What? Wiregrass Blueberry Growers Association’s Blueberry Festival When? Saturday, June 21 Where? On the square in Headland What time? Festival hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Activities? Blueberry recipe contest; baby crawl; bubble-blowing event; junior tractor pull for ages 3 to 5; hoola hoop contest; and a pie-eating contest (no hands allowed). Information? To find out more about the festival, recipe rules and the blueberry growers association, call Peggy Smith at (334) 796-8165. Whispering Pines Ranch produced 500 pounds of blueberries last year. Not bad, really, for its first year. “We weren’t even supposed to get that, so we were pleased,” said Peggy Smith, whose family owns the Henry County farm. With 10 acres of blueberries, Smith said the ranch should produce 1,000…
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