Blueberry season means berry picking time and there is no better place to go than Old Orchard Creek Farms out in Lansing. The directions seemed simple enough. Just drive through town and keep on going until you're in another world of falling down farm buildings, old cars and distant banjo music.
The farm has been in business for 100 years. Besides blueberry bushes, they have apple trees and bee hives. You can buy the berries already picked, or you can grab a red bucket and do-it-yourself. I was afraid I would spend the morning hunched over looking for berries and was pleasantly surprised that the trees are tall and in neat rows.
I walked up and down a couple of rows and picked the darkest berries I could find. The going was slow and the temperature was high.
After an hour my bucket was only half full, but I was completely done-in. I moseyed over to the open-air barn and cashed out. My haul was a whopping $4.00 and I was happy. After buying a giant home-made muffin, blueberry of course, and sitting in the rocker for a spell, I headed home.
