Summertime Blueberry Picking | Litchfield Hills Blueberry Farm

I missed strawberry picking this season so I wasn’t about to miss my chance to go blueberry picking, especially when there is a beautiful blueberry farm just sixteen minutes away from home. I have been apple picking countless times and I love picking strawberries, peaches, and pumpkins. However, I had never been blueberry picking before. Welcome to the Litchfield Hills Blueberry Farm in Plymouth, Connecticut, affectionally nicknamed Litchberry.

The hills are covered with blueberry bushes. Some bushes come up to my waist while others are as tall as me or even taller like small trees. I haven’t seen blueberry bushes before (besides little ones in pots at garden stores) so this was a magical experience, just as the sun was beginning to set in the hills. Matthew wasn’t much for blueberry picking, but he indulged my desire and helped me pick some. We didn’t fill a full bucket this time, but I fully intend on returning before the season is up to fill a full bucket to make one of the recipes that the kind women at the farm stand gave to me to try at home.

The Litchfield Hills Blueberry Farm has limited hours on weekends, but they are open until 8 p.m. on week days, making it a perfect after work summer activity. The berries are also very affordable. Our small bucket (about the size of a container you would pick up at the store) only totaled to be $1.50. I have been sprinkling them on my yogurt in the morning. Next time we will collect enough for a pie.

The birds make away with nearly a third of the crops. Loud speakers play bird distress calls to keep them away, but nothing seems to be able to stop the flocks that come in to grab bunches of berries.

Picking blueberries at the farm was a quiet and peaceful evening activity. With life picking up so rapidly now, I found myself needing some time at night after work to really slow down.