
Maine’s Burning Blueberry Fields
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
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Nicholas lyndholm waits for the perfect spring day. When the weatheris just right, he gathers a small group of friends and family in a blueberry patch. They all don leather boots and cotton clothing, no sandals or synthetic materials. Lynholm himself wears a full fire fighter's costume. The followers all wear spray packs filled with water. But lynholm's spray pack holds something else. Have a 50 50 mix of deso and kerosen in about a gallon sized drip torch. After a group meeting, the crew gathers behind lyndholm and sets every inch of the field on fire. This is the step in the cycle where death turns to life, im dilanther
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