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Burgaw NC

A Blueberry Ramble in Burgaw

by Leanne E. Smith At the 12th annual N.C. Blueberry Festival in Burgaw, NC on June 20, 2015, the temperature at 9 a.m. was above 80 degrees Fahrenheit, with a heat index of nearly ninety—but it’s worth a few hours of southeastern North Carolina humidity on the third Saturday in June for a morning stroll… Read More →

Filed Under: Eastern NC, Food, Uncategorized Tagged With: Burgaw NC, Leanne E. Smith, NC Blueberry Festival

June is North Carolina Blueberry Month

By Frances Dowell The civilized blueberry moved to North Carolina in the early half of the 20th century. Wild blueberries have been growing in the piney woods of the eastern shores since the beginning of time (or thereabouts), but it wasn’t until one Harold Huntington of Montclair, NJ, cleared a thousand acres in Pender County… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Eastern NC, Food, Recipes, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: Blueberries, Blueberry Dessert, Burgaw NC, Frances Dowell, NC Blueberry Month

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