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Thanks,
Karen and John
It's 8 AM Saturday the 26th and the gate is open. Please come pick before the rain gets here. We'll be open til 12 today unless it starts to rain more than a sprinkle. We have lots of nice raspberries!
John & Karen
Qualla Berry Farm
We continue to dodge raindrops but the raspberries are coming in. They are big and beautiful right now but we're losing some to the rain.
There will be a special U-Pick Friday 9-25 10AM-12:30PM and regular hours Sat 9-26 9AM-12PM, weather permitting.
Thanks,
John and Karen
Today I was out in the sunshine picking giant sweet raspberries and so excited because enough were ripe for the upick to open successfully. Then the rain came again so lots of beautiful berries will again go to mush and John heard there is a 90% chance of rain on Saturday.
Also, my friend Kara is having a healthy potluck at The Market tomorrow evening and Linda Allen and friends are playing music there from 6 to 8:00. I will attempt to post more information tomorrow.
Unfortunately it has rained all week and the raspberries are still painfully late in ripening. We are reluctantly postponing our U-Pick opening for Saturday Sept 19th because there are just not enough berries ready.
We will watch things this week and hope for some sunshine and with any luck we will be open on the 26th.
Thanks,
John & Karen
Qualla Berry farm
Our berries are unusually late in coming on this fall, possibly due to the cooler and wetter past month. We will not have enough ripe berries ready by this Saturday Sept 12. As a result, we are postponing our opening for the first U-Pick of the season until Sat Sept 19.
The berries when they come will be a very heavy crop. This is the latest ripening we have seen for a September season. Thanks for your understanding,
John & Karen
Dear Berry Lovers:
With the regular rains this year our berry canes are very strong and the raspberries are about to ripen. We expect to be open for U-Pick, weather permitting, on the following Saturday mornings in September: the 12th, 19th, and 26th. We will send out email confirmation before each opening. If you receive this blog entry by email you are current on our list. If not, you can sign up through the website at www.quallaberryfarm.com
Thanks!
John & Karen
Qualla Berry Farm
3274 Qualla Rd
Hayesville, NC 28904
The primocanes, which are the new growth, are coming on now will be blooming in August and producing ripe berries by mid-September. We will send out a picking update email and post dates on our website calendar when we know better how things look for the fall.
If you are receiving this email you are current on our amiling list. If you know anybody who didn't get it but would like to get updates please ask them to add their email address though the website.
Thanks again to everyone! It is always fun to meet all of you and appreciate this delicious and healthy fruit together...
John and Karen
Qualla Berry Farm
www,quallaberryfarm.com
John & Karen
With all the rain our berries are in really good shape and very productive this year. They are all weeded and mulched and the berries are starting to ripen.
Barring changes due to weather we expect to be open for picking on Saturdays June 13, 20, and 27 from 9AM till noon. There may be other weekday picking hours too; we will keep you posted.
We will also have a number of vigorous new raspberry plants for sale at $5/pot.
Due to an April frost, we will not have enough sour cherries to sell this year. There may be some early blueberries ready overlapping with the raspberry picking dates. The asian pears got hit by the frost too.
But it looks like a good raspberry year and we'll look forward to seeing pickers the next few Saturdays.
Fruitfully,
John Clarke & Karen Hurtubise
Qualla Berry Farm
3274 Quallla Rd
Hayesville, NC 28904
828-389-3551
jkqualla@verizon.net