North Shore, Big Lake: Picked many bog cranberries, many perfect ripeness, others almost ready. Also got some lowbush cranberries.
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September 4
Hatcher Pass, Fishhook: Picked blueberries and crowberries in Independence Mine area.
August 17
Crow Creek Road, Girdwood: Picked some highbush blueberries (early and alaska.) Some ready, others not ripe. Not a great year. Too late for salmonberries. Many trailing raspberries, some ripe and others overripe and mushed.
August 15
Woods, Wasilla: picked lots of ripe highbush cranberries. Basically nice berries, most ripe enough.
August 7
Swamp land, Big Lake: Picked ripe crowberries (perfect) and a few blueberries. Lowbush cranberries are about half ripe. Lowbush cran in many spots in the Valley don’t seem to have many berries this year compared to other years. Bog cranberries seem about half ripe.
August 6
Woods, Wasilla: Picked lots more watermelon berries from powerline trails. Some getting overripe.
August 3
Ester Dome, Ester: Picked highbush cranberries (still tart) before the rain wrecks them. Also picked some ripe rosehips.
July 31
Hatcher Pass, Fishhook: Picked blueberries in alpine areas. Many still green, some ripe.
July 26
Marsh land, Moose Pass: Picked ripe lakeside blueberries.
July 22
Woods, Wasilla: Picked tons more watermelon berries off of powerline trails. Perfect ripeness.
Alaska Berry Bog 