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Commercial
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Harvest Information |
What to Expect |
Bus Service |
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What to
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What to
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Getting Here |
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CLOSED
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Commercial Picking |
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Weather:
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CLOSED
for the Season
Please call
at (902) 582-7095 or 582-3822
prior to your visit, to insure picking times.
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Start Time:
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Commercial
picking update line
902-582-7095.
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Anyone interested in picking is welcome to come!
All children under the
age of 13
must be accompanied by an adult.
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Commercial picking season starts in
late July to the end of
October.
Remember that there are two
locations for our commercial harvest; Blueberry Acres in Sheffield
Mills and a field in Medford.
Our Fields are well maintained and groomed to a height and
characteristic for easy picking, and the grass is kept mowed.
No hard
labour required. No need to bend over and break your back at Blueberry
Acres. All of our berries conveniently grow on high bushes within easy reach. These
are cultivated varieties of berries that grow large and sweet - so it doesn't take long to
fill up your flats.
Have
another job and would like to pick on your free time?
... feel free to
come and go at your own leisure.
Picking starts each morning once the bushes are dry enough.
Call our commercial picking line daily at 582-7095
and listen to the recording for up to date information on picking times
and locations.
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The Meeting spot is at Blueberry
Acres Packing facility on the corner of Saxon Street and Middle Dyke
Road, next to the "Between The Bushes" restaurant.
Parking is available across the
street from the Blueberry Acres facility parallel to Middle Dyke Road.
Car pooling is suggested as there will be limited parking. (look
for the parking signs)
All blueberries are hand picked into wooden, 12 pint flats and
once full, tickets will be issued
to you. You will present these daily at the Pay Window (scheduled pay time).
This is the only verification of of your hard work - Hold on to your
tickets! Blueberry Acres will not be responsible for lost or
stolen tickets.
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 Bus
service will be provided to take you from the meeting spot (Blueberry
Acres Packing facility) to the blueberry fields that are being
harvested.
Also a bus service will be provided to transport pickers from
Blueberry Acres to Medford Farm. (leaves once daily, at the start of
the day and returns to Blueberry Acres, at the end of the harvest
day)
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Best to come prepared for
all weather conditions
as the weather may change
throughout the day.Dress in layers so that
you can adjust your clothing
to suit changes in temperature.
 
Be prepared for the hot summer day and cover up.
Be sure to bring hats, sun
screen and possibly
insect repellent (if you are picking later in the day).
Temperatures are considerably cooler
before noon
and hotter after mid-day.
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Water and food
(especially if you plan to
pick the whole day)
Bring along a disposable drink container
to receive water in the field.
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We recommend that
you bring
a two litre (no larger)
ice cream bucket with a tie to put
around your neck.
This allows you to use both hands to pick
with.
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It
is easy to get to Blueberry Acres from anywhere in Nova Scotia!
We're only about 10 km (6 miles) from the 101
highway down Middle Dyke Road.
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from Highway 101, take Exit 12 and turn
North at the bottom of the ramp
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go straight through two sets of lights and
one stop sign
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at the second stop sign,
(hwy 341) turn left and go
approximately 100 feet (between two churches) and turn right
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travel about 1 km (just over 1/2 mile) and
look to your left
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We are on the corner of Saxon
Street and Middle Dyke Road.
Directions to Medford Farms:
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From
Blueberry Acres Turn right down Saxon Street
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Turn left at stop
sign (highway 359)
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Drive straight through Canning heading towards
Kingsport
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Turn left on Longspell Road
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and left again on Jackson
Barkhouse Road
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The blueberry farm is on the left hand side.
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