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Blueberries Are Ready At Area U-pick Farm
June 6, 2009
The blueberries are ripe for the picking this weekend at A & N Blueberries in Molino.
Sweet, plump, perfect-color blueberries are just $1 per pound at the u-pick farm that has become a North Escambia tradition.
“They are sweeter than the blueberries you find in the stores,” Sarah Miller of A & N Blueberries said. “Plus it is just a fun atmosphere to bring the family to pick. We even have some families that will bring a lunch and have a picnic.”
“I love blueberries. I love blueberry jam. Blueberries on toast, on bagels,” she said. “Blueberries are just good.”
The blueberry farm sits on about six acres, with rows and rows of trees nearly two decades old. Miller and her husband Eli purchased the farm from his grandparents this year. The blueberries are top quality, good enough that Apple Market and other stores in Pensacola sell A & N Blueberries.
Sarah said that now is the time to pick blueberries for the freezer, and freezing blueberries is easy.
“You go straight from the farm to the freezer; you don’t even wash them first,” she said. “You wash them after you take them out of the freezer.” She said blueberries frozen fresh from the farm can last for a few years in the freezer. Fresh blueberries, she said, will remain at peak quality for about five days.
The blueberry crop is expected to be available until about July 1. The farm will also have watermelons in about two weeks.
In addition to the u-pick blueberries for $1 per pound, A & N also offers pre-picked blueberries for $3 per pound, and fresh blueberry jam.
A & N Blueberries is located on Suncrest Lane, just off Sunshine Hill Road about a half mile north of Molino Road. Click here for a Google map. A & N Blueberries is open Monday-Saturday 7 a.m. to dark.
Pictured top: Sarah and Eli Miller pick blueberries at their A & N Blueberries farm in Molino. Pictured inset and below: Farm-fresh blueberries at A & N Blueberries in Molino. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Comments
7 Responses to “Blueberries Are Ready At Area U-pick Farm”
How wonderful that this young couple apparently respect God enough that they choose to keep their business closed on Sunday!
They have a great future if they will always put God first – especially over money.
CLOSED ON SUNDAYS
We’re heading to Iowa the first part of July. Some of these will be going with us. I’m sure my in-laws will love them. Yum!
My mom and I took my 3 children to pick blueberries here today. We ended up with 10.5 lbs and the kids had a great time! We didn’t even know about this particular u-pick farm but thanks to this article we do now. If anyone out there wants to pick some sweet, plump blueberries this is a great place!!
The Carraways on Molino Rd., east of 95A have wonderful blueberries also.
Good job SPANKY!!!!
We love blueberry pancakes and frozen blueberries are so expensive from the grocery store. We hope to pick enough from U-pick farms this year to last us till next year!