Blueberries are in season in Greensboro. Not only are they plentiful in stores and at farmers' markets, there are also places you can go to pick them for yourself. It is so much fun to pick blueberries and the bushes are fairly hardy, perfect for the fingers of young and old alike. The above bowl of berries is from our yard. If you live in Greensboro, we encourage you to plant blueberry bushes as landscaping shrub. Edible landscaping is so much fun. And blueberries don't attract the bees and bugs like fruit. The leaves of the shrubs get a reddish cast in the fall. So, they really do look nice in a yard. Even if you can't grow blueberries, they are as reasonably priced as you will find them for the year; and, you can freeze them!
The mint in the above photo is also from our yard. You have to watch mint, as it can be invasive. We have it confined to a flowerbed (so far). With the heat over the past couple of weeks, the mint is trying really hard to go to seed! We also like eating off of local pottery. The above bowl is by Charlie Tefft, a local potter who teaches pottery at Guilford College. So, today's photo is 100% local and about to be 100% consumed; well, all but the bowl, of course!
And they're particularly tasty in pie!
Posted by: William Kendall | Thursday, July 09, 2015 at 11:50 AM