Bring your sand buckets to the northern end of the county where you can fill them to the brim with plenty of ripe berries for a fraction of grocery store prices. Pick your own blueberries at Beulah Berries or Touchablue Berry Farm at the end of May. For more blueberry fun, mark your calendar for the the Blueberry Jamboree on Saturday, June 13. The festival, held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Barrineau Park Community Center, features live bluegrass and arts and crafts. Enter contests to see if you can eat the most blueberry pie, bake the best blueberry dessert, spit a blueberry the farthest, or be crowned a blueberry beauty.
Produce pointers from the University of Florida IFAS Extension:
- Look for firm, dry, plump, smooth-skinned berries
- Ripe berries should be deep-purple to blue-black
- Cover and refrigerate fresh berries for 10 days
- Wash blueberries just before using
- Freeze unwashed berries in airtight bags
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