thefixer opened this issue on Aug 07, 2007 ยท 430 posts
Gareee posted Tue, 21 August 2007 at 9:38 AM
"What the HELL happened to blueberry season??"
Simple.. up here in NC wher ethey grow wild, we had two BA frosts late in April... and since then,. we've had a massive drought.. VA looks like brown wheat fields, where there used to be green grassy fields.. we just vacationed there.. waterfals have dried up to a trickle, and here in NC, the spring fed stream through our property is gone.. not running low, literally completely bone dry!
And it was so srtong in the last few years, we toy'd with the idea of a small waterwheel in it!
The plants here have had little or no rain, so vegitables and fruits are scarce.. there have been more bear repots of late as well because of it.
This used to be the second biggest apple producer in the US.. this year, they are trucking IN apples for the apple festivals!
I saw blackberries for a WHOLE week...and that was it.. the bushes are all barren and are starting to look "falish". Some cornfields here are barely 2 feet tall.. and by now they should be over 8 feet tall.
We had two small tomatoes 2 over a month ago...I'll be getting our FIRST tomatoes since then in a few days.. and my tomatoe plnts are in large planters now sitting in bigger ones filled with water so they can produce.
Fruit and berries in the eastern US are scant now, and I suspect we'll see higher prices for a while because of that.
Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.