NEWS

Welcome to April!

Date: April 2, 2024

Author: Roberts

So Far So Good 😀

March is when the weather has been tricky these past few years. Things warm up for a week or so in February and everything begins to bloom. Then the temperatures dip back into the twenties in March and all the blossoms are ruined. But not this year! March has been very mild.

Here it is April 2nd, 2024 and all the blueberry blossoms are looking good. The bees seem happy and leaves are beginning to appear.

Fingers Crossed

Hopefully this beautiful weather will stick around. Mather Nature gives no guarantees though. I was reading something from last year, and it was really cold on Memorial Day! We will do our best to keep a good mindset that all will be well this year.

Here are a few photos from the blueberry rows last week. Two showing close ups, and one wide shot of a section of the blueberry terraces.

We hope to see you in June

If 2024 is a normal season, then the blueberries will ripen all month long in June. Right now, things are looking good. It’s entirely possible that this will be an early season. We will keep you posted.

Here’s hoping for an abundant June Blueberry picking season!

Free give-a-way

RabbitEye Farm is proud to be a sponsor of Gray Hill School Farm who is giving away seeds, plants and compost! Their event is this Saturday April 6th from 10-noon. Here is a link for more information: https://grayhillschoolfarm.org/

All Finished

Date: June 27, 2023

Author: Roberts

Categories: NEWS

The 2023 Blueberry Season has Ended

Thank you to everyone who came out to RabbitEye Farm and picked during this short, hot, thunder-stormy season. It has been an odd year, but we are thankful to have had even the few pick days that we did. We are now closed for the season.

Berry picking season is always too short. Both June and berry picking season is ending. Twenty Twenty-three has proven to be a challenge, but we are optimistically looking forward to next year. Keep us in mind!

Just in time for Father’s Day

Date: June 13, 2023

Author: Roberts

Categories: Daily Life, NEWS

Hooray! There are plump juicy blueberries to pick!

2023 opening day is Thursday, June 15th, just in time for Father’s Day. You may want to pick some berries for the Father figure in your life, or bring him to pick on Sunday. Either way, we are happy to announce that we will be open beginning Thursday June 15th. Normal pick days will stay on schedule as long as we have berries. Pick days are Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 8-11am and 6-9pm.

Here are the upcoming dates:

Thursday June 15th, 2023 and Sunday (Father’s Day) June 18th, 2023
All days are the same hours: 8AM-11AM and evening pick: 6PM – 9PM
Regular pick days are Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays until the berries run out.

How it works

We provide a bucket and liner. You keep the liner to gently carry your berries home. It’s that easy! The bucket size is two and a half quarts and the price is $15 per bucket. So all you have to do is show up… best if you don’t wait.

Directions to RabbitEye Farm (and a cool little map)

Do we spray our plants?

No. Our berries are grown with organic practices and are not sprayed with any pesticide. The only thing we put on our berry plants is rain, and when it doesn’t rain, we water them with spring water.

What if it rains?

Our pick days are rain or shine. The berries are definitely fresh, rain-washed is a bonus! If Mother Nature sends some rain… its a great chance to wear your boots. (Picking in the rain has proven to be more fun than you would think.)

Berry season is always too short and this year we got a late start – so don’t wait too late!

Berries are growing, turning pink

Date: April 26, 2023

Author: Roberts

Categories: NEWS

Turning Pink

The 2023 blueberry anticipation is on schedule! Although the blueberries are actually still green, they are getting bigger and starting to turn pink. They turn pink before they turn purple and then blue. They are a colorful fruit. So, it will be another month before they are ripe.

June is berry month – give or take a week.

The early warm temperatures this spring followed by more frost did some damage to some of the foliage and about half of the blossoms. We will still have picking of delicious antioxidant rich blueberries since we have several varieties. While its still rather cool outside now, it won’t be long before warmer temperatures will make them ripen faster and faster. They look to be on schedule for pickin’ in June.

We will keep you posted

As berry picking season gets a little closer, we will post more photos so you can see the progress they are making from turning pink to turning blue. Meanwhile, here are a few random colorful photos from today.

Johnny-Jump-Ups

Tree Frog

Iris

Sage in foreground

Apple blossoms

The 2022 berry season has ended

Date: July 3, 2022

Author: Roberts

Categories: NEWS

Thank you

It’s July already, Oh my! The June blueberry and blackberry season has ended. Thank you to everyone who came out this summer to pick farm-fresh fruit, we appreciate you!

This past week we saw a few large groups. Its fun to be together with an outdoor activity and also great to take home some freshly picked berries for dessert. Many hands make picking several buckets of berries easy.

RabbitEye Farm 2022

Beautiful Folks

It was the last week of berry season and these folks met the challenge to get berries before they were gone. Here is a slideshow from this past week. Thank you again for coming out this season. Put us on your calendar for next summer and enjoy those berries!