Blueberry picking...

[khiemtran]

So, you'd like to go blueberry picking at Tuckerberry Hill?




First, pay attention to the instructions! Entry is free, but the price is that every child gets a bucket - and it's $18 a kilo when they fill it.



Remember to tickle the berries into the bucket.



And only take the blue ones.



The rows you can pick from are marked with orange flags.



A bucket two-thirds filled is about a kilo. It doesn't take long to gather.



But watch out for mosquitoes!



When, you're done, take your buckets to be weighed (luckily, pickers are not also weighed on entering and leaving).



The man in the tent deftly empties each bucket into a net bag.



Enough berries to last for hours...

Comments

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

Those blueberries look delicious. Sadly, they don't grow locally so I can't do the pick your own thing, but we do have their wild cousins the bilberry. If anything bilberries have a better flavour, but they are much smaller and grow up on mountains, so it takes ages to gather enough for a pie or crumble.

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

Interesting! I've never seen a bilberry, but I did once try taking bilberry extract capsules after a friend recommended them for improving eyesight. I probably would have just been better off eating the berries for enjoyment though...

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Is that mosquitos, or is that just Liam practicing for Irish step dancing?

What great fun! I remember picking blueberries with my grandmother as a kid--it was so great to be under those nets, a secret world.

And tickling them--what a great instruction! I love it. More fruit should be tickled.

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

With Liem, it's more likely to be kung fu, but I'm pretty sure it was the mosquitos. Luckily, we had brought our own insect repellant, and they had a bottle in the tent for those who didn't. (Actually, I think that's the lid of the bottle you can see in the second last picture.)

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

(luckily, pickers are not also weighed on entering and leaving)

Ha! Are you saying someone didn't respect that nicely-illustrated No-No sigh? :P

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

I am not at liberty to comment, at this time.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Wise move. You never know who might be monitoring your comments. :D

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

The Blueberry Squad are everywhere!