Blueberry Season Has (Almost) Begun

I checked out the website of my favorite blueberry patch today and was rewarded with seeing that the patch will be open for picking on Monday!  The boys and I have been going blueberry picking for at least 5 years and quite possibly more.  They are amazingly good blueberry pickers, however last year they found the not-quite-hidden-enough patch of blackberries at the blueberry farm and proceeded to eat with abandon until I realized where they were and reigned them in.  I’ll try to keep better tabs on them this year but I’ve already heard them talking about finding that blackberry patch back.

The blueberries are $1.75 per pound when we pick them at the blueberry patch and we usually end up with 10-15 pounds.  We spend a few day gorging on fresh blueberries, a few more days gorging on baked blueberry goodness and then freeze the rest to enjoy for the rest of the year in pancakes, cereal, oatmeal, cakes and any other random blueberry recipe I can find. 

The broken stove is going to be an issue this year.  I’ve been salivating over the though of fresh blueberry buckle for weeks now and will be sorely disappointed if the oven isn’t fixed before the berries have to be frozen. I’ve ordered a replacement heating element and am anxiously awaiting its arrival.  I’m overly optimistic that it will actually work when it’s installed.  Our luck never runs so good, unfortunately.