Farm Loop, Palmer: Wild roses have full blooms, some still buds. Lots of bluebells this year. Noticed lots of rose and bluebell in Anchorage too.
May 20
Talkeetna: Fiddlehead ferns are delicious and growing in various stages right now.
July 14
Big Lake: The fireweed is blooming, and is extremely tall and lush this year.
September 12
Swamp land, Big Lake: Picked lots of lowbush cranberries.
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.
August 15
Heard it was the coldest July on record for Southcentral. Heard blueberries are good in Fairbanks but not the Valley.
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.