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Newspaper Page Text2]Ta-);<-:67:-/768):-6< Berry pickers, tall and small, grab your buckets! By SUZANNE KENNEDY It’s PYO season! Don’t know what that is? To the layperson, that would be ͞ƉŝĐŬǇŽƵƌŽǁŶ͘͟^ƵŵŵĞƌŝƐ ĂŐƌĞĂƚƟŵĞĨŽƌƉŝĐŬŝŶŐǇŽƵƌ own fruits at U-Pick farms. In fact, it’s the only season. This ĨĂŵŝůǇͲĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇĂĐƟǀŝƚǇŝƐĨƵŶ͕ easy and good for you. Online, check out www. pickyourown.org for local farms, a harvest calendar, and even some fairly local ŚĂƌǀĞƐƚĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶƐĂŶĚ events. If you love blueber- ries, you’ve got to try K & K Blueberries in Hermiston and Lampson Blueberries ŝŶDŝůƚŽŶͲ&ƌĞĞǁĂƚĞƌ͘tŚŝůĞ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞŝŶDŝůƚŽŶͲ&ƌĞĞǁĂƚĞƌ͕ swing over to 5 Acre Farm Fruit and Produce Stand for peach- ĞƐĂŶĚĂƉƌŝĐŽƚƐ͘DŽƌŶŝŶŐƐƚĂƌĞƌƌǇ Farm in Walla Walla has raspber- ƌŝĞƐ͕ďƵƚǇŽƵ͛ůůŚĂǀĞƚŽǁĂŝƚƵŶƟů next June. Joshua’s Oregon Country ^ƚŽƌĞ͕>>ŝŶhŶŝŽŶŽƵŶƚǇŽīĞƌƐ u-pick vegetables as well as pre- ƉŝĐŬĞĚƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ͕ĂŐŝŌƐŚŽƉ͕ƐŶĂĐŬƐ and refreshment stand, restrooms, ƉŝĐŶŝĐĂƌĞĂ͕ƉĞƫŶŐǌŽŽĂŶĚĨĂƌŵ ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ͘DĂŬĞĂĚĂǇŽĨŝƚ͊ Blackberries and raspberries are fun picks in the wild. They’re com- mon at the edge of wooded areas, and along fences on sunny roads. ,ƵĐŬůĞďĞƌƌŝĞƐĂƌĞŽŌĞŶĨŽƵŶĚŝŶ former clearcut areas. Scope them out in the spring so you’ll know where they are, and then you can return again and again to your favorite spots. ,ĞƌĞĂƌĞƐŽŵĞƟƉƐƚŽŵĂŬĞǇŽƵƌ ďĞƌƌǇͲƉŝĐŬŝŶŐŽƵƟŶŐƐŵŽƌĞĞŶũŽǇ- able. What to wear: For wild picking, Columbia River Community Health Services 541-481-7212 • 450 Tatone St., Boardman, OR 97818 Mon. 7:30 am - 7:00 pm; Tue. - Fri. 7:30 am - 5:00 pm See us for all your medical needs. Most major insurances, Medicare and Oregon Medicaid accepted. We are an insurance exchange and Medicaid Assistor Site. Please give us a call for more information. Hablamos Español to bring them home in. Consider the size in terms of weight. How heavy will a full container be? How much will you actually use or eat? Be ĐĂƌĞĨƵůŶŽƚƚŽƉĂĐŬŝƚƵŶƟůŝƚ͛Ɛ ŽǀĞƌŇŽǁŝŶŐ͕ĂƐďĞƌƌŝĞƐĂƌĞ delicate and can bruise or smash with too much weight on top. Keep your hands free ďǇĂƩĂĐŚŝŶŐĂƐƚƌŝŶŐŽƌƌŽƉĞ to the container so that you can hang it around your neck or from your belt. WŝĐŬŝŶŐĞƟƋƵĞƩĞ͗There are two schools of thought on this. Some say to stay at the same bush and pick it clean, which leaves the other ďƵƐŚĞƐŝŶďĞƩĞƌĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶ for the next pickers. Others say to only take a few and you’ll want to wear closed shoes, move on. So, whichever you long pants, and long sleeves to choose, you can’t win. Sorry. Do ŬĞĞƉƚŚĞďƵŐƐĂǁĂǇ͘DĂŬĞƐŽŵĞ be sure to try to get to the middle noise to let the snakes and other of the bush. The berries are great wild animals know you are there. in there and more new pickers Picking on a farm is usually a bit won’t be reaching all the way inside safer (fewer chances of unwelcome anyway. Your gloves will come in wildlife), but do remember the sun- handy! Remember that you are screen and bug repellent. You might paying by weight for what you pick. consider gloves in order to avoid It’s bad form to eat your berries the scratchy thorns and branches of before you pay for them. some of the fruits. ŌĞƌƉŝĐŬŝŶŐ͗Keep your berries What to pick: Know what your in the shade and get them into a ĨƌƵŝƚůŽŽŬƐůŝŬĞǁŚĞŶŝƚ͛ƐƌŝƉĞ͘DŽƐƚ fridge or cooler soon. Don’t wash ŽĨƚŚĞŵƌĞĂĚŝůǇĨĂůůŽīƚŚĞƉůĂŶƚ ƚŚĞŵƵŶƟůǇŽƵĂƌĞŐŽŝŶŐƚŽƵƐĞ ǁŝƚŚǀĞƌǇůŝƩůĞƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ͘tŚĞŶ them. Some pickers like to soak the ǇŽƵĐĂůůĂŚĞĂĚƚŽĞŶƐƵƌĞƟŵĞƐĂŶĚ fresh berries in salt water (one cup ĚĂƚĞƐ͕ĂƐŬĂďŽƵƚ͞ũĂŵďĞƌƌŝĞƐ͘͟ per gallon for an hour) to dislodge ^ŽŵĞĨĂƌŵƐŵĂǇŽīĞƌĂĚŝƐĐŽƵŶƚŽŶ ĂŶǇůŝƩůĞƐƚŽǁĂǁĂǇŐƌƵďƐ͘/ŶĂŶǇ already-picked berries that may be case, enjoy! ƚŽŽƐŽŌƚŽĞĂƚ͕ďƵƚĂƌĞƉĞƌĨĞĐƚĨŽƌ ________ preserves and baked goods. Where to put them: Check with ^ƵǌĂŶŶĞ<ĞŶŶĞĚǇŝƐĂĨŽƌŵĞƌ ƚŚĞĨĂƌŵĂŚĞĂĚŽĨƟŵĞƚŽƐĞĞŝĨǇŽƵ ŵŝĚĚůĞƐĐŚŽŽůƚĞĂĐŚĞƌǁŚŽůŝǀĞƐŝŶ need to bring your own container. Pendleton with her husband and Either way, you’ll need something three children.