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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
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 Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 06:51:35 AM
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Whew! Our shipment of blueberries finally arrived on Thursday and yesterday afternoon we planted 100 plants. I am so sore today I can hardly move! We finished the 5 hour job and my DH turned to me and asked..."what are we going to do with all these berries?" I am so excited, I think we will open a pick-your-own market. And then my busy, busy mind got to thinking and I came up with an anual blueberry festival on our farm...blueberrie treats, crafts, live band, pig roast....oh my, I think this might be a blast... We have to wait a couple of years till the plants have grown and are fully productive...but that gives me a few years to plan. Oh my, this could be dangerous! How bout a farmgirl festival in a few years?
Keep Smiling.....Bev
Bee Haven Acres
http://beehavenacres.blogspot.com/
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newheart
True Blue Farmgirl
471 Posts
Margie
Owings Mills
Maryland
USA
471 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 06:58:57 AM
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Bee Haven Maven, Post when you are having this Blueberry festival in a couple of years and I will be there....we are not that "far" in distance.....so we will drive up and enjoy the berries.
newheart
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
1862 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 07:03:25 AM
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We have been thinking of doing an occasional B&B weekend as there is a guest cottage on our farm...Another project to think about, but it might be kind of fun to do a Mary Jane's Farmgirl farm travel club....we could open up our farms for Mary Jane Farmgirl visits.....oh, there goes my brain again...in high gear.
Keep Smiling.....Bev
Bee Haven Acres
http://beehavenacres.blogspot.com/
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newheart
True Blue Farmgirl
471 Posts
Margie
Owings Mills
Maryland
USA
471 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 07:09:16 AM
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I wish I had your energy and "brain power" to think of all this wonderful stuff....
I can taste the blueberries now...mmmmmmmmmmmmmm good...
newheart.....margie |
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
1573 Posts
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Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 07:58:08 AM
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| That would be a blast! I've always wanted to visit the east coast! |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 09:06:01 AM
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Bev,
your blueberry story brings back memories. When I lived in New Britin, Conn. (mid 60's) my folks sent me to Girl Scout Camp (best memories) and our camp site was called Blue Berry Ridge....on our walks to the latrine....the path was covered with small low growing wild blue berry plants....so at the innocent age of 11, we didn't think anything about picking the berries on our treks to the latrines.....best tasting berries! Now a days, people stress that you have to wash & sanitize everything before eating. How on earth did I survive after eating those wild berries!?! To this day, I still say they were the BEST tasting berries I have ever eaten!
tata-4-now
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 10:24:08 AM
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Oh, a blueberry farm! That sounds just like heaven to me - I am so excited for you, Bev. I can't wait for your blueberry festival - and blueberry pancakes - one of my favorites! That is so exciting. WAY TO GO!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar..." - Helen Hayes |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 3:09:51 PM
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Beverly-
Wow! You have a very loving hubby to have helped you with all that work, not even knowing what you will do with it! Sounds wonderful though! I would love to come to a blueberry festival and I even think my fiance would like it too!
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AliShuShu
True Blue Farmgirl
150 Posts
Alison
Charlotte
NC
USA
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Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 6:13:06 PM
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a farmgirl travel club... now there's an idea i can get behind.. i've always wanted to run a bed & breakfast... we definitely don't have the facilities for it now, but we certainly have a guest bedroom... and i love to entertain... how could this work?
Alison
I think that if ever a mortal heard the voice of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day. ~F. Frankfort Moore, A Garden of Peace
Namaste'
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
1862 Posts |
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Apr 30 2007 : 07:10:55 AM
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Oh, wouldn't that just be too much fun! Gold stars for Beverly. What a fabulous idea.
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FreckledNiki
True Blue Farmgirl
69 Posts
Niki
Baldwinsville
NY
USA
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Posted - Apr 30 2007 : 10:43:40 AM
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That sounds Great!!! My daughter loves blueberries, she eats a whole pint, when we go to the farmers market. I just bought 1 bush, someone suggested I would need another for pollination. Should I get the same type?
Niki |
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
1862 Posts |
Posted - Apr 30 2007 : 4:49:54 PM
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I asked my Hubby, resident blueberry expert, he says you should probably get a different breed for cross pollination. If you want a really good book on everything there is to know on blueberries....it is entitled "Highbush Blueberry and it's Management by Robert. E. Gough.....it will tell you everything you could possibly need to know about raising blueberries.
Keep Smiling.....Bev
Bee Haven Acres
http://beehavenacres.blogspot.com/
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FreckledNiki
True Blue Farmgirl
69 Posts
Niki
Baldwinsville
NY
USA
69 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2007 : 08:23:21 AM
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| Thank you , I will check on that book about blueberries. My girls are so excited to see everything with little buds on them. My youngest (12) she is so patient and keeps telling me, "Mom it takes time, I didn't grow overnight". All though my 5'7" 12 year old... I feel like you did grow overnight! I can't wait till my garden looks like a garden!!! |
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