He has 35 acres, but "In this particular farm, we had no crop this year."
Sam Erwing is the owner of Pickin' Patch in Plymouth and says his crop has never looked worse.
"This is the first time I've ever seen bushes hurt from drought. Since 1979."
But it wasn't just the drought that hurt these plants.
"We had the tri-fecta this year of bad problems. We had the early frost and warm where we lost this year's crop. Then we got the drought which actually caused this bush damage and then the heat."
The combination was bad news.
"Fruit likes normal temperatures. If there's normal temperatures, normal water."
Making the weather this year a nightmare.
"When everybody's running around in February and March in 70 degree weather thinking 'oh the weather's so beautiful', I'm thinking 'ugh'. Terrible weather, terrible weather."
And now a terribly damaged crop. You can see a few blueberries on some of the bushes, but it's just not enough.
"They're small. They're chewy, they don't have any meat to them."
With the recent rains, Erwing says his crops will be back again next season.
"We're looking really good for next year. You start growing next year's crop, this year."
So next year looks good, but what about the annual Marshall County Blueberry Festival? It's right around the corner.
"There are some growers if you get farther north, that actually had some decent crops. If you look North America wise, there's actually a record level crop."
So don't worry, there will be plenty of blueberries at the festival. They'll just come from up north. Which is a relief to all the people who look forward to the big event.
"I've been to the very first Blueberry Festival, and I've been there ever since," says Plymouth resident, Mary.
So while it was a disappointing season for farmers like Erwing, the Blueberry Festival promises NOT to disappoint.
