{"id":2214,"date":"2018-07-30T14:21:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T14:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexanders-blueberries.frozen-tail.linkswebhosting.com\/?p=2214"},"modified":"2018-07-30T14:21:04","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T14:21:04","slug":"opening-day-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/opening-day-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Day 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fields are full of beautiful blue WILD blueberries and it&#8217;s time to begin the harvest!\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Opening Day is set for Tuesday, July 31, 2018<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Click here for our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexandersblueberries.com\/hours\/\">HOURS<\/a><\/strong> during the season.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">U-Pick Field<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U-Pick field will be open from 8 a.m. to sunset (Monday thru Saturday &#8211; Closed on Sundays).\u00a0 Watch for the handpicking signs when you arrive.\u00a0 The U-Pick field, owned and operated by Jim Sr. and Rosalie, is located on the opposite side of the farm at 1574 Greenfield Road.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WILD Blueberries Fresh Packed in 10 lb. Boxes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Though not required, we always recommend\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexandersblueberries.com\/order-wild-maine-blueberries\/\">reserving your 10-lb boxes<\/a>\u00a0before making the trip to our farm.\u00a0 We produce\u00a0a limited supply of FRESH boxes every day.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>We usually have extra, but we can only guarantee fresh blueberries if you place an order<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">If you would like to place an order for fresh packed wild blueberries in 10 lb boxes &#8211; <strong>from our fields to your table within 24 hours<\/strong> &#8211; here&#8217;s how it works!<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Easy Ordering Process<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Here are the three easy steps for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexandersblueberries.com\/order-wild-maine-blueberries\/\">placing an order<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><u>Step 1 &#8211; Tell us the number of 10 lb boxes you want to reserve.<\/u> No deposit is required. The honor system works; your word is all we need. Be sure to reserve enough for your freezer to get you through until next season! (There are just over 7 quarts in a box.)<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><u>Step 2 &#8211; Choose between \u201cFlexible-Date\u201d and \u201cSpecific-Date\u201d<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><u>Flexible-date orders<\/u>, the most popular for our local customers, are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.\u00a0 When your blueberries have been harvested and are in the barn chilling for processing, we send you an e-mail and let you know you can pick them up the next afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><u>Specific-date orders<\/u> let you choose a pickup date between August 4\u00a0and 15<sup>.<\/sup>(except for Sundays, and subject to change as the crop ripens). We do our very best to fill your order on the date you request, but any rain (even a brief shower) stops the harvest. Backup dates are included in this option.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><u>Step 3 \u2013 Watch your inbox for <\/u><strong><u>two e-mails<\/u><\/strong><u>.<\/u> The<strong> first<\/strong> is a confirmation of your order that you will receive immediately. You will receive the <strong>second<\/strong> e-mail the day your blueberries are harvested.\u00a0 It will have payment information and pickup instructions for the next day.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We strongly recommend ordering your blueberries as soon as possible.\u00a0 Last year we had so many orders we were forced to stop taking new orders.\u00a0 One year was a rainy season and we were unable to fill all of the orders.\u00a0 Click here to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexandersblueberries.com\/order-wild-maine-blueberries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reserve Your Wild Maine Blueberries<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">If you have any questions, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexandersblueberries.com\/contact-us\/\">e-mail<\/a> us.\u00a0 We love to hear from our customers!<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s NOTHING like a Wild Maine Blueberry!<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to greeting you on the barn porch,<br \/>\n&#8211; Denise Alexander<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2202\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_0140_edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3102\" height=\"1709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_0140_edited.jpg 1452w, https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_0140_edited-600x331.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_0140_edited-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_0140_edited-1024x564.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_0140_edited-768x423.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3102px) 100vw, 3102px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>\u00a0Greeting new customers and reconnecting with loyal blueberry friends happens right here every year<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fields are full of beautiful blue WILD blueberries and it&#8217;s time to begin the harvest!\u00a0\u00a0Opening Day is set for Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Click here for our HOURS during the season. U-Pick Field The U-Pick field will be open from 8 a.m. to sunset (Monday thru Saturday &#8211; Closed on Sundays).\u00a0 Watch for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-season-updates-and-farm-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}