Albeit a REALLY small one, ha.
Couldn't resist this...
Remember late last year, I found some great deals on blueberry bushes. Well they've been on the porch since then. A few weeks ago, the bushes started putting on a few berries.
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Mind you, these aren't yet planted into clay pots. We've been watering them while sitting on the porch, but they are still in their black containers and now popping out with blueberries. Not a lot of course, there were only two that were ripe enough to eat.
Brought them back into town, washed them and popped them in the fridge for a bit. Then we each got one, LOL. Wow, the flavor was SO much better than from the ones we buy at the store.
I really need to get them into the larger clay pots. There is no way we can plant them in the ground, our soil just won't ever let them grow, and they do require a more specialized soil. But hey, if they can be in a large container and still produce berries, we're OK with that. I think they require a more acidic soil, will need to get the details on a proper blend or maybe there is an already blended bag soil that would work.
They are off to a good start I would say.
ReplyDeleteActually was surprised that they made it all the way into town. :} Sweet that you each shared 1 whole berry.
and yes; fresh is always much better than store bought.
Have a great weekend.
Thanks!! It was tempting, ha.
DeleteI a huge Blueberry freak. I get mine from a woman at out local farmers market. I go through at least two pints a week in the summer months. Just eat them, or place in my granola. I have also blended with vanilla ice cream for a milkshake....very refreshing. My mother had several bushes, but between robins and catbirds, she has to watch them and picked them quick, for they like to pluck them clean when they start harvest.
ReplyDeleteOh how I'd love to have that many blueberries. Thanks. I bet the birds are a constant battle.
DeleteOh how nice!!! I can't wait to start berry growing too! But that will wait until we have a permanent garden :) One good home grown blueberry is worth more than a cheap pile of grocery store blueberries any day! I've found that store-bought fruit is losing it's flavour over the years...it's just sad. I'll only buy local for fruit now otherwise, it feels like a waster of money!
ReplyDeleteYep, I agree. We have four bushes that I got on clearance last Fall, $5 each. Too good to pass up, but I just sat them in the clay pot until I could get them in soil in the pots but they are producing while still in their black garden center container, ha. Fingers crossed.
DeleteAny blueberry harvest is a good one. And I hope that your harvests grow and grow...
ReplyDeleteThanks, I think they will do well. Have been reading on a blend of soil that they like that I can put them in. Hope to do that this weekend.
Deletemy blueberries are loaded this year. more than ever before. i hope i get to them before the birds!
ReplyDeleteBird fight! I will have to remember that, maybe bird netting? Does that work?
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ReplyDeleteNice! How wonderful to see fresh blueberries on your own bushes.
Of course they taste so much better....there's no chemicals on them.
Everything hope grown is SO much better anyway isn't it? And yep no chemicals makes it all the more better.
DeleteI'd say plant edibles when possible. Since you are younger than me, what about two pecan trees?
ReplyDeleteOK, this is really weird, the other day, before you posted this, we were JUST watching a show about Texas pecan trees and I was googling the varieties they recommended and we mentioned planting them around the property somewhere. I'm going to take this as a sign!!!
DeleteOr, you could use pine straw/pine mulch/pine needles to make your soil acidic enough to support the blueberries' health. The hard part would be to dig the hole large enough and deep enough. I have pine trees, so I never have to search for or buy anything pine, including pine cones with which to decorate. Do you have one pine tree or know anyone who has one nearby? You could first compost the pine straw with compostable items from your kitchen to the farm.
ReplyDeleteAfter the initial planting, you would only need to keep mulching with pine or pine compost.
If you think keeping compost materials for a week in your kitchen, just don't keep it open or entirely closed to oxygen. I used a plastic coffee can with small ice pick holes in it, about 8. Fruit flies invaded my kitchen, but none got in the coffee can with holes. There was no odor even though I kept it by the sink. If you use a completely closed container where no oxygen can enter, you will have the foulest, slimiest smell on earth. Just don't do it.
Even though I am much older than you two, I will plant a pecan tree so people in the future can enjoy them. Besides, it only takes three years for a tree to start bearing.
Not a lot of pine in our area. They grow more up North and East (in fact there is an area that direction that is called "the piney woods" for that reason. Thanks for this info though I bet I could find it somewhere. Thanks. And I like the way you think about planting now even if it's for the future. We should think about all trees like that.
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ReplyDeleteRain, rain go away and come again another day.
I hope you all are getting. break. We have some heavy rain today. Light tomorrow and supposed to be cleared up by mid week.
DeleteNow that's love - sharing the first 2 blueberries - I hope 2nd Man appreciated your self-control :) ! My mouth would have been watering and my fingers inching towards those blueberries all the way home.
ReplyDeleteAwww blush!!! Thanks, yep I pulled exactly two that were ready and brought them all the way back into town. It was tempting. Very tempting, ha.
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