Sweet Local Farm

Our farm now has a new blueberry patch! We are so excited to taste those first sweet but tart berries. We chose three varieties, Northland, Patriot, and Northblue. At the nursery I selected plants with some flowers already blooming so I knew I’d get some berries this year.

To plant blueberry bushes, we selected a full sun location and got to work removing the sod and tilling the rich soil. We added compost and bat guano, planted the bushes, and mulched them heavily with a layer of crushed leaves.

The plants are still small, which also helped make them more affordable.

I woke up today to a breakfast of fresh blackberries, mulberries, and blueberries. Life is good! The blackberries just began to ripen and they are delicious. They are sweet and numerous and provide a great snack while we work around the yard. We also have an abundance of mulberry trees. They are ripening now too and while they aren’t as sweet as the blackberries, they are still yummy. Our lone blueberry bush that came with us from our apartment is heavy with the best tasting blueberries. Luke and I are fighting over them!

A blackberry patch near the barn:

OOooo, look at all those berries:

Blackberry cluster:

Don’t be fooled, this is the fruit of the mulberry tree, not more raspberries.