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OK,we have a mess of Berry's at our cabin, hordes of picking every year......this year 12. Countem... Berry's THAT is it 12 berry's.... This is in a 3mile stretch......what happen?
I work harder than a ugly stripper....
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Better watch for the bears.
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Better watch for the bears. Yup, they need them to put on fat (insulin triggered by carbs required both to store and use carbs) and they get grumpy and hungry when they do not get them...
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We weren't alone in squeezing the White Mountains. Big bushes which were laid flat previously with nearly a pint per, had a single berry or three this year. We finished this year's berries on pancakes this morning.  (Momma gave me the silent treatment and never wants to drive the Denali highway again after finding no good spots there either- though I have heard some are finding berries around Cantwell.) I was thinking the bears might be easier for hunter to find closer to rivers this year.
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I use to love picking the berries and then sealing a bunch in a ziploc bag for a few hours. The worms would be bailing out of the berries left and right.
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Yep doesn't seem to be a good berry year
Lots of our go to spots pretty meager
We got 4 gallons up the Steese and another 3'gallons in broad pass 7 gallons is all we got last year as well but 12 the year before that
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Down here in Oregon we had zero for cherries, apples, apricots, and plums. Timely frost hit every flowering. In 2016 there were bumper crops of everything. Actually tossed apples to the deer and bunnies for that entire winter. This year, they will have to eat hay.
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Only dingleberries around here!
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My blue berry black bear is going to starve...didn't even see one grouse... Don't have a clue as to what went wrong, but judging from the water rutted up trail/to much rain...
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No problem up here. I suspect late freeze got your blossoms Rain can do it also
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Better watch for the bears. Yup, they need them to put on fat (insulin triggered by carbs required both to store and use carbs) and they get grumpy and hungry when they do not get them... Yep. That's why I started a volunteer group from Seattle that encourages REI members and their friends to collect the berries and feed the bears. It serves to allow city folks an up close experience while doing something meaningful for the bears. 😉 My berry farmer friends are willing to donate to the cause. ETA....It's a strictly for profit volunteer organization.
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No lack of berries in Alaska range south of Denali preserve, just got done with a hunt, you had to look carefully for a spot that wasn't covered up with berries. Needless to say all the bears were going to town.
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No lack of berries in Alaska range south of Denali preserve, just got done with a hunt, you had to look carefully for a spot that wasn't covered up with berries. Needless to say all the bears were going to town. Going to town because the dump was better pickings? 
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For the blueberry deprived, I have a gallon I could sell at $40/ oz. I thought $50 was pushing it.  . Price went up cuz I broke my big toe Friday.....
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For the blueberry deprived, I have a gallon I could sell at $40/ oz. I thought $50 was pushing it. . Price went up cuz I broke my big toe Friday..... And you use it for picking berries? And you still think they are premium berries?
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For the blueberry deprived, I have a gallon I could sell at $40/ oz. I thought $50 was pushing it. . Price went up cuz I broke my big toe Friday..... Aint't it funny how karma works? 
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Lotsa berries of every descripition in Iliamna region.
I tend to use more than enough gun
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For the blueberry deprived, I have a gallon I could sell at $40/ oz. I thought $50 was pushing it. . Price went up cuz I broke my big toe Friday..... Aint't it funny how karma works? LOL!
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in maine where they grow blueberries commercially they burn the bushes off every two or three years to keep them producing.
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And they taste like cardboard. Our wild berries are tart but with at least 10X the flavor
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