General Outdoor Discussion
blue berries
Normally I can find tons of blueberry bushes in the wild but finding berries on them is a whole nother matter. I just have that knack for finding only the most sterile bushes. Last week I was out in the muggies and buggies checking bear baits and a crow literally led me from bait pile to a large patch of wild blues. Craziest thing I can recall happening in the woods. So over the next week I put in a few hours a day, got several quarts of tiny and very flavorful berries. Didn't even bother dragging any family along as I knew I would just hear too much whining about the working conditions. Wife used up a lot of them berries making pancakes every morning. All I can say is WOW the taste of wild berries far out classes the store boughts.
Got 4 lbs 5 oz today in 5 1/2 hours. concentrated mostly on blueberries not bilberries some starting to fall off some still to come. My main spot had big ones my other spot 8 miles away had small ones and not as many. probably one more week and they are done producing. Douglas county Barnes area. Not as good as the last two years that had a picking rate of a pound an hour.
Even better than last year 7 hours 7lbs 14 oz The berries were huge and in clumps for easy picking. Did one 15 foot circle for an hour and a half Phenomenal. I was picking mostly bilberry and then over about 40 feet I found a huge blueberry patch that I picked for the last hour and a half. I did not go to my other spot that has more blueberries , may go there later this week
This recipe seems odd, however it is outstanding! I replace the cookie topping called for with 50/50 crushed graham crackers and oatmeal.
