STATELINE BLUEBERRIES

A Fun Family Tradition!

A HEALTHY TREAT!

Hello and thanks for another fruitfully fun blueberry season
STATELINE BLUEBERRIES is glad that you decided to spend your time at our site!

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FARM UPDATE:!
Blueberry Season is ENDING!!!!

STATELINE BLUEBERRIES is

Closing for the season! The year is coming to a close. Thanks for bearing with us and checking in often!

Come be a part of our family and spend the season picking the most delicous blueberries this side of the

STATELINE!

Make memories that wil last a lifetime! Don't forget to bring the camera. What a great way to spend some quality time with the family picking berries at STATLINE BLUEBERRIES .After making memories that will even bring the great grandchildren back....Treat everone old and young to a swim in Lake Michgian. We are located only 4 miles from the sandy shore of New Buffalo, MI.

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Today is...
Friday, August 22, 2008

WELCOME BACK
No Dogs Allowed!!!!!!!!

ALERT.....ALERT.....ALERT......

Effective Immediately.....

NO DOGS ALLOWED!!!!!

Picking Conditions
We are closing after business on Sunday, August 24th. We will no longer have berries after this date!.

We still have blue crop, blue ray and covals along with the Jersey berries. ONLY UNITL SUNDAY, AUGUST 24th.

THANKS FOR A GREAT SEASON! SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!

The BLUES NEWZ letter has hit mailboxes . With our offical newletter out and in folks hands we are going to get BUSY, BUSY, BUSY........... Come Early and be patient with us...We are trying to service everyone as quickly and curtiously as we can.
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It is great reconnecting with all our seasonal friends!!!! It's always fun to hear how the winter went. Some trials, some tribulations.... But all in all we must Thank the Good Lord for allowing us the grace to share in the memories of another berry season!!!!!

The Word is out! STATELINE BLUEBERRIES has the BEST BERRIES anywhere in the U S of A !! I am recieving calls this season from all over the continental US wanting to know when berries are in so that they can plan their summer trip. A few folks even wanted us to send them berries ( they just can't seem to find any berries that can compare to those at STATELINE!) I'm sad to say that it is beyond our control and we do not ship berries.

Your comments and kind words, make it all worth while!!! Thanks for allowing us the opportunity to provide you with a Heatlhy Treat that compares to no other!


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This will be our 9th year; 10th season in the berry business.. Where has the time gone! It's been a great learning experinence for us and we are constantly trying to improve communication and product availablity. Next year we are hoping to put something speical together to commemerate this decade of service and fun. If you have any photos or fond memories and even a touching story you would like to share we would love to see or hear about it.
A lot of our friends have been coming to the farm long before we took ownership, it would be great to have a photo or two of the farm when you were young!!!! Some families bring generation upon generation back.... we would love to see a photo or two of that. Even if you are new to the farm and have a comment or two to share, we would love to listen and share those next season. It really depends on the input from you as to what we will put together. Even a favorite reciepe . Feel free to send you photos or story snail mail to our farm address. 9957 North Frontage Road, Michgian City, IN 46360.
One of my favorite stories i still tell people today stems from the first season we opened the farm and i was very, very pregnant(due any day).....SIDE NOTE: this has never happened since) A family had me hold their berries and while they were out picking more, I SOLD their bucket. When the came up to pay they wanted to collect the first bucket they had picked but it was no where to be found. I had sold it for Ready Pick. Needless to say they were not happy with me, but it all worked out in the end. After many tears from a very pregnant me, and us giving them some "real" readypicked berries ( which they did not feel were as good as the ones they picked) they still return to the farm every year and every time i see this family i get a chuckle... they have forgiven me and it makes for a very funny story! ********************************
YOU MUST SEE TO BELIEVE. berries from the 2007 season
In our orders link, you will see just how big the berries were last year!

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we were experiencing technical difficulties with the web site. Our reciepe section is still having trouble.

Farm Hours:
HOURS.....
Mon.- Fri. approx:8am-6pm
Sat.& Sun. 7am-6pm.
"Chicago Time"

We will be open 7 days week

two seasons ago...the Times Newspaper did a feature on STATELINE BLUEBERRIES as a ONE TANK TRIP ....... fun for the whole family...featured Saturday, July 8th., 2006

When article was written the price was mis-quoted.

thanks

click here to view article Although, you will not be able to a return to our site from the article.

Remeber too, that as much fun as berry picking is you are coming to a farm. When picking berries it is suggested that you wear old clothes and sometimes bring a change of foot gear. One would also think to leave the technology at home. We have had an enormous increase in lost items that are electronic. Ipods and blackberries and the like. Unfortunatly these items do not get turned into our lost and found.

FUN FARM FACT:Fred Westphal planted most of the bushes in 1942. His brother actually owned the farm. Fred use to come and pick berries every year until his death in 2002. He was 97 years old. His memory and bushes live on.

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HOW IT ALL WORKS........

Once you've found a place to park, proceed to the sales shed and say Hola to one of the wonderful staff in the shed. They will instruct you as to the best spot to pick. Feel free to use our buckets or bring your own. We do ask that if you bring your containers you make sure the ladies behind the counter weigh your containers so that we can subtract that amount from the full bucket of berries. Take as many buckets as you feel you will need. No charge to use the buckets. BUCKETS and Ropes are provided for your convience....THEY ARE NOT TO GO HOME WITH ANYONE!!!!..It is recommended that you bring your own containers to transport your tasty treats home.. although we do provide boxes in various sizes for a minimal cost PLEASE NOTE ALSO.....You must bring your money and your containers at the time of check out. You will not longer be allowed to transport your buckets to your car!

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Don't forget to join the BLUES NEWZ craze. Make sure you sign up for your yearly publication and always be reminded of the start of the berry season! Once you have joined our mail list you need not sign in from year to year.

We would encourge you to e-mail us with your questions and comments, we pride ourselves in being very open and honest with our patrons. Although, we do ask if you e-mail us that you do fill in the Subject line of your e-mail...With SOMETHING PERTAINING TO BLUEBERRIES!~ otherwise it will be seen as Junk mail and be deleted before it was even read. We get hunders of e-mails a day and more and more of it is junk mail. This just helps ensure that your important e-mail is noticed! ~Thanks :>)

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