problem getting all the grass cut Tuesday if I don't run out of gasoline.
3 comments:
Do you do anything to the berries before you freeze them?
All that needs doin' is to wash them off in a collander, remove any stray stems, drain 'em and bag 'em.
String beans and such need to be blanched first to preserve the color but not blue berries, black berries or raspberries.
Can't stand blue berries. You can have 'em all.
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