Thursday, March 31, 2011
A berry farm--my wish
I just got a blueberry plant in the mail that I ordered in February. It is sitting by my kitchen sink because I can't plant it anywhere yet--too cold and muddy! But everytime I look at it I think that I want to live on a berry farm. I love berries! 4 years ago I planted 50 strawberry plants, and last year I had strawberries coming out of my ears! 5 years ago I planted 5 blackberry bushes, and for the last two years we have had more blackberries than I know what to do with. 2 years ago I planted 6 raspberry bushes and they all died, so I tried again. I planted 6 more and 2 died. The 4 that lived have not been very productive, so I am thinking that raspberries will not have a place at my berry farm, but I am super excited to try my luck with the blueberries! I could eat berries everyday of the year and not tire of them. Are any of you berry farmers? or wanna-be berry farmers (like me)? Just saying I am so ready for summer, and it snowed today! Ugh! I want to get going on my berry farm and get my blueberry bush off my kitchen counter :)
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Let me know how this goes. I have a super, awesome, amazing blueberry muffin recipe our family loves - uses sour cream and is to die for. In fact, I'm making some tomorrow morning for GC. :)
ReplyDeleteJen - here's that link to the blueberry recipe. Sorry I couldn't email you - cannot find your address.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/blueberry-coffee-cake-muffins-recipe/index.html
I'm probably talking it up more than I should. And I actually saw the episode where she made them - so that got me all wild about making them as well. But they are really so delicious and we love them. PS - make sure you use the muffin cups. I hate using them - would rather go without, but these are so moist - they end up sticking to the bottom if you dont have the cups.
Let me know if you like them...
Oooh! How great that you have a berry farm! I can't wait to try Rachael's recipe. She's the only other person besides my sister that I know that spells her name that way!
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