“We harvest blueberries so early in the season that the degree days have not accumulated enough for the fruit fly to develop and infect the fruit.”

“We were paying a retainer fee, which was different to me… I would try to avoid at all costs… we were too early for a broker”

“For us, what's been most effective is netting. You can get a piece of netting hung over the top of your blueberries.”

“…harvested the whole plants when they looked dry… spread them on a tarp… then I ran them through the thresher and I was surprised how much seed I got… it took so much less work than when I'm hand harvesting bachelor buttons…”

“It's really kind of boring because it's always the same. It's like cereal. ... five raspberries, handful of blueberries, a few pecans and a few raisins.”