The Garden Patch
Blueberries, Tomatoes and More: August Garden Open at Fordhook Farm
Taste new tomato varieties, learn about growing blueberries, tour the gardens and purchase plants at W. Atlee Burpee's historic Fordhook Farm in Doylestown on Saturday.
Blueberries are a great crop to grow in your backyard. Besides the pleasure of picking your own homegrown berries, the bushes offer lovely blossoms in late spring, glossy green to blue-green leaves, and reddish foliage in the fall. Blueberry plants love acidic soil, so if you can grow azaleas and rhododendrons, then you can grow blueberries. Mark Ehlenfeldt, USDA research geneticist and blueberry breeder will present “The native American blueberry—a home garden favorite,” on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. during Fordhook Farm's August Garden Open. "You need to know four basic things to grow blueberries successfully," Ehlenfeldt said. "These plants need good drainage and some moisture, plenty of sunshine, the right pH or soil acidity, and two …
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