08/28/2026
Sweet Berries, Ancient Methods.
Even though we were late to the harvest the berries held out for us firm and sweet as ever! Thank you Cattail and Sky field! I am so grateful for Shana and all the virtuous effort she puts in to managing the care of this blueberry field. I've worked a lot of organic wild blueberry fields over my years and she is the only one I know of that still uses traditional methods to care for the field: The same methods that have been used here for thousands of years since the glaciers receded! Every fall, we gather tons of leaves and spread them on the field, followed by an intentional, controlled burn in the spring. With the leaves as the fuel, the berry plants are left with the minerals that the tree roots had pulled up from deep in the soil. No diesel to fuel the fire or gas mowers, no chemical sprays, just muscle, traditional wisdom and grit. It just doesn’t get any better than this, I’m so grateful we made it to the harvest for another year.
Forever grateful 3 Streams Farm, Belfast, Maine
