Oh So Good For You

Within a week or so my blueberries are going to be turning to their bloom covered midnight blue, signaling the start of a wonderful time of year – blueberry season. There are maybe a dozen mature blueberry bushes in front of my cabin, in front of the wood shop, and in front of the vegetable garden.

Blueberries contain vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that provide abundant health benefits. 

These berries will ripen over the course of many weeks. I don’t get to all of them as they reach their best but birds in the area know of their existence and help with the harvest. I love to share with the feathered creatures.

And picking blueberries is quite the popular activity with all the family. All three generations of us.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.