SPRINKLE'S BLUEBERRY FARM
UPDATED 7/24/2024

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SPRINKLE'S BLUEBERRY FARM

  We have been busy growing this year! We have added 800 new producing bushes for pickers this year. Crop is looking good! Keep watching as we expect to open in late June.  See what we have been doing in the video above.

Sprinkle's Blueberry Farm in Winston Salem, North Carolina is set on a rolling hill in western Forsyth County ( 5 miles west of Winston-Salem, N.C.). " Blueberry Hill " is the retirement project of Alfred and Wilma Sprinkle.

Al retired from AT&T in 1979 and set out to plant 5 acres of blueberries.  The 3240 Rabbiteye Blueberry bushes. Over the next 5 years the bushes reached maturity and produced abundant large delicious fruit making picking fast and easy.

Picking at the farm is a pleasant experience with the field well manicured with grass between rows and paved parking at each row.  Although only minutes from Winston-Salem between Pfafftown and Old Town, the vista is of open countryside with a horse farm next door.

Al and Wilma recruited help from the rest of the family so you might see the grand children mowing or when you call or come to pick you will probably see or talk to their daughter Karen Shaw.

In 2013 we lost Dad who had continued to be active throughout his 90 years.

The family has taken over maintenance on the field and is in the process of restoring it. The drip irrigation system was replaced in 2017 in preparation for replanting. We are busy pruning and mulching.

A benefit of irrigation, other than for establishing our new plants, is that we were able to extend our picking season with larger berries and a more bountiful crop during the droughts that always seem to come just as we start picking.

We are learning to propagate new bushes and currently have 500 new bushes in the plant bed in preparation for transplanting in the field.

The misting plant bed has yielded good results as can be seen after 4 months. The small cuttings have successfully rooted and even put on some growth.

 

These young bushes will be ready to transplant in the field after they are transplanted to a nursery bed where they will stay for another 18 months

We trust you will notice the gradual changes as we continue our work.

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Pick Your Own Blueberries in Forsyth County
Located On Trinidad Lane in Winston Salem, North Carolina 27106