On Thursday Stuey and I found the first ripe blueberries of the year - at least the first I've seen. This is 3 weeks later than the first blueberry of last year. I also noticed that the fireweed is starting to bloom. So summer is peaking and the end is nigh.
It is a horrible berry year. There are very few salmonberries or blueberries to be found. Funnily enough but there are decent numbers of blueberries and salmonberries up in the alpine. I think this is because they were protected from the cold winds of winter under a blanket of snow. But down low the pickings are pretty bad. Stuey and I could not find any blueberries at all under the trees in Abercrombie. And yet the red currants in my yard have a bumper crop of berries this year. So not all berries are doing badly - just blueberries and salmonberries.
I guess we'll be climbing the mountains for our blueberries this year! Patrick
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