PICK YOUR OWN ( PYO) / Part 5 : The Muffin Man's Secret

 

                                                             PART 5 : PICK YOUR OWN

After 2 years well spent working for Freddy in Boston, Jimmy finally returned home to Moultonborough. It was good to be home. He immediately took some of his savings and bought that parcel of land at the end of High Haith. He built a fine house and married his High School sweetheart, Margaret. Together they had a daughter named Julie. He then began to fulfill his dream. 

One day Jimmy showed up with a couple of pots of High Bush Blueberry plants, then more and more. He then started planting them in neat rows along side the lake. " Well, that's what city livin' will do to you!" fumed the locals, but that didn't bother Jimmy, he knew what he was doing.

Although he had pledged never to bake Blueberry Muffins again, that didn't mean that Margaret couldn't do whatever she wanted to. She was no slouch in the kitchen and pretty soon she was baking her favorite pie, Blueberry. You know.... people would come for miles around just to buy one of her pies, there was something special about them. They eventually started the Country Store so folks wouldn't have to go all the way to Meredith for their shopping. She could also sell her pies at the store. You see, Jimmy was Ed's grandfather and Margaret his grandmother.

Ed took a shine to Red's curiosity so he gave her an old photo of the Pick Your Own sign  that Jimmy had painted to indicate which field was ready. Jimmy never charged anyone for the blueberries, it just wasn't his way.

Ed told Red that the orchard still exists, just drive down High Haith Rd. until you come to Rudyard's Landing and look for a PYO sign, and true enough the Heartfelts found the field.

Pretty soon the Heartfelts were picking all the blueberries that they wanted. Jams, pies and of course muffins were being planned.

At the end of a long day working in the fields it sure is nice to come home and 'Take a Dip.' Tomorrow will be a busy day.

                                                    To Be Continued..............