The blueberries are ripening fast now and I think we have enough action to warrant an update and some pictures. We have picked 5 days and brought in 888 lbs. so far. Last year our first 5 days picking yielded 242 lbs. so we are definitely pleased with the increase we've seen so far. Of course, last year was not normal and we didn't even start picking until April 26th, but I'll make the comparison anyway.
This shows about how many are ripe at a time. All the azul is picked and then we wait a day and pick again. No rojos allowed. There's your Spanish lesson for today.
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Five of our pickers hard at work in 89 degrees. Some of them speak broken English and can interpret pretty well, while some only speak Spanish. It's been interesting communicating and some of my Spanish learning is coming back to me now that I need it. They are hard working and cheerful about it. One man picked 19 buckets himself. I called him rapido Romero! On the weekend we have up to 12 pickers in which case they finish the field in 3 1/2 hrs. What a blessing!!
When a bucket of 6 lbs. is picked 2 of them go into a lug. Here are some lugs in the office staying cool at 60 degrees. Feels like a freezer compared to 89 degrees! The most lugs picked in a day last year was 21. Yesterday they picked 35 so again we are thankful to the Lord for the increase in fruit.
Well, that's the update for now.
Adios, mi amigos and familia!
