I enjoy gardening when it is not too hot (as it is in Princeton now), but I am not very successful at it. In fact, the heat and lack of water when we were away in July has killed a number of plants I had nursed along for several years, including two Ponderosa pines that I had grown from small shoots. Oh, well, it’s the exercise that counts, I keep telling myself.
So, with my miserable gardening record is is a delight to note that my brown thumb has not been inherited by all in the family. Nell’s plants looked great the last time I saw them, and now we hear that Joe and Rita are having a bumper crop of blueberries. So bumper, apparently, that it is attracted media attention! Take a load of this item from the Roane County News:
Local berry growers balance work, rewards
Way to go!
And thanks for all those blueberries we got when we came by in July!
You may be pleased to hear that “Scientists today reported the first evidence that eating blueberries, strawberries, and acai berries may help the aging brain stay healthy in a crucial but previously unrecognized way.” See: Eating berries may activate the brain’s natural housekeeper for healthy aging.
Great! I need all the help I can get. But where do I get acai berries?