Today we began to help pick blueberries on our neighbor farm, First Fruits Farms, LLC. This is my mom and step dad's farm, and currently where our large garden is located. They began their blueberry venture a few years ago as an organic farm. However, blueberries are sensitive to many blights and pests and they have since resorted to using non-organic methods of propagation. In addition to the delicious blueberries we enjoyed today, First Fruits also grows blackberries and raspberries, keeps bees, farms a small herd of grass-fed organic cattle, and is beginning a nursery for Japanese Maple trees. Local folks can purchase locally grown blueberries at the farmer's market Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at the First Fruits booth, alongside Garrison Organics; our produce won't be in for a while, however.
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