How long have we lived in this house? Four, going on five years? Surely by now we'd know our house and grounds pretty well, right? Well, we were in for a surprise this summer when one of the nondescript bushes in our yard started producing blueberries!
I vaguely recall suspecting such a thing last summer, but the berries were so tiny and decidedly not blue that I decided I must be mistaken. If I'm correct, blueberries require two bushes of different varieties in order to produce. We must have an anomaly, then, because we just have one bush. One enormous, overgrown, formerly-unidentified bush. Seriously, it's about eight feet tall.
The Littles have been loving our new find, and Little Man is on a constant hunt for "dark ones." That snapshot of berries in Rosa's hand above? I had about a second to capture that before they all went in her mouth. They're tiny little berries, and not particularly sweet -- but that hasn't stopped us from munching up every berry we can find, as soon as they're ripe. I'm rather surprised it's bearing so late, as I believe late June is more typical for our area.
What a delightful surprise! Blueberries are my favorite. We hope to plant some blueberry bushes on our property sometime in the next year or two. I can imagine your little ones were thrilled. : )
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I'm not a huge fan of blueberries (at least, I don't go out of my way to buy them), but I'm definitely enjoying having fresh fruit right outside our door! When we settle down post-military, I think I'll be planting quite a few blueberry bushes -- they're really quite attractive, too, so I think they could double as landscaping.
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Shannon
That's so fun!! Our new neighbor has a huge blueberry bush that grows on the edge of our property... She said that Juanito was welcome to pick on our side of the fence!! He loves it!! The blueberries are tiny and not very sweet, but it makes his day. Aren't those fun surprises?? I loved seeing how your kids are enjoying them.
ReplyDeleteHow great that your neighbor is willing to share her bush with Juanito! It's amazing how kids are not nearly as picky about that kind of thing -- I'm pretty sure my littles would eat the red berries (and even the green!) without a second thought, if I let them. :-) Someone told me that the tiny berries are old-fashioned bushes, so that's kind of fun!
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Shannon