A Day of Blueberries
This post by Janna of jaC jewelry inspired me to do something I haven't done since my youth, and that was to go blueberry picking. Yesterday was the perfect day for it, so we grabbed my parents and drove to the countryside to a wonderful blueberry farm. The four of us truly enjoyed this adventure, which netted us boatloads of wonderful berries that we will enjoy for months to come (thank goodness they freeze well!). You can bet there will be many blueberry recipes on this blog in the near future, but for now take a look at some of our adventures from yesterday:
On our way out of town, we stopped at the Shelby Township Farmer's Market to see my friend Kay, who is the creator of Wooly Bulle'. Take a look at her fabulous display of all natural lotions, soaps and laundry powder. They are wonderful products! If you live in the Metro Detroit area, be sure to stop by this market, which runs on Saturdays from 9-2. It is located at the historic Packard Proving Grounds, which is a wonderful setting. While not a terribly big market, it features a lovely range of items and some of the freshest, most delicious looking produce I have ever seen. There was even one vendor who would cut a fresh head of romaine lettuce for you, right off the plant, for only $2.25.
The Blueridge Berry Farm in Capac, MI is the place to go.
Look at those beautiful berries, just waiting to be picked!
These two buckets were mine and the hubby's. Between the four of us, we ended up with over 30lbs. of them!
They made for excellent pancakes this morning :)
On our way out of town, we stopped at the Shelby Township Farmer's Market to see my friend Kay, who is the creator of Wooly Bulle'. Take a look at her fabulous display of all natural lotions, soaps and laundry powder. They are wonderful products! If you live in the Metro Detroit area, be sure to stop by this market, which runs on Saturdays from 9-2. It is located at the historic Packard Proving Grounds, which is a wonderful setting. While not a terribly big market, it features a lovely range of items and some of the freshest, most delicious looking produce I have ever seen. There was even one vendor who would cut a fresh head of romaine lettuce for you, right off the plant, for only $2.25.
The Blueridge Berry Farm in Capac, MI is the place to go.
Look at those beautiful berries, just waiting to be picked!
These two buckets were mine and the hubby's. Between the four of us, we ended up with over 30lbs. of them!
They made for excellent pancakes this morning :)
3 comments:
Oh how fun! When we went visiting my brother and sister in law a few weeks back we tried going blue berry picking but the farm was closed so we ended up going cherry picking and that was alot of fun too. Oh, I'm so jealous, I love blue berries and those pancakes look delicious!
The photo of the blueberries on the plant is awesome!! Fantastic close-up.
BTW, thank you for the kind words and mention of Wooly Bulle' at the Shelby Farmer's Market. Very friendly vendors and customers.
Oh I love blueberries! Wow, 30 lb! That's a LOT of blueberries - be careful not to turn blue from eating too many. :) Your pictures look fantastic - I'd love to go berry picking again!
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