Sky Blueberry Farm is a 46 year old field of highbush blueberry plants in southern Newtown, CT. Originally owned by Eleanor Mayer as part of her Cherry Grove Farm and tended by Farmer Joel, our 160-ish bushes of five varieties are still alive and well. Andrea Zimmerman wrote a paragraph about the field in her 2005 book Eleanor Mayer’s History of Cherry Grove Farm on p.76. If you’d like to learn more about this extraordinary banker and real estate developer turned farmer, the book is for sale from the Newtown Historical Society.
Our mission is simple: to provide fresh, organic blueberries to Newtown, CT. We use only organic farming methods, including Espoma Holly-Tone certified organic fertilizer and organic pine bark mulch. In 2021 we began using a certified organic beneficial bacteria to control fungus. It is sprayed on the buds, flowers, and leaves in April and May. Then in 2023 we used OMRI certified organic Captain Jack’s Dead Bug Brew, with a beneficial bacteria Spinosad, to combat fruit flies. Other methods of disease control include pruning off any dead or diseased parts of the bush. It’s hard work, but ultimately it’s best for the environment and for your health.
We purchased half the field with our home in 2019. Because we don’t own the entire field (and for many other logistical reasons), we cannot allow people to pick their own blueberries. Instead you can buy them, as well as some of our other home grown vegetables, at our farm stand during blueberry season during July with an extended season for our tart Elliott blueberries.
To purchase pints of our organic blueberries, visit our Facebook group Sky Blueberry Farm Sales and we’ll let you know when the next crop is ready.
Andy Yasgur of http://www.yasgurdrones.com visited the farm in June 2021 and took some amazing drone photos of the field. He is available for commercial aerial photography in Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts.