Loving Blueberries like I do, the pictures below caught my eye and then my interest, when I found out there were over 40 acres of blueberries on a farm within driving distance. Many of us find ourselves going to the Farmington/Frederichtown area for one reason or another; Why not make a point of visiting this blueberry farm and picking your own healthy, supply of fresh & local blueberries. With all the outdoor recreation possibilities or wineries in that area, this would be a wonderful addition to Saturday or Sunday outing!

The following comments were taken from the blog SmallTownGirlsGuide.com by Melissa Gilliam!

Picking Missouri Blueberries!

By Melissa Gilliam aka Small Town Girl!

I discovered a treasure on Saturday.

Somewhere roughly halfway between Farmington and Fredericktown,Missouri on Highway OO (just south of the intersection of Highway DD) lie forty acres of blueberries.

LibertyFarms sells pick-’em-yourself blackberries and blueberries atseriously reasonable rates. I bought just over three pounds ofblueberries for less than nine dollars.

If you’re having trouble visualizing three pounds of blueberries, imagine a basketball – that’s roughly the size of my blueberry stash.

Now that I’ve come home with so many blueberries the real fun begins –deciding what to do with all of them. Stay tuned for my blueberry cooking (and drinking!) experiments.

Many thanks to Melissa Gilliam, aka Small Town Girl for sharing her photos and comments on Liberty Farms. If you would like to see some of her other great pictures and articles on Small Town Life, visit her blog here: www.SmallTownGirlsGuide.com 

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