Did you you that Maine is the number one producer of low-bush blueberries in North America? Did you know that wild blueberries are the official fruit of Maine? No? Well now you do! You can find low-bush blueberries growing wild all across the state. I can remember many August days spent picking blueberries as a snack in between kickball games in my neighborhood when I was a child…they are everywhere.
My parents, who live 5 minutes away, have several large high-bush blueberry plants in their backyard that we have been waiting all summer to pick! Right now they are FULL of ripe berries so I headed over and filled up my bucket!
Instead of making my usual blueberry jam, I decided to stretch them out longer by just eating them by the handful, topping my cereal, and making a delicious blueberry crumb cake recipe from The Pioneer Woman.
