New member in Shallotte, NC

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Blueberries are a big crop where we used to live in South Haven, MI; my sons picked berries with a machine as a summer job. At the You pick places the tourists lined up to pick the berries and were paying the same price as the market so the orchard owner was getting top dollar, having them picked for free and cutting out the middle man. :thumbsup:

They set up a couple port potties, a few picnic table and an air conditioned trailer as the cashier stand. They roped off the rows they wanted picked and planted different varieties so they would not all ripen at the same time.

NC State has a lot of info available on their website for berry growers.
 
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We have "You Pick" straw and blue berry farms here. Just not very large ones. Strawberry I think are more common. Lots of people have a few blue berry bushes in their yards or such here and very few plant strawberry plants at their homes. Do know horses think they are great treat.
Thanks for your info.
 
 
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