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It's Berry Season!
This year's foraging season has begun. Dewberries started ripening a couple of weeks ago, and I have already picked about a gallon and a half of those. Just today I foraged, for the first time ever, a decent haul of mulberries. Below is a picture of about 4 cups of these fruit:
I'm quite hopeful that this year's foraging bounty will be much better than last year's. In March of 2023 we had a hard freeze in mid-March which seriously set back the flora in the region. This year's weather has been much better, and I expect to get much more from my expeditions.
The berries ripen, roughly, in this order:
- dewberries
- mulberries
- serviceberries (juneberries)
- blueberries
- blackberries
Then, when summer is in full swing the other fruits start to kick in: black cherries, figs, plums, peaches...
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