{"id":173,"date":"2026-01-31T20:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T20:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shaworchards.com\/blog\/?p=173"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:14:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:14:37","slug":"blueberry-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shaworchards.com\/blog\/?p=173","title":{"rendered":"&#x1fad0;Blueberry PYO Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Blueberry season starts in mid June and lasts for about 6 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rules<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do NOT throw berries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Children must be monitored<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As with other fruit, sampling is OK, but gluttony is theft.\u00a0 We want you to know what you are picking, but <em>please<\/em> do not eat more than a few.\u00a0 After all, you wouldn&#8217;t do it in Walmart, right?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not wander to other fields. \u00a0 Only pick the fruit that is advertised as being ripe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is OK to sit a short while and enjoy our farm.\u00a0 But please understand that we are not a park, and need to cover our costs by selling food.\u00a0 We do not want to have to charge admission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to pick a good berry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Color is a primary indicator of ripeness.&nbsp; If it isn&#8217;t blue, it isn&#8217;t ripe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But just because it is blue doesn&#8217;t mean it is particularly sweet.&nbsp; Like other fruits, the riper it is, the sweeter. &nbsp; Like many other fruits, it is at peak sweetness just before it falls from the bush. &nbsp; So we suggest holding your bucket under a cluster and gently rubbing your thumb across the top of the blueberry to encourage it to fall off.&nbsp; The easier it comes away, the less tart it will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Late in the season, don&#8217;t be discouraged by small berries.&nbsp; They are often the sweetest as they have had time to ripen completely and sweeten in the mid-summer sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>After picking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Washing is always recommended before eating fruit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Refrigeration is highly recommended to keep your berries for a short time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to save your berries for more than a week or two, freeze dry berries in a single layer on a sheet tray.&nbsp; After frozen, transfer to a freezer-safe ziplock or other container.&nbsp; Individual frozen berries are a great treat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Varieties:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Our first variety of the season is Duke (next to the road).\u00a0 It lasts for about 3 weeks and is super easy to pick with lots of berries from toddler height to 5 feet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our second variety is Bluecrop (next to raspberries).\u00a0 This is a tasty variety that usually has a large yield.\u00a0 It is one of the industry standards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our third variety is Chandler.\u00a0 This is a very large &#8211; and tasty! &#8211; blueberry.\u00a0 Look for it near the top of &#8220;patch three&#8221;, which is above the Bluecrop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blueberry season starts in mid June and lasts for about 6 weeks. Rules How to pick a good berry Color is a primary indicator of ripeness.&nbsp; If it isn&#8217;t blue, it isn&#8217;t ripe. But just because it is blue doesn&#8217;t mean it is particularly sweet.&nbsp; Like other fruits, the riper it is, the sweeter. &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10,11],"class_list":["post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infield-links","tag-blueberry","tag-pyo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shaworchards.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shaworchards.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shaworchards.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shaworchards.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shaworchards.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.shaworchards.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213,"href":"http:\/\/www.shaworchards.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions\/213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shaworchards.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shaworchards.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shaworchards.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}