Head to Local Pick-Your-Own Blueberry Farms this Summer

A visit to a local u-pick blueberry farm is a great summertime activity for the entire family! Get outside, learn about plants and farming while bringing home nutritious berries for the whole family to enjoy. There are many farms within easy driving distance to Ten Trails that offer pick-your-own options throughout the summer. Here are a few to consider visiting:

Canter-Berry Farms

Canter-Berry Farms is a small, family-owned farm that has been in operation with one family since 1954. The farm once sold blueberries at Pike Place Market where they were famous with customers for their quality. These days, the family only grows blueberries for the u-pick season. Located just southeast of Auburn in the upper Green River Valley, Canter-Berry Farms is just around the corner from Ten Trails. For updates on when blueberries will be available for picking for the 2021 season, visit the farm’s Facebook page.

Blue Dot Farm

Located a few miles north of Enumclaw on SE 416^th Street, Blue Dot Farm has over 500 plants with sixteen varieties of blueberries that ripen throughout the summer months. Some of these varieties produce the largest blueberries available in the country. For details on planning a visit to the farm this season, check out their website.

The Rusty Plow

The Rusty Plow Farm also offers u-pick blueberries with five main varieties at the farm, each with its own unique flavor and qualities. The Rusty Plow Farm is family-friendly, and great place to bring kids for an afternoon of blueberry-picking. Located in nearby Enumclaw, the farm is just a short drive from Ten Trails. www.TenTrails.com 360.469.4043  

Mountain View Fire and Rescue 

Ten Trails is lucky to be served by Mountain View Fire and Rescue which provides fire and basic life support service in a 70-square-mile section of unincorporated southeast King County serving Auburn, Kent, Enumclaw and the City of Black Diamond.

Meet Chief Greg Smith 

Mountain View Fire and Rescue’s Chief Greg Smith is serving his 26^th year as the Fire Chief. He came to the district in 1992 after serving as Assistant Fire Chief in another part of Washington. In his role, Greg oversees eight fire stations in the district and a combination department of both career and volunteer firefighters.

Partnership with the Community 

You may have met some of the firemen from Mountain View at one of our Ten Trails events! Their trucks, or “rigs” as they call them, have been parked at a few of our most recent events. Look for more partnerships between Ten Trails and Mountain View Fire and Rescue in the near future!

Sign Up for Alerts

Chief Smith would like to urge all residents of Ten Trails and the other district areas to sign up for text or email alerts from the district. You’ll be the first to know about severe weather, power outages and other helpful emergency information. You can find the sign up link here: http://www.kcfd44.org/list.aspx?ListID=169.m

Volunteer 

Because Mountain View Fire and Rescue is a “combination department,” they have career personnel in addition to a large number of volunteers. Anyone interested in volunteering for the district should inquire via their website. A new academy of volunteers will begin training this March, however applications to become a volunteer are accepted year round. They also have a program for resident volunteers who are volunteers who have the option of living rent free in one of the district’s eight fire stations. For more information on Mountain View Fire and Rescue, visit their website: http://www.kcfd44.org/. www.TenTrails.com 360-469-4043

There’s a lot happening in Black Diamond the weekend of Dec. 7-8! Don’t miss out on all the holiday fun!