Swamp land, Big Lake: Nice red currants, a few ripe and most half ripe. Noticed fireweed is blooming around.
June 21
Marsh land, Big Lake: Cloudberries almost ready.
June 17
Ester Dome, Ester: Has been hot statewide and high/extreme fire danger. Rose petals mostly off, some rosehips, lots of rose galls. Tons of wildflowers: tall jacob’s ladder, yellow cinquefoil, dogwood, labrador tea, cotton grass, capitate valarian, etc. Extra lots of bluebell. Raspberry flowering with some green berries. Abundant nagoonberry flowering. Cloudberry finishing flowering. Soapberry ripe. Red currant, crowberry, and highbush/lowbush cranberry have green berries. Nice green blueberries with some purple color.
June 8
Ester Dome, Ester: Wild roses and bluebells fully blooming.
June 26
Mat-Su: Noticed “first” fireweed blooming, then started seeing it everywhere.
June 23
Marsh land, Big Lake: Blueberries are big and green.
June 18
Matanuska River Park, Palmer: Highbush cranberries have big green berries. Record heat and “extreme” fire danger level.
June 1
Big Lake: Arctic starflower are blooming like crazy everywhere. They’re especially good this year. Lots of dogwood too. Cloudberries are flowering still. Many roses blooming. It’s been hot and dry.
June 15
Farm Loop, Palmer: All the wildflowers going wild, still tons of bluebells.
June 28
Donnelly Dome, Delta Junction: Gathered eskimo potato, coltsfoot, labrador tea, rose petals, fireweed, arnica. Wind like a hot blow dryer.
Alaska Berry Bog 