An operator opens his orchard of blueberries to the hitchhike


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In Haute-Vienne, an exploitation offers to harvest blueberries yourself.

Sip water and sun, blueberries Make these occasional pickers happy in July. “We come to look for it every two days almost (…) I did jam yesterday, I did a day before yesterday, we do lots of things with blueberries”Rejoices Cathy Pier, lover of these pretty blue fruits.

Operator for four years, Bertrand puts THE Arrangement of picking enthusiasts This little hectare of orchard whose trees produce this year of abundance blueberries. A fragile fruit and the season lasts only two months.

“This year, when I saw everything there was on my feet I told myself that I couldn’t pick up everything “explains Bertrand. To help him, he therefore offered volunteers to come and pick their blueberries. “Me it makes me work and people make them happy. They have a good time, they pick up, they pick”testifies the operator.

At the end of their picking, customers are weighing. Result: prices 30 % cheaper than at the market. They can also melt for the processed products offered by Bertrand and his wife. The autocueillette is possible by appointment throughout the maturity period of small blue balls.

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