We've done a lot of berry picking this summer. In our yard (strawberries and blueberries), the wild berries near by (blackberries, thimble berries, salmon berries and huckleberries), and at nearby you-pick farms(strawberries, raspberries and blueberries). I'd love to say we have a ton of berries stored in the freezer for use year round, but we just eat them too fast and only have a couple pounds of blueberries. Everything else has been eaten.
We did have one traumatic hornet experience at a blueberry farm in Bellevue (Mercer Slough). Allie got stung and started crying. She didn't know why she was hurt and couldn't explain it. While I was trying to get to Allie my nephew got stung and ran to me crying, grabbing my legs so I couldn't get to Allie. I finally figured out what was going on but didn't realize that the hornets were on the attack. Floyd and my brother then stormed in grabbed the kids and ran out screaming, "Go, go, go." Allie and my nephew each got stung two times a piece, and Floyd got stung five times. Selena and I were lucky to get away unscathed. Fortunately no one had any serious reactions.
The frustrating part was when we reported the nest to the people running the farm they said there wasn't anything they could do. If they had set up signs and warned people to not go near the nest then the people we saw a half hour later could have avoided getting stung. Apparently my mom also talked to some people who had got stung their a week prior.
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| Blueberries at Mountain View Blueberry Farm |
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| Wild Blackberries |
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