{"id":4019,"date":"2012-06-25T16:46:17","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T16:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/?p=4019"},"modified":"2012-06-25T16:58:28","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T16:58:28","slug":"our-annual-blueberry-picking-adventure-loudoun-county-u-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/our-annual-blueberry-picking-adventure-loudoun-county-u-pick\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Annual Blueberry Picking Adventure! | Loudoun County U-pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend we ventured out on our annual u-pick blueberries trip. \u00a0As we have in the past we visited the wonderful Eagletree Farm<\/a> in Leesburg (towards Lucketts). \u00a0Check out their new website<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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I won’t go into too much detail in this post since I’ve already written about it extensively here (“In Pursuit of Frozen Blueberries<\/a>“) and here (“Berry, Berry, Blueberry!<\/a>“) but I’ll just reiterate that I love this farm. \u00a0The owners are SO amazingly nice and so laid-back and kid-friendly. \u00a0The field is clean. \u00a0The bushes are tall and full (thus easy picking whether you’re kid-height or parent-height). \u00a0And blueberries have to be one of the easiest fruits to pick. \u00a0No thorns!<\/p>\n

On top of that, they do NOT use chemicals on their plants at all. \u00a0Hooray for that!<\/p>\n

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We compared their price to the new Harris Teeter in Purcellville and it was great. \u00a0They are charging $4.50 per pound this summer. \u00a0At Harris Teeter organic blueberries are $4.99 per pint this week. \u00a0We weighed the pint and it came in at just under a pound. \u00a0So the u-pick seems to be a good value on top of being a great experience.<\/p>\n

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We ended up picking 9 and a half pounds!!<\/p>\n

What will we do with all of that? \u00a0Well… as I explained in my post “In Pursuit of Frozen Blueberries<\/a>” (where there are tips on freezing in layers for easy use) we freeze most of them. \u00a0They make fantastic snacks that are so yummy straight out of the freezer. \u00a0We’re also going to be browsing their facebook page<\/a> where they have posted links to lots of recipes as well as our beloved pinterest to see what we can find in the way of blueberry recipes this year and do some fun summer experimenting. \u00a0And oh goodness… check out the fb page for the National Blueberry Council<\/a>… lots of blueberry goodness…<\/p>\n

With organic blueberries – an amazingly good-for-you food – I figure you can’t have too much!<\/p>\n

And, as always, we love that our kids experience the farm and learn that food comes from the land and not just from a grocery store :).<\/p>\n

My quick tips for a trip to the farm?<\/p>\n