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From: Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Blueberries -- fresh vs frozen
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:13:47 -0500
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Ed P wrote:
> On 3/20/2025 2:43 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
>> On 2025-03-20, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> Where do the wild blueberries
>>> grow? Alongside the road? In the forests?
>>
>> Full sun, thus not too deep into tall forests.
>>
>>> How are they harvested and by whom?
>>> Nomads? Mountain people?
>>
>> My brother is one of the 'serious' ones. By that
>> he means that you need to use topographic maps to
>> find areas that are at least an hour or two walk
>> from any 4-wheel ATV trail or canoe-navigable waterway.
>>
>> Otherwise the bushes will be depleted by weekenders
>> just going in as a family affair to get enough for
>> a pie or so.
>>
>> Be sure to bring:
>>
>> - The biggest bottle of bear spray you can get ahold of.
>> My brother was a police officer, so he has one of the
>> para-military crowd-control models that can shoot a
>> stream of concentrated capsicum a dozen meters or so.
>>
>> - Depending on wind, an insect bonnet can be helpful.
>> Remember, blackflies feed only on blueberry pollen
>> and on bird or mammal blood.
>>
>> - Enough porous (heavy-duty paper) bags to prevent the
>> berries from loosing their 'bloom'. (The dust on the
>> surface that gives them their blue colour EVERY time
>> they touch anything, including each other. It you
>> overfill, the bootom berries will loose much of their
>> bloom during your return to civilization, drastically
>> reducing their wholesale value. If you are lucky(?),
>> you may end up returning by walking twice as far
>> carrying half the load each segment.
>>
>> - Standard bush 'overnight' bag. (Firestarter /
>> � GPS / Cell phone, flashlight, freon horn,
>> 1st aid kit, water, DEET, mosquito bonnet,
>> BGBs (tent / raincoat / ground sheet) &c)
>>
>>> Is it just a marketing term?
>>
>> No. The bushes are in no way trimmed,
>> fertilized, weeded, &c. They are wild.
>>
> Thanks for all the details. Makes me appreciate the ones at the 
> supermarket.� I can buy them just wearing shorts and T-shirt.

And no need to carry a heavy 7mm rifle and assorted expedition gear!