What’s the best way to prepare and freeze blueberries to use throughout the year? We always just pick the berries and then remove and leaves or stems that you might have and then just freeze them in gallon-size freezer bags. We take them out of the freezer and rinse before using. They freeze really well and will not stick together, they just roll out of the freezer bag like marbles.
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Whats it like picking blueberries? Blueberries are very easy to pick, no thorns, hardly any bending over. There is mowed grass in between the rows, that is mowed from spring to late fall, so no chiggers. Simply use your thumbs to roll the berries off into your hand, making it quick to fill your bucket. How many years have you been farming? We have been farming all of our lives. My husband was born and raised on a dairy farm. We milked cows for years and after selling the milking herd we bought Angus beef cattle, which we still have. We had always wanted to see if we could grow blueberries, so we planted a small patch to see if we could grow them and over the past 10 years it has grown into 3.5 acres of blueberry bushes. It is a full time job, with pruning and mulching to do over the winter and mowing and watering all summer. My husband and I really enjoy being out and taking care of the bushes. We also enjoy watching our customers come to the farm with their children and making memories picking blueberries together.
Don’t let this blueberry season pass you by! There are many great blueberry u-pick farms all over the Ozarks! If you need help locating one, send me a note at ozarkhheditor@gmail. com, or call at 417-652-3083.
Burtons Farm U-Pick Blueberries 445 Silver Lake Road Billings, Missouri www.burtonsfarm.com 417-369-5710 or 417-239-6684
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