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Old Salt
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Re: Wild berries
Reply #10 - May 30th, 2007 at 12:55pm
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What is the earliest you'll find blueberries, and where do you look for them?


1) Day 1 of canoe trip (late June)
2) Southfacing granite expanses. They are low to ground, usually about ankle high, and you can easily spend a couple of hours pickin' & grinnin'. They are good in pancakes, bannock, and many other dishes. In a 'normal' year, they will mature about mid-July, but I've seen 'em in late June into August, depending on year.

When are you going?
  
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Reply #11 - May 30th, 2007 at 1:47pm
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Doesn't sound like I'll get to enjoy them. I'll be in the north central part of the Q from June 19 to the 27th.
  
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Reply #12 - May 30th, 2007 at 2:47pm
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Don't give up. They may be in during last few days of trip. I would at least look.
  
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Reply #13 - Jul 23rd, 2007 at 11:25pm
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What is the earliest you'll find blueberries, and where do you look for them?


I know this is a little late, but in regards to "when to look."  For me it's always been Red, White, and Blueberry.  The Fourth of July weekend I scout to my favorite patches and check on the condition.

This year, because of the lack of snow (cold temps with no snow can kill the plants) and low rain fall I was expecting the worst (last year was terrible for berry picking).

However, I was pleasantly surprised to find lots of good, plump berries.  Over two weekends my wife and I picked about 6 gallons of wild blueberries.

Where to look?  Rocky hills with Jack Pine...

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Blueberry pancakes.... yum.

-Shane
  
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Reply #14 - Jul 24th, 2007 at 3:33pm
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instead of looking at your feet, Grin look straight ahead, they are usually head high Tongue

oh, and they are navy blue!
  
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Reply #15 - Jul 24th, 2007 at 4:42pm
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(Thinking I must be missing a joke here but just in case I'm not...)

Highbush blueberries might be head-high, but you won't find highbush berries in canoe country.

Wild blueberry plants rarely grow taller than mid-calf.

Also:

Blueberries can come in earlier than the 4th, too.  Spydor is right that most years few will show up before then but this year the crop was early.  We had no trouble picking berries enough to put in a batch of pancakes and in a batch of oatmeal.  Had I seriously thought we'd find so many this early, I'd have brought some bannock mix or muffin mix.
  
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Reply #16 - Jul 29th, 2007 at 5:00pm
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Just got back from a trip to the Bdubs. Ripe blueberries were on virtually every portage trail. Raspberries, too. Even found a few late strawberries. Thimbleberries should ripen by late August.

Blueberries need exposure to the sun but appreciate some daytime shade to grow best.
  
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Reply #17 - Aug 6th, 2007 at 10:53am
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we just came back on August 1st and the Blueberries were on their way out, a month ago they were everywhere.

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Reply #18 - Aug 15th, 2007 at 4:09am
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As this new picture from my album in the Inukshuk Photo Gallery shows, the (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) were still going strong on an island in a "secret" location on Ogishkemuncie the second week in August.

Hint: To find those big ones, look for areas (depressions) where water can collect as it drains down the sides of the rocks.

Strawberries were long gone, raspberries were tiny, but everywhere, and rose hips and thimbleberries were just starting to come on.

-aj
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Reply #19 - Aug 15th, 2007 at 9:10pm
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asmjock wrote on Aug 15th, 2007 at 4:09am:
a "secret" location


Here we go again Wink Grin
  
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