I've shown you the blueberry bushes before, but usually when they are blooming or fruiting. Today I want you to see their fall color.  Did you know that blueberry bushes are deciduous? Yep, they are, and before they drop their leaves they turn this beautiful red.  We have eight bushes on this hill, and they are all blazing red.

 

Next on the agenda for the blueberry bushes, after they drop their leaves, is to prune them. You do it when they are dormant.  We will pick a warmish day in January or early February and get out there and cut them back.  The plan is to take out the old canes, trim back the newer ones to within reach, and generally get them into shape, before they set new leaf and flower buds for next year's berry crop.  It is a good thing to do every year, and we have been pretty good about it.  

 

And these bushes have been giving us blueberries (almost every year) since we planted them in 2012. 

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!