Blueberries keep the blues at bay
“Her mother walked slowly through the bushes, picking blueberries as she went and putting them in her pail. Little Sal struggled along behind, picking blueberries and eating every single one.” This is a quote from “Blueberries for Sal”, an iconic childrens’ story book based in Maine by author Robert Mc Closkey, who captures the essence of Maine so well! I’ve picked berries like that many times as a child and passed the tradition on to my daughter and stepson when they were little. By the time we got home from blueberry picking, we were hot and sweaty and itchy from bug bites, and our fingers were stained blue. But the reward for the hot, backbreaking work of picking low bush blueberries was worth it when we made a delectable, juicy blueberry pie! This month I am celebrating blueberries! They are in abundance right now in New England. There are two kinds of blueberries: high bush, which grow on high shrubs and are larger and ...