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 22
Woods, Wasilla: Picked tons more watermelon berries off of powerline trails. Perfect ripeness.
July 21
Marsh land, Big Lake: Cloudberries are perfect for picking, good flavor. Blueberries ready too. Plants all have happy leaves but not many berries per plant. Dry conditions, with record breaking heat earlier in July for Southcentral.
July 17
Woods, Wasilla: Picked tons of watermelon berries off of powerline trails. Many ripe, others still not ready.
June 25
Ester Dome, Ester: Highbush cranberries and rosehips green. Red currants turning red. Raspberries flowering.
May 25
Woods, Wasilla: Red currant and highbush cranberry plants flowering profusely.
October 1
Ester Dome, Ester: Picked lots of highbush cranberry and some rosehips.
August 25
Farm Loop, Palmer: Picked very ripe watermelon berries and rosehips. Highbush cranberry are very nice this year. Still tart.
Alaska Berry Bog 