Blueberry Pickin’ | More Summer Family Fun in North Carolina
Childrens Portraits, Lindsay's Story, Place to Go in New Bern, Places to Go in Eastern North Carolina, Recipes About a year ago, some friends of ours from New Bern introduced us to North Carolina Pick Your Own Blueberries. I’d done strawberries and apples, but never blueberries. And it is by far, my favorite. No bending over required!
My good friend Courtney, my mom and I took three (and a half) kiddos out at the beginning of the season (late June) to Morris Farms in New Bern and picked about 21 lbs. I should really say, ended up with 21 lbs because the kiddos probably ate around 1 or 2 lbs each while we picked. They have such a great time, although about an hour is as long as we all last in the heat.
We plan on going again in Kinston to catch the end of the late season before the end of the month. It takes hard work, but these wonder berries are definitely worth it at $1/lb or less! Compare that to Walmart prices!
McG and I love eating them in our breakfast cereal or yogurt (my favorite is yogurt parfait). I also LOVE blueberry pie and blueberry muffins. So far I’ve made a pie and muffins with this year’s harvest. I use America’s Test Kitchen’s recipe for muffins. Mmmmmm, delish!
