Peters Creek: Watermelon berries good, pretty big, but still green on a few plants.
July 22
Kincaid Park, Anchorage: Lots of ripe raspberries. Ripe rose hips. Some ripe red currants. Lots of elderberries everywhere.
June 15
Farm Loop, Palmer: All the wildflowers going wild, still tons of bluebells.
May 24
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.
May 3
Fairbanks: Official Chena Ridge greenup day.
September 2
Carlo Creek, Cantwell/Denali Park: On trails into alpine areas. Some of the best red currants I’ve seen, growing like grapes in a vineyard. Ripe and delicious and incredibly plentiful. Many ripe blueberries, juicy but not as tasty as the Fairbanks berries. Many ripe crowberries and other alpine berries.
August 9
Quartz Lake, Delta Junction: Picked black currants, red currants, raspberries, coltsfoot, highbush cranberry. Other berries ripe.
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 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.