There’s nothing like wandering through a Washington state forest on a beautiful summer day in search of ripe, wild berries. Wild berry picking is the stuff of childhood memories for many ...
No berry left behind, the motto for a local blueberry farmer, means each berry is allowed to ripen, greens ones left on the vine for the next rotation of picking. Johnny Horn owns a farm, which he ...
I have a memory from when I was 6 or 7, of holding my mother’s hand and climbing a steep, narrow path behind our beach cabin to where the wild blackberries grew. My mom taught me the delicate work of ...
Wild berries are ripening across America and the race is on among man and animals, birds and insects, to see who will get theirs first. Blackberries are the largest and most recognizable of the wild ...
Berries are among Washington’s most bountiful wild-growing foods during the summer months. Wild strawberries, blueberries, huckleberries (small and tart, ranging from a deep purple to a red color), ...
I THOUGHT I had died and gone to blackberry heaven. It all started when I fell into a hole in a brush-covered slash pit. This is normal for those of us who pursue the wild blackberry. Trapped in a ...