I started digging my holes with my little tractor and it took me 3 hours to go 20 feet (on account of my skill level). At that rate I wouldn’t be finished before November. So, I hired an excavator. After he had finished, my field was a landscape of high mountains merging into deep trenches.…
Researching soil needs for blueberries
In 1992, Cornell University published a book about high-bush blueberry production. The 200-page award-winning* tome gathers advice from nearly 30 experts, and has effectively become my bible. One night while reading scripture, my eyes stumbled across a sentence that went something like this: ‘Weed control the preceding planting year is essential.’ Essential, it said. I…
A dream is born
Life is taking an exciting new turn. I am opening a u-pick blueberry farm. I know it sounds zany seeing as before last year, I had never successfully managed to grow anything in my life. Well, (she says confidently) things change! The past two months I have been doing extensive online research; I have visited…
Balderson Blueberries 