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Toward the 2010 Harvest

Here it is April and we are not quite half way finished with trimming the rabbiteye bushes which are in full bloom.

After a heavy pruning early last season, there were very few blooms on the rabbiteye bushes — then we had a late freeze, which nipped them just as the berries were starting [...]

KBFarm on localharvest.org

We just got a nice entry on the Local Harvest site. Its really nice. Thanks, Cora!

2009 Blueberry Season Has Ended

Wow – what a whirlwind harvest! We had expected the season to last at least another week but the rabbiteye bushes did not produce much this year due to heavy pruning, a late freeze and then heavy rain in May. Even the northern highbush types did not produce as much as the previous two years. [...]

Saturday Was Opening Day

for this year’s blueberry season. We had an excellent day. The weather was nice, cool, sunshine, and a nice breeze. The berries are good and still a large amount to ripen yet. We have managed to pick about 10 gallons for our own use so far. Last year we hardly got any picked for ourselves [...]

There Will Be No Berries Before Its Time ;)

We have been pretty busy getting ready for the eminent picking season. Some of the berries are just now starting to make that turn towards getting ripe. Most of the berries are still green, but with some warmer weather they would probably turn pretty fast. The rain and the cooler weather that we have had lately has slowed [...]