Blackberries

Oregonrain · 03-25-2014, 06:16 PM

Do ya'll have blackberries out there? I like to pick them and make jams and pies. We've got them growing all along our roads and in the woods and even places you don't want them, like flower beds...

pcmc · 03-25-2014, 06:26 PM

i5 here, Blackberry's are a bit out dated.

Slickcraft · 03-25-2014, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Oregonrain

Do ya'll have blackberries out there? I like to pick them and make jams and pies. We've got them growing all along our roads and in the woods and even places you don't want them, like flower beds...

We have them but nothing like Oregon, which we have experienced. Here you have to find back-country areas that were timbered a few years ago - just long enough but not too long ago. So the spots change year to year. My wife makes jelly which she likes, I prefer raspberry jam.

Oregonrain · 03-25-2014, 06:40 PM

I guess I could plant a few canes wherever we happen to settle. Oregon is overrun with blackberries.

dickiej · 03-26-2014, 05:29 AM

Greetings!
Where are you from in Oregon? My kids have a business in hood river......my second favorite place on earth after lake winni! They call Oregon New England on steroids! Maybe you can post some pics to show people in New England how beautiful Oregon is.

Pineedles · 03-26-2014, 08:23 AM

The one berry that runs rampant is blueberry bushes. You can find them growing wild everywhere.

Greene's Basin Girl · 03-26-2014, 10:33 AM

I am so glad we have a number of blueberry bushes. We enjoy blueberry pie all year long. We are very protective of our lakefront blueberry bushes. We have to put no trespassing signs so boaters won't pick the berries off our land.

Oregonrain · 03-26-2014, 11:16 AM

I plan on having a lot of berry bushes and fruit trees as well as a garden. It's good to know blueberries grow there!

pcmc · 03-26-2014, 12:12 PM

My mother used to make jelly and pies when I was a kid. Brings back some great memories. Now maybe once a year she gets the 'umph' to make a pie a surprise us. Nice thread.

wifi · 03-26-2014, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Green's Basin Girl

....We have to put no trespassing signs so boaters won't pick the berries off our land.

Likewise, we have blueberry bushes growing on the lakefront, but it isn't the boaters that give us the problem, its the birds !! (my lab would swim out and lick the boaters to death)

I'd love to put in some blackberry bushes tho

03-25-2014, 06:16 PM	#1
Oregonrain Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: For now I live in Lebanon, OR, but this summer I'll be living somewhere in the Lakes Region Posts: 144 Thanks: 199 Thanked 26 Times in 19 Posts	Blackberries Do ya'll have blackberries out there? I like to pick them and make jams and pies. We've got them growing all along our roads and in the woods and even places you don't want them, like flower beds...

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pcmc Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 412 Thanks: 211 Thanked 106 Times in 73 Posts	i5 here, Blackberry's are a bit out dated.

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03-25-2014, 06:40 PM	#4
Oregonrain Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: For now I live in Lebanon, OR, but this summer I'll be living somewhere in the Lakes Region Posts: 144 Thanks: 199 Thanked 26 Times in 19 Posts	I guess I could plant a few canes wherever we happen to settle. Oregon is overrun with blackberries.

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dickiej Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: White Salmon, WA Posts: 299 Thanks: 21 Thanked 171 Times in 93 Posts	Greetings! Where are you from in Oregon? My kids have a business in hood river......my second favorite place on earth after lake winni! They call Oregon New England on steroids! Maybe you can post some pics to show people in New England how beautiful Oregon is.

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Pineedles Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moultonborough & CT Posts: 2,542 Thanks: 1,071 Thanked 667 Times in 366 Posts	The one berry that runs rampant is blueberry bushes. You can find them growing wild everywhere.

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Greene's Basin Girl Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Moultonborough, NH Posts: 1,515 Thanks: 394 Thanked 527 Times in 269 Posts	I am so glad we have a number of blueberry bushes. We enjoy blueberry pie all year long. We are very protective of our lakefront blueberry bushes. We have to put no trespassing signs so boaters won't pick the berries off our land.

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03-26-2014, 11:16 AM	#8
Oregonrain Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: For now I live in Lebanon, OR, but this summer I'll be living somewhere in the Lakes Region Posts: 144 Thanks: 199 Thanked 26 Times in 19 Posts	I plan on having a lot of berry bushes and fruit trees as well as a garden. It's good to know blueberries grow there!

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pcmc Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 412 Thanks: 211 Thanked 106 Times in 73 Posts	My mother used to make jelly and pies when I was a kid. Brings back some great memories. Now maybe once a year she gets the 'umph' to make a pie a surprise us. Nice thread.

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