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How a blueberry farm is adjusting after devastating frost, and when you can go picking

Cool Springs Blueberry Farm owner Jason Harper tours the farm's field, Monday, June 15, 2021, checking on the berry ripeness. Harper's blueberry crop was hit hard by April frosts, forcing the business to limit its you-pick services to just a few hours every Saturday, starting June 19. - photo by Scott Rogers

06152021 BLUEBERRY 4.jpg — Cool Springs Blueberry Farm owner Jason Harper tours the farm's field, Monday, June 15, 2021, checking on the berry ripeness. Harper's blueberry crop was hit hard by April frosts, forcing the business to limit its you-pick services to just a few hours every Saturday, starting June 19. - photo by Scott Rogers

In late April, Jason Harper noticed what looked like a blanket of snow covering blueberry plants on his northwest Hall County farm.