Today Karise and I were out in the lovely “winter” weather…pruning the blueberry plants. This is a job normally done with snow on the ground (we typically prune during the months of January through March)!
But the Lord has graciously showered us with many gorgeous fall-like days–days of sun and temps around 60 degrees! Today we reveled in full sun, a gentle breeze, and a temperature verging on 70 degrees!! 
This has been the best day yet, and I hope there’ll be more to come! It makes the job of pruning much easier and more pleasant.
Purple pruners. Pretty awesome.
Using alcohol to sanitize the pruners between pruning each bush. It helps prevent the spread of disease.
These Florian ratchet-cut pruners are pretty feisty…
Nevertheless, we sometimes have to get out Big Brother for really large branches…
And wrestle with the blueberry bush.
We always welcome your comments! Let us know how your winter has been so far.
Happy winter!
I’m in Kirksville too, and we are LOVING the weather also! I’m praying that the blueberries ripen early this year. We’ve visited your farm for the last bunch of years but we’re moving away from Kirksville this July! So we’re praying that the blueberries come in early so we have lots of picking time!
Hi, thanks for viewing our website and commenting! We’re sad to hear that you all will be leaving the area. Lord willing, you should have some time to pick the blueberries, as they usually come in by the end of June.
We’ve got a lot of snow over here in Colorado! But we still get those warm days. Looks like a lot of pruning!
~Gloria
Gloria, thanks for stopping by our website! I’m sure you all are more than ready for spring…I’ve seen lots of snowy pictures of your place.
Yes, it is a LOT of pruning. We are about 3/4 of the way through now.