What one activity you can do in summer? U Pick Blueberries! That’s what we did on one afternoon at Temecula Berry Co. The blueberries farm is located in Temecula, about 48 minutes up north from Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, CA.
To avoid the hot weather, we arrived around 4.30, late afternoon. The farm closes at 6pm everyday. There were plenty of parking spaces and not too many people. It was easy to spot the u-pick blueberries farm with its 2 red barns.
Each kid had a small bucket for picking. After you pick the blueberries, they will be put in a pint-size plastic container, just like the cherry tomatoes clam container you usually find in a grocery store. Each pint is $5. One full small bucket can fill about 2 pints.
After getting the buckets at the front desk, we headed to the farm and walked to the farthest rows of bushes since these were less picked and had more blueberries. To get good blueberries, lift the branches, get down, pick the dark blue ones (the red and green are sour and not ripe yet). Also avoid blueberries with shriveled or cracked skins.
We got 2 pints in total. After paying and washing the blueberries, we ate almost all of them. They were very good, plump and sweet. The kids loved picking and eating the blueberries. They ate like they were in a race..:-)..
Temecula Berry Co also sells Honey and no-preservative Blueberry Jam for $5 per small glass container. You can visit their website at www.temeculaberryco.com.
So have you tried blueberries picking yet? Share your story with us.