Blueberry Picking at Our Green Acres by Alicia
by Embrace Country Life on 07/12/12
Have you ever gone to a U-Pick farm and picked fresh blueberries? Well today, my family along with the Stockwin Family, Emily S. and Molly P. decided that we should go blueberry picking. We determined to go to Our Green Acres because we have never been there before and we could use our ECL discount card to get 10% off our purchase. We drove to Owego and arrived at the farm stand. We experienced a lot of fresh produce for sale and pumpkins growing in the field adjacent to the farm stand. We got our buckets weighed by a kind, older gentleman and then he directed us to the fields where the blueberry bushes are located.
The field had a large selection of blueberry bushes and a plentiful amount of blueberries. After picking (and eating) many plump and delicious blueberries, filling our buckets to the top, and having tons of fun, we went back to the farm stand and paid for them and used our discount cards to get 10% off. Everyone had a blast picking blueberries, talking, and having a tiny blueberry fight with the green blueberries in Addie's bucket.
Just before we left, my mom purchased farm fresh honey. She says that if we have a teaspoon of honey a day it will help our seasonal allergies to go away. I plan on having some on top of my vanilla ice cream with some rainbow sprinkles and blueberries on top. Yum! My mom is making blueberry buckle with the blueberries we picked today. She is freezing the rest so we can eat farm fresh blueberries on our oatmeal on cold, winter mornings when we have NYS tests to help with our memory.
I love blueberries and had so much fun picking (and eating) them. I can't wait to go back to Our Green Acres to pick some other fruits and veggies!
My favorite TV show is starting soon so I have to go and dish out my ice cream. :)
I bet it will taste great!
