C h i l d s B l u e b e r r y F a r m--A Mountaintop Perfect for Blueberries!

Thanks for a very nice season. Given the early rain and the drought--we faired fairly well. We appreciate your business and will see you next year--Lord willing.

Childs motto: Under Promise--Over Deliver

Jerry looking good. Hopefully he will pick some of the wild blueberries for market this year.

Mark and Chelsea put hardwood sawdust on the new blueberry plants after hand weeding the row. This field is 100% organic. We made an organic fertilizer but it costs 12 times more than the regular fertilizer we use. 

By Daniel and Carrie's house, you see the Humphrey Township truck. A big thank you to Dan, Glenn and Carl for dropping 20 loads of clean fill to help repair a leak in the irrigation pond. Small town helpfulness. On a side note, the pond (top right of picture) was built last summer to irrigate the new plantings. It is 35 feet deep and needed reinforcements to withstand the extreme pressure of those water depths. 

Bennie (running toward us) is a retired US Grand National Champ for Field Trained English Springer Spaniels. His handler was Ben Martin of Ohio. Running away from us is Blaze...Bennie's son. Blaze is 100% puppy...aka Blazeilla, Blazeyboy, Blazinator, etc. That fence is 8 feet high.

"Uncle Bob" set a great example by being the first person reporting to work before 7 a.m. and was still picking at 4!

SEASON 2006--Spring

We have been blessed with a superb crew, year after year. Our friend, Mario says, "it is like a three legged stool--the customers, the crew and the berry fields--take any one leg away and the stool topples." Here are some pictures of "The Crew" at work over the years.

Bob Childs, head honcho, out on a nice spring day in April taking a break from pruning.

.

Carrie Childs with new pup, Blaze with the new planting of Draper blueberries and in the background, the blueberry fields. April 2006