Ester Dome, Ester: Highbush cranberry plants’ leaves have all gone red. The berries are very ripe. There are also ripe rosehips everywhere.
August 22
Marsh land, Big Lake: Picked ripe blueberries. Not impressive crop. Picked some overripe cloudberries. Highbush cranberries are almost ripe.
August 18
Swamp land, Big Lake: Picked a bunch of ripe crowberries and ripe red currants. Saw half ripe highbush and lowbush cranberries.
April 30
Ester Dome, Ester: Green buds visible on highbush cranberry plants.
August 3
Farm Loop, Palmer: Many very ripe watermelon berries. Many highbush cranberries almost ripe, some ripe. Ripe red currants.
July 31
Fish Creek, Knik: Lots of ripe highbush cranberries and half ripe ones.
July 27
Marsh land, Big Lake: Many ripe timberberries by the lake. Some bog blueberries, very ripe. A few cloudberries. Picked an okay amount of blue and a little bit of cloud. Saw half ripe highbush cranberry.
July 26
Hatcher Pass, Fishhook: Lowbush cranberries at Summit Lake are 1/2 to 2/3 ripe. Down by Little Susitna River picked an okay amount of red currants. Picked a good amount of watermelon berries. Highbush cranberries are half green half red.
July 24
Hatcher Pass, Fishhook: Many ripe red currants. Several ripe watermelon berries. Blueberries are just turning blue.