Swamp land, Big Lake: Really good watermelon berries.
July 30
Fish Creek, Knik: Lots of ripe red currants. Some watermelon berries.
August 16
Mat-Su: Blueberries are being picked all over the Valley and Anchorage. Rosehips and watermelon berry, and highbush cranberry are all ripe.
July 19
Swamp land, Big Lake: Picked lots of very nice watermelon berries and red currants. Also domesticated raspberries are doing awesome.
May 12
Turnagain Arm Trail, Anchorage: Serviceberry, watermelon berry, highbush cranberry, baneberry flowering. Lots of blooming wildflowers of white, yellow, and purple (like jacob’s ladder.)
July 20
Resurrection Pass Trail, Hope: Lots of red currants, watermelon berries, and trailing raspberries. High and lowbush cranberries are half ripe. Tons of baneberry, blooming purple and white flowers like monkshead, jacob’s ladder, cow parsnip, etc.
July 31
Fish Creek, Knik: Best watermelon berries I’ve seen. Perfect and everywhere. Lots of plants and many berries per plant. Very tasty.
July 26
Matanuska River Park, Palmer: Lots of really good red currants. Very tasty and ripe. Lots of half ripe highbush cranberry. Some nice watermelon berries. Also lots of soapberry and baneberry around. Also rosehips ready.
July 23
Peters Creek: Watermelon berries good, pretty big, but still green on a few plants.
August 3
Farm Loop, Palmer: Many very ripe watermelon berries. Many highbush cranberries almost ripe, some ripe. Ripe red currants.
Alaska Berry Bog 