Late Season Blueberries

Blueberries are by far one of the little mans favorite foods. It's a good thing too because holy shit those things are unbelievably healthy!

The little man has been eating blueberries since he was an infant, among avocado it was one of the first solid things that he ate and damn was he OBSESSED with them hahaha. He would house bowls of them! This has translated into many years of us going blueberry picking whenever we can, because we have to freeze many dozens of pounds of blueberries in the freezer to satisfy the little dude throughout the autumn and winter seasons! It's a really good problem to have, I think :D.

We love one of the farms gives you a nifty little bucket when you are going blueberry picking! Really awesome stuff.

The farms near us have quite a variety of blueberries. Apparently there are about 45 different species of blueberry which is crazy! I had no idea, but the types of blueberries I personally prefer at the ones that are a little tart in the beginning, and give you a really small hint of sweetness at the end. Those are the best ones!

We got lucky because one of the farms that we go to for other things, has these GIGANTIC blueberry trees. They aren't simply little shrubs, these things are full on fucking trees hahaha. They have so many blueberries and have been growing for so long that an adult man can stand up and just harvest the blueberries without needing to bend over. It's really an awesome thing, because it's easier on me with the various sports tender things that I've got going on after so many years.

There are also probably billions of the berries. That may sound like an exaggeration but it's definitely not! There are thousands of the trees, and each of the trees has thousands of the berries on them at one time. If I get to talk to one of the farmers again, which we actually randomly happened to this time, I want to ask him how many blueberry trees he's got.

One of the questions that I get a lot of the times in the fruit picking posts that I share is "how do people not steal from them?" and it's sad that it is a question asked, but that's the world we live in today.

It is the honor system, and it's thankfully still alive and well in the world we live in. You are free to pick as many berries as you want, and when you are done you bring your buckets, boxes and whatever else up to the farm stand and they weigh them and then bill you according to how many pounds you've picked. You are more than welcome to eat some blueberries when you are out there, because they know there is no way to stop people from doing that while also having a functioning farm stand, so it's a good balance.

Yes there are definitely people who take the berries to their car and just drive off but that's not the culture around here. When you are in the farm country, you respect the MOST important people in the area: the farmers! Without farmers, the country and entire world population would starve. Governments are sort-of important, but farmers are the MOST important job in the entire world, and that is no bullshit! People in these areas respect the hell out the farmers, and it's how we all should act in our day-to-day lives.

In this outing, we picked about 5 pounds of blueberries but the little man likely ate about a pound himself, and I ate a half a pound to a pound. So we probably picked 7 pounds of the little nuggets! It was really a wonderful time, and we have one more day left that we are going to try and pick before the season is truly over.

What about you, do you get to pick fresh fruits where you live? Let me know in the comments!