Blueberries

[sakon76]

It's apparently National Blueberry Pie Day. Which was a thing I didn't know we had, and which I fully support. This morning I mentioned this to my husband, and told him that I didn't think there were enough blueberries on the one currently producing bush to make a pie. There's like a double handful of ripe ones this year - I'm spacing them out to better savor them. Squiddle and myself and whoever else is around get one or two each morning.

So on the way home from my Stroller-Striders-walk-that-wasn't, I stopped at the store and got frozen blueberries. And, as one does, turned them into a pie.

Wonderful Husband does not know there is pie. :) I look forward to surprising him.

And, completely unknowing anything about Blueberry Pie Day, last night I'd written in my planner for today to plant another blueberry bush. I splurged and potted up two instead. Only three more to go! (I need to get more potting soil first.) Then I shall have eight blueberry bushes dotted around the kitchen garden, hopefully giving more and more fruit each year.

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[playswithworms.livejournal.com]

Yay blueberries! I planted two in the yard last year, but they don't seem to be thriving (soil is probably too alkaline, despite trying to amend it a little) - maybe I'll give pots a try, that's an idea.

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

Mine are all in pretty big pots - half whiskey barrel sized or just a little smaller. Plenty of room to grow. I've been using regular potting soil with a quarter cup of cottonseed meal down under the roots, and another quarter cup mixed in at the top. I've been advised that I'll need to renew that quarter cup at the top each year to keep the soil acidity level where they like it. So far no complaints from the plants! And none from me, either, because this way I get blueberries that are (a) not flown in from another hemisphere, and (b) not sprayed with pesticides, so we don't have to wash them.