This year was my first experience with blueberry picking. NOTHING compares to the taste of a freshly picked blueberry! So sweet! So delicious!
My mom, the kids, and I were chomping at the bit for our local blueberry patch to open their U-Pick fields. The first day they opened – we were there!
They gave us 5 gallon buckets to use while picking. Do you know how many blueberries fit in a 5 gallon bucket? A LOT!
You can eat berries while you pick, so the kids had a blast picking and eating while my mom and I tried to fill these buckets.
We each had our 5 gallon bucket halfway full when I realized that we had already picked more than we needed. This realization also happened right around the time both of my kids had a sweaty, loud meltdown right there in the blueberry patch. Coincidence?!
When we checked out the cashier told me my bill was $44. What?!?! Apparently we had picked 10lbs of blueberries (face palm)!
Oh well, we now have plenty of blueberries for all the recipes I want to try!
Things to remember Next Time we Go Blueberry Picking:
- Make sure you “Like” your local blueberry patch on Facebook. They will usually post when the blueberries are ripe and what day they will be open for picking.
- Try to go the first weekend they are open. We made this mistake with strawberries and barely got any. Next year we won’t make that mistake!!
- Have an idea of how many you want before you start. We didn’t and ended up with W A Y more than we needed. It’s okay because we froze a bunch, but we probably didn’t need 10lbs of blueberries.
- Bring a container to take them home in. Most places have buckets for you to use while picking, but once they weigh them during checkout they want their buckets back.
- Give them all a good wash. I had to wash ours in batches since we picked so many.
- Let them dry completely. I put a hand towel on the counter and let them sit there for 15-20 minutes.
- Line a jelly roll pan with parchment paper.
- Place washed/dried blueberries in a single layer on parchment lined pan.
- Stick pan in freezer for 1-2 hours or until firm.
- Remove from pan and put in freezer safe plastic bags.
- Put bag of frozen berries in freezer.
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