If you look closely, you'll see a few blueberries on the bushes on my balcony. A touch of Maine in California.
A little more than a year or so ago I bought a couple of Southern Highbush Blueberry bushes and put them on my balcony for a touch of Maine in California.
And now some of the berries are starting to come out.
According to the instructions card that came with the bushes, they are a fairly new hybrid specifically for southern climates that “does triple duty with fruit, flowers, and foliage. Yields bountiful crops in sun or part shade. Self pollinating.”
I’m hoping that I won’t kill these bushes. I’d like a few blueberries.
I love these tiny blue nuggets of gold.
With only two bushes, I seriously doubt I'll harvest much more than a handful, but it will be a very tasty handful.
Here's the last of the blueberry photos ... for now.
My name is Keith Michaud and this is “Letters From Away,” a blog written by a Mainer living outside the comfortable and sane confines of New England. The blog is intended for Mainers, whether they live in the Pine Tree State or beyond, and for anyone who has loved ’em, been baffled by ’em or both. Ayuh, I am “from away.” Worse still, I live on the Left Coast – in California. Enjoy! Or not. Your choice.
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