Swamp land, Goldstream, Fairbanks: Absolutely perfect and tons of blueberries in the black spruce.
August 16
Murphy Dome, Goldstream: Blueberries galore, some too far gone. Picked blue along with very good crowberries. Lowbush cranberries all over, not ripe yet. Blueberries and raspberries still good on Ester Dome.
August 7
Ester Dome: Ester: Lots of good raspberries right now. Picked tons. Blueberries have been great everywhere; Murphy Dome, Angel Rocks, etc. but it’s too hot out. Highbush cranberry is red and juicy but still tart.
July 24
Murphy Dome, Fairbanks: Blueberries are perfect. Big and juicy. A few still not ripe. Picked a ton, with some crowberries too. Crowberry and black bearberry are ripe. Lowbush cranberries are two thirds ripe and there are lots.
July 22
Ester Dome, Ester: Picked a ton of mostly blue, also crowberries, raspberries, red bearberry, nagoonberries. Got a few cloudberries too but they’re overripe and squishy.
July 21
Ester Dome, Ester: Picked tons of blueberries. Many ripe some still not ripe. Also lots of nagoonberries! Lots of lowbush cranberry this year, not ripe yet. Quite a few ripe raspberries. Saw ripe crowberries, cloudberries, timberberries, soapberries.
July 17
Creamer’s Field, Fairbanks: Picked blueberries, cloudberries, and nagoonberries. Black currants are half ripe. Still strawberries in the fields.
July 11
Creamer’s Field, Fairbanks: Picked lots of stawberries, very big this year. Also lots of raspberries. Some blueberries are ready on certain plants. About a third of the cloudberries are ripe.
September 8
Murphy Dome, Fairbanks: Picked lowbush cranberry, crowberry, and black bearberry. Too late for blues but picked one single berry…
August 22
Marsh land, Big Lake: Picked ripe blueberries. Not impressive crop. Picked some overripe cloudberries. Highbush cranberries are almost ripe.