The Blueberry Patch

A few friends and I went to "The Blueberry Bucket" this morning.  It's a blueberry farm about 90 minutes southeast of Dallas where the owners let you pick your own blueberries for $10 / 5qt bucket.  My boss has visited this same patch for the past 25 years and highly recommended it, so I just had to check it out.

What I learned:  there are reasons for leaving @ 6am for 'the patch'... these includes cooler temperatures, fewer pickers, and more picking time before the sun scorches you (that being said, we did not get sunburned). Picking blueberries is a tougher job that you'd think... let's just say I don't want to become a professional fruit picker.  Blueberries grow on tree/bush type plants.  They don't have prickers but sure do attract lots of (big) spiders, wasps, and other generally icky creatures (no we didn't get bitten or stung, thank goodness).  Sonics sell peanut butter bacon shakes (no we didn't try one).