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Looks awesome Dave! I hope my 3 blueberry bushes mature next year to produce a lot of berries. How do you keep the birds off of them?
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I don't even try. There are more blueberries on these bushes each year than one can use even after we invite the neighbors over for blueberry picking. Plenty left for the birds.
How many bushes do you have Dave? We have 2 or 3 blueberry farms around here and a few days ago on the local news they interviewed one of the Farmers. He said they had been letting people pick Berries and the first 2 days over 2,000 lbs of Berries had been picked. That impressed me and makes me want to find this farm just to see how it is set up.
Money, you can get bird netting at the big box stores.
I saw it at Lowes.
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I have 2 very large bushes (Small trees actually) that are between 15 and 20 foot tall and they are very mature bushes. I would estimate them to be nearly 20 years old. I have another smaller bush that is about 6 foot tall and looks as if it grew from what was once a much bigger bush. Between those is blank spot. I surmise that at one time years ago 4 bushes were planted in a row about 5 feet apart. One was cut to the ground but was still alive and became the smaller bush, the empty spot was taken up by one that died and was not replaced and the 2 big boys that haven't been touched. I do know that they are prodigious producers here in my yard thanks to absolutely no assistance from me.....no trimming, thinning or fertilizer. As I told Mike in a PM they were here when we bought the property 12 years ago and were already so big that we thought they were scrub trees and told the tree trimmer to whack them down. Fortunately for us he knew what they were.
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Pickin has started. We started picking berries Sunday. Those in the 8 quart measure represent my harvest from 15 minutes of picking. Each of the packages is 2 cups of berries ready for the freezer. And...we've only just begun
Many more picking days ahead of us and then we turn the neighbors loose.
Many more picking days ahead of us and then we turn the neighbors loose. Awesome! For calendar next year: drive through Tennessee first week of July for blueberry harvest at Dave's.Pickin has started. We started picking berries Sunday. Those in the 8 quart measure represent my harvest from 15 minutes of picking. Each of the packages is 2 cups of berries ready for the freezer. And...we've only just begun
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I tried for 3 or 4 years to get blueberries to produce in my back yard. Had 6 plants. Never got shit. Nice haul!Pickin has started. We started picking berries Sunday. Those in the 8 quart measure represent my harvest from 15 minutes of picking. Each of the packages is 2 cups of berries ready for the freezer. And...we've only just begun
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Pulled my onions and shallots recently too, had pretty good luck this year.
I am having the worst year I have had growing tomatoes. I think that 25" of rain in 30 days got me. I am still getting some ripe fruit but the plants are dying. Oh well, it's bound to happen once in a while.
We had lots of bug issues this year as well, lost some peppers and our large Kale and Chard plants that had been producing for two years. Just been that kinda garden year I guess. Been pulling lettuce and kale out of the garden but no other new crops yet.
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Just harvested 60lbs of tomatoes of of 5 plants, didn't have enough room left to squeeze the maters off of my beefsteak plants in.
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Grabbed a few more tomatoes last night and some acorn squash. My kitchen is a mess, been spending the last couple nights peeling tomatoes and canning sauces and salsa.
Our garden is finally starting to produce here. Got enough beans to can at least 28 quarts and have just started to get tomatoes. Finally got enough to make a run of pickles as well.
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