Picking Dates - Hours:

Summer:
Blueberries: June 10 ~ Mid August
Summer Blackberries: Virtually none, Cold
Late Summer & Fall Blackberries:
Fair Crop - Now Finished
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U-Pik Blueberry & Blackberry Hours:
Both Finaly Gone for 2011
Frozen We Pik Blueberries - Hopefully All Winter
Late Summer, Winter & Spring Hours:
Tues & Sat, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Frozen Blueberries Only!

20 Acres of Blueberry Heaven - June, July, Aug

Welcome to
The Berry Patch!

We are a, family fun,
you-pick (or we-pick) berry farm.
Our Specialty: Missouri's Largest Blueberry Grower, we also have Summer and Fall Blackberries

Updated: 2010-11-08

1st Picking Blackerries - Early July - Oct

Nerluc (continued): An annual celebration of the event [the appearance and killing of the Tarasque] occured from the 2nd century through 1910. Pictures of the event can be found on the www. Note that Wikipedia identifies it as "A mythological monster, the Tarasque." Was the Wikipedia author a withess? Of course not. When and how did it get the title Myth? Simple, when Mythological Historical Science began to dominate Western Culture, claiming that the last dinosaur died 65 million years ago. There is much historical evidence of dinosaurs in Human History. We would suggest that the "Myth" is Wikipedia, and others, calling the the Tarasque "Mythological." Another "scientific myth" is that "a living dinosaur never saw a man and a living man never saw a lifing dinosaur." Tales of man and very large "reptile-like" creatures abound. It is myth to pronounce all such accounts to be "mythological" simply because of atheist-inspired psuedo-science. Dinosaurs are mentioned ~10 times in the Bible and many times in other histories, but never called "dinosaur" for the simple reason the word wasn't invented until the 1830's, by Richard Owen. "Owen is probably best remembered today for coining the word Dinosauria (meaning "Terrible Reptile" or "Fearfully Great Reptile") and for his outspoken opposition to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection." (Wikipedia) "Insisting evolution couldn't be true, Owen maintained to the end of his days that the dominant life forms in earth's history had arisen through special creation, without ancestors." (http://www.strangescience.net/owen.htm - very good article).Wikepedia and this article totally disagree on whether Owen accepted evolution. We don't care. Our studies confirm "evolution is myth."

See also: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legend. Note the primary definition of "legend" is a story that is "not verifyable." This is essentially true of all historical events, including the American Revolution and Julius Caesar. Obviously, evidence supporting some historical events is better than for others. But, ultimately one can believe the "history," or question it. The practice of claiming the events that agree with your religion are true and the ones that don't agree with it are false (or myth), may fool some folks, but not all. The evidence for dinosaurs in Human History is worldwide. Atheists can brush it aside in favor of their mythology if they choose. Some "Christians" can rewrite the Bible (which clearly reports dinosaurs in Human history) to attempt to fit it into atheist mythology if they choose. We think the Bible and real history agree, and Nerluc/Tarasque is one good example - Dinosaurs did exist in Human History, but they gradually became extinct as men multiplied over the face of the Earth.

Willis Family News:
We have added a new Willis with a wedding on April 9th, 2011. Elizabeth Hindman became Mrs. Joshua Willis. What a great day it was! They honeymooned in Colorado and had a wonderful two weeks. Liz had never seen the mountains. She works as a personal trainer and Josh is still developing specialized computer applications. The wedding gave us an opportunity to get a current "full family" picture: Grace, Peg Stevenson (Penny's mom), Tom, Liz Willis (Hindman), Josh, Penny and David.
David is now Chief of Staff for the Speaker in the Missouri House of Representatives. Since this is a non-election year and the house is only in session about 6 months, Dave is more involved with The Berry Patch this year. He was a groomsman in Joshua's wedding, and took over the decorating of our car, as they took it on their honeymoon.
Grace has just turned 18. Due to homeschooling and JCCC, she will be heading to Mizzou this Fall, as a Junior, to follow her passion of being a veterinarian.
We lost our black lab "Esther" over the winter to cancer. But true to Grace's love of animals, she found a Lab mix stray, that looks much like Esther, but Grace has named "Delta." She is full of beans!
Tom and Penny continue their passion for promoting the idea that "God did it just like He says," which some call "Creation Science." Along with other dedicated men they champion God's Word in the literal sense. You can learn more at www.csama.org.
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*Note: "We-Pik" Berries at The Berry Patch: We are, and always have been a U-Pik Berry Patch. For many years we allowed, even encouraged, local folks to pick berries for us for people who do not, or can not, pick their own. The demand for this service grew to over 50,000 Lbs a year, which seriously reduced the berries available to our U-Pik Customers. To meet our primary goal of providing for our U-Pik customers, and to serve others as well, we began buying "We-Pik" berries the day they are picked from other growers, mostly in Missouri.
Blueberries are difficult to grow in Missouri, and demand is high, so we now have to go much further for berries, e.g., to Arkansas or Michigan. Over 6,000 of our customers appreciate this service. Les than a hand full have publicly complained, implying there is something almost evil about this. To them we suggest, picking their own, buying from other growers (if they can find any who do not buy them from us), or the grocery store, where they are, more and more, grown in Mexico, by one enormous company, and use aggressive spray schedules.