Weather remains ideal for Blueberries

With the cooler weather the crop is heavy.  We are open Sunup until Sundown Seven Days a Week with an anticipated close date of October 10th.  Please bring paper bags and cardboard boxes.  Blueberries do not do well in plastic.  Come and enjoy our 6th generation Family Farm.   Upick 1.00 per pound.  Picked Berries $2.00 per pound.

Condition of the Berries - Perfect This Week

Our Blueberries are in great condition this week.  The Cooler weather firmed up the fruit and now we are in the peak of the harvest.  We welcome you to also bring your picnic lunch and come and enjoy the farm.   Call ahead and you can even reserve our 6 or 9 acre fields for your church or school baseball game.....360.920.3789

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U pick this year is $1.00 per pound and delivered berries are $2.00 per pound.  This is the 23rd year without fertilizer or sprays and there are 3000 bushes to harvest.

Crop is beautiful this year.  We have a great group of students and assistants to help you find a good spot to pick.  Bring your picnic and come and enjoy the farm.

Tip:  Blueberries are best transported and stored in paper/boxes etc. until ready to freeze.  Plastic is fine for freezing but softens the berries.   Farming for you since 1902 - 112 years of safe food from our family to yours.

Bode Farms

2014 Crop Harvest

Blueberry harvest will begin approximately July 15th this year.  We normally begin at the end of July but the warm weather is pushing the harvest to mature quickly. We continue to maintain a Fertilizer free, Spray free crop of both Blueberries and Hay.

We were not able to fill all of your orders last year due to the damages to the crops from extreme heat.  We intend to fill those orders first this year and thank you for your patience.

The Team at Bode Farms

Safe Food From Our Family To Yours Since 1902

Crop Losses

This season was the first time in 50 years with a 75% crop loss.  The heat and dry days in early August "cooked" the berries, dehydrating both the fruit and the bushes and they just never recovered.  It was neither expected, nor something we've experienced before.  We always close October 10th with the first frost but our season ended August 15th .....we kept checking the fields thinking they would "come back", we continued to fill our order books with orders and walking the fields for 8 more weeks, waiting for the berries to plump, ripen, and size.  Nature taught us a new lesson this year.  Those of you who are still waiting for berries will be first next year.  Sorry we could not fill your orders....we too have an empty freezer this year.   Thank you for the ongoing support.  We are continuing with our plan to plant several acres of vegetables next year and we expect the produce to be both tasty and safe.  Watch this site for more information.  You can also find Bode Farms on Face book.  Safe Food From Our Family To Yours For 110 years.

The Bode Farms Team

September Harvest

The berries are still not plump and sweet.  We've been waiting for the slightly "dehydrated" fruit to both size and ripen.  That extreme heat we had in mid August has created significant problems in the fields.  We have more than a ton of orders to fill and the berries are not sizing.  They are sour and dry right now.   We've never seen this before.  The Maple trees on the farm have shriveled leaves and we've never seen that before either.

For those who got their berries early, please enjoy them.  We'll keep trying and we'll keep you posted.  We can't figure out what's going to happen next.  We usually harvest for 4 more weeks until the first heavy frost in mid October.  We shall see.......

Older Blog Posts

Please check our older Blog Postings.   You'll find lots of information about our farm history, food safety and other farm products that are available.  Thank you for 112 years of support in our community......The Bode Farmily.