We went blueberry picking the other day at Windy Hill Farm in Great Barrington. Picking them requires patience and perseverence, but doesn't everything worthwhile in life? In the back of our minds, we were thinking of the first stanza of Blueberries by the great New England poet Robert Frost: You ought to have seen what I saw on my way To the village, through Mortenson’s pasture to-day: Blueberries as big as the end of your thumb, Real sky-blue, and heavy, and ready to drum In the cavernous pail of the first one to come! And all ripe together, not some of them green And some of them ripe! You ought to have seen!. Where to PickBarton Orchards Cty. Rt. 7, Beekman/Poughquag Rd, Poughquag, NY; 845.227.2306 Daily: 9 AM - 5 PM Ellsworth Hill Orchard & Berry Farm 461 Cornwall Bridge Road/Route 4, Sharon, CT; 860.364.0025 Daily: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM Greig Farm 223 Pitcher Lane, Red Hook, NY; 845.758.1234 Daily 8 AM - 8 PM Mead Orchards15 Scism Rd., Off Rt. 9, Tivoli, NY; 845.756.5641 Weekends only: 10 AM - 5:30 PM Samascott Orchards 5 Sunset Avenue, Kinderhook, NY; 518.758.7224 Daily: 8 AM - 6 PM Windy Hill Farm686 Stockbridge Road; Great Barrington, MA; 413.298.3217 Daily: 9 AM - 4 PM If you know of a berry patch we overlooked, please leave a comment below. And call ahead to make sure that there are still berries on the bushes.
