thimbleberries
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colvinch
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thimbleberries
when is the peak time of the summer for these guys. Second week of August was great but we couldn't decide if we were early or at the end of the peak season
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philranger
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Re: thimbleberries
We were there the last week of August 2008. Still lots of berries along the Feldtman loop. I would say the areas with more people around, the less berries you will find.
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Re: thimbleberries
We were there the week after Labor Day and easily picked a couple of nalgenes full in the first part of the week. By the last day they were getting scarce.
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psolimyn
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Re: thimbleberries
thimbleberries are around all summer long but it may not seem like it. the plants are just really big and only get a couple of flowers so compared to raspberries or blueberries, you have to find a Lot of plants that are in the same fruiting phase.... which is time consuming. where i live they're everywhere but i'll still spend several hours gathering enough to make a pie or cobbler.
if you don't mind cheating, buy some thimbleberry jam from the monks in eagle harbor next time you're in the keweenaw... then spread it on a slice of walnut bread they make and wrap in a whiskey soaked cheesecloth...........
if you don't mind cheating, buy some thimbleberry jam from the monks in eagle harbor next time you're in the keweenaw... then spread it on a slice of walnut bread they make and wrap in a whiskey soaked cheesecloth...........
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colvinch
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Re: thimbleberries
psolimyn wrote:thimbleberries are around all summer long but it may not seem like it. the plants are just really big and only get a couple of flowers so compared to raspberries or blueberries, you have to find a Lot of plants that are in the same fruiting phase.... which is time consuming. where i live they're everywhere but i'll still spend several hours gathering enough to make a pie or cobbler.
if you don't mind cheating, buy some thimbleberry jam from the monks in eagle harbor next time you're in the keweenaw... then spread it on a slice of walnut bread they make and wrap in a whiskey soaked cheesecloth...........
my mouth is watering.
Right now I have one jar of jam in the fridge that we got at the Hancock co-op last october, I think if you add some water to the jar you may be able to get some berry flavor out of it since I practically licked it clean