Maybe the ticket to production is that the former owners put about a 4" layer of pecan shells as mulch for the blueberries. I dunno. You're right Elaine --- it just doesn't seem fair does it? I think just about everyone in the world goes ga-ga over blueberries and I go ga-ga over bananas, peaches, apricots, plums, nectarines, dates, citrus, avocado, strawberries, blackberries, pineapples, apples but not blueberries. My best friend in Alabama fights the critters every year to harvest her blueberries before everything else gets to them. I sit here & wish the birds would go ga-ga over mine b/c I would like to watch the birds as they feast on them.