Our hot, dry summer was tough on my Pacific Northwest Native Huckleberry (vaccinium ovatum) and I had thought the earlier blossoms were just cruising into winter dormancy. An afternoon of raking up leaves, trimming back fronds and general cleanup yielded a nice surprise snack of the late-developing fruit, at least a few handfuls the birds and squirrels left me!
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Very thoughtful of the birds (and squirrels?) to share with you. I am just getting started with blueberries, southern varieties. Planted my first bushes last year and added one more this year of the variety that bore me the most last year. I thought about huckleberries as they are said to be less fussy about sun and soil pH. Nice to hear someone taking the huckleberry route with such easy success.
MikeInBatonRouge
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Nov 24, 2021
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And I just caught one of the little scavengers on camera!
You are very lucky all the same. I always seem to be too busy to go hunting wild berries, but I have told myself that retirement will bring back foraging, it is one of life's great joys.
Fernapple
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Nov 24, 2021
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It certainly is, and in my own back yard!
Better than nothing! Hope you enjoyed.
KateOahu
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Nov 23, 2021
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They were delicious and sweet!
How much did you finally get? Here we got a bumper crop of blueberries. I have a small orchard with some 25 trees but am giving it up as being a part of a gleaners group I can get lot’s of fruit without so much work. At one orchard I was able to get 25+ lbs of blueberries.
JackPedigo
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Nov 23, 2021
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There has to have been MUCH more in past weeks, but the rainy weather kept me from seeing it. I just grabbed a handful several times as I worked, still leaving some volume on the bush, which has grown beautifully to about 5' tall and 4' wide.
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