Growing Blueberries for the Home Gardener

Growing Blueberries for the Home Gardener
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Frank L. Horton Museum Center (924 S. Main Street)

Presented by Bill Colvin Master Gardener

 

Pick your own! Grow blueberries in your home landscape -- learn how to prepare the soil, how many shrubs to plant, how to prune, and how to harvest.

This lunch time workshop will last about one hour. Attendees may bring a lunch; beverages provided.

Hosted by Old Salem Horticulture.
Cost: $5/ Free for Friends of the Gardens.

Please call 336-721-7357 for more information or to pre-register.

LOCAL Blueberries

Just picked 10+ ounce containers of Ellie's blueberries are available in our farm store- - Germanton, NC grown!   Depending on when you stop by the store, you might even get to meet the cute little red-head, Ellie.

We also sell fresh eggs from our 60 pasture raised hens along with other local foods and gifts in our farm store, which is open 7 days a week.

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

Farm To School Program

The Farm to School Program is wrapping up a record-setting year for school sales. A total of $800,000 worth of North Carolina commodities were purchased by schools systems across the state during 2009-2010, easily outpacing 2008-2009 sales by $100,000. Strawberries and blueberries are the final two commodities of the year, both extremely popular with school kids. A total of 46 school systems are participating by including strawberries or blueberries on the menu. The Farm to School Program has been an extremely popular program with school kids and farmers alike. With a greater emphasis on healthy food offerings in school cafeterias, program organizers hope to see it continue to grow.