Hey Gents, who all has been picking? On the 6th, we picked over 11lbs, and today my wife and daughter picked another 18lbs. We picked a few pounds at the end of June, and the first few days of July too. I have propagated and transplanted all of my berries over the last 5 years. I transplanted another 80' (30 plants) to fill out a 160' row on my homestead. These are thornless variety (Ouachita and Arapaho) So far, we are well over 30lbs this season. Looking forward to cobbler, jam, and wine!


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July 9

My neighbor just gave us a gallon off her plants, she was returning the favor as we gave her some strawberries earlier this year. Was out taking the dog for a walk and was picking and eating berries from the roadside. Growing in the town right of way in plain sight, but I don't think anyone that lives close would put the work in to pick them. Was nice to stand on mowed grass and pick away.

I've got a big patch of wild blackberries down in the creek bottom that runs thru my cabin acreage. I never get bowl fulls of them but I do get enough for a hand full or two every day for a week or so and and also a few times of having a bowl of vanilla ice creme topped with smashed blackberry topping! The wild variety are smaller than the ones you can grow.

Wife picked 25 pounds of Blackcaps, (wild black raspberies), made 17.5 pounds of juice and about50 1/2 pints jam and sauce. onto 4 gallons of Mulberries.

Got a good crop of blackberries and more wild raspberries than in previous years. Already got some of both in the rum pot and the admiral made some jam and today a blackberry pie.

Been picking some wild ones. Our garden blackberries have turned black but they still a bit to go as they're pretty tart yet

Our wild ones were just coming on then the heat and drought shut them down.

I’d love to pick your berries. I expect they are free of chiggers. Would be a first for me.

I picked some wild raspberries the other day. Got about 6lbs out of the patch. Dinky little things.

we got a ways to go yet up here

Heat took a toll on size here

Not quite blackberry season here but my razz are going strong!

I am picking Salmon berries here. (Technically a Cloud berry.)

End of August they will be ready here. Got to get there before the bears eat them all