After careful examination of the  field we have decided to  close the PATCH for another picking season.  It has been one of the nicest  summers we can remember (especially after last summer).

We would like to thank all of you that have managed to find your way to the farm to pick our  berries. As  you would surmise, our farm is about  berry  picking, but it’s also about the  people we  meet and host at the farm throughout the season. It is these brief encounters and exchanges of the summer weather, picking  conditions, how to grow berries , fertilizers and yes even discussions about health related issues that make berry picking more than just the gathering  of the winter’s supply for jam or berries for  the freezer.

As we encounter folks and  watch them interact with their  friends and family members  it is not hard to see that  berry  picking is as much a social phenomenon as it is about the food itself. It is about summer, a time with friends and family, relaxing, and enjoying a brief  moment. It’s about forgetting your worries and the complicated times that we  live in. Brenda and I are thankful for all of this and we  hope that your experiences here at our farm have given you a bit  of rest and spiritual nourishment as well as some good healthy food to take you through the  coming  year.

Again , we hope you enjoyed your time picking at our farm and that you  take the time next summer to visit us again.

See you in the Patch!

Best,

George and Brenda Joseph

SPECIAL NOTE: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE AN EMAIL NEXT  YEAR  WHEN WE OPEN UP FOR  PICKING,  PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO:   george@maineblueberryfarm.com

George and Brenda

Do not be caught saying “I should have picked blueberries when they were in season.” Come on out to the patch and get them before they are gone.

The picking is still very good-the best berries are on the bottoms of the bushes and inside the bushes.  You can find some of the juiciest berries in those places.

See you in the Patch!

We will open Thursday morning at 8 AM. and stay open until 7 PM. The picking is still very good . It looks like another great  summer day so come on out to enjoy the the day and the good picking.

George and Brenda

Brenda and George

Sunday brought lots of interesting people to the Farm: people from the Ukraine; people from Brooklyn, N.Y.; people from Livermore, Maine.  What a great common ground we have-ripe blueberries that are fun to pick!

George and Brenda

George and Brenda

Looks like a great Maine  summer weekend coming our way and what a summer it has been. The  humidity has finally subsided and   the warm days and cool nights make it more like the Maine summers days we all long for. The weekend picking will be very  good with all the different varieties  of  blueberries available to  pick. So come on out to the farm  and enjoy the wonderful summer day and great  picking.

We will open at 8 A.M. and close at 7 P.M.

George and Brenda

We have had so many conversations in the barn lately.  Picking blueberries seems to make people friendly and open, it seems to me.  Rebecca, one of our pickers for a local farmstand, was cashing up in the barn and saw Brenda’s sister, Lori, sorting green beans from the garden.  A lively conversation ensued regarding how to tell good green beans from overripe ones.  Rebecca is somewhat of an expert in this as she is the “bean and berry master” of Tom Stevenson’s farm stands.

Another interesting conversation was held between two high school classmates from Winthrop High School, class of 1970: Mary Foster and Dale Hinds.  They hadn’t seen each other since graduation and came upon each other in the blueberry barn.  Of course they agreed they both weren’t really older than 18 on the inside, but their outsides had changed a bit…  they both are eating blueberries so they’ll probably stay healthy!

One more interesting give and take was between Brenda and a couple who came to pick who told her they were both 91 years of age and had been happily married for 67 years.  They were still holding hands and laughing together.  The man said his wife still insisted that he kiss her good night before bedtime every night.  Way to go!

Here’s to conversations that enrich our lives..

We’ll be open Friday from 8 A.M. to 7 P.M. There are still loads of ripe juicy berries and excellent picking!

Brenda and George

Hope to see you .

George an Brenda