This is the
place.
Farm "rules" with a touch of rural
Texas
humor.
The welcome wagon sitting at the entrance to the blueberry patch, with real flowers.
The blueberry patch on a sunny summer day. (Picking started at dawn and many were done picking before 9am.)
Waiting in line to get buckets (and thinking about lost sleep on
a
Saturday...)
"... this batch of berries is
going into my mouth..."
"... brother, hold the bucket steady, while I search for the big
ones
in this bush... "
"... and you
thought I don't help my wife,
this picture proves that I do... "
"... we came fully prepared and dressed for the occasion...
"
"... I even brought my knee
pad..."
"... nothing to it... I can go on picking for another 2
hours..."
"... it's only 90+ degrees out
here..."
"... the trick
to surviving the heat is
to pick in the shade whenever possible...
"
"... I put all the berries I
picked in mom's bucket... that's why mine looks empty... "
A close-up of the
berries.
Another close-up of the berries.
These berries
are ripe for the
picking.
A dragonfly resting on the
blueberry branch.
A long-legged spider in the blueberry
bush.
Another variety of spider for the
entomologist to be's.
Conveyor passes the picked berries through a
blower..
Debris are pick
off while traveling through the conveyor table.
The cleaned berries are dropped into platic bags at the end of
the
conveyor.
Each bag holds one bucket and
sells for $10 each.
For those who missed the field
trip this
weekend, you can still go on your own. But do call ahead,
903-564-6228, to find out if they still have berries for picking.
(They are closed on Mondays and
Fridays.)