Blueberries!

 

Our box

Pickers

We are at a blueberry farm in Heath, Massachusetts. It’s called Benson Place. We had an 8 o’clock appointment and we’ve been joined by Eliza and Katie, Ellen’s sister. They have a minimum of four in a party, so I came along to make the fourth, and I have been raking some blueberries but it’s a little bit slower going for me. So these are low-bush berries. You use a rake to pick the berries. You put them into a box and each box holds 20 pounds. We’ve been here about an hour, and we’ve filled one box. It’s an absolutely beautiful day, it’s not too warm and it’s low humidity, and a little breeze. So picking blueberries is not  too onerous.