Himalayan Blackberry season was slow to arrive, due to a cool and wet
spring. However, the canes are now chock full of ripe berries. I
picked 3 quarts last week in a patch 5 blocks away. Tonight I
picked/ate nearly a quart at the end of the street, and still left
plenty for my neighbors and the birds. Last year there were fears that
a fungus would attack these berries. No chance--these are the toughest
berries in existence. The city of Seattle has named Himmies an invasive
species, and has attempted to eradicate them. Ain't happening. If
people would pick and eat more of them, there would be less for the
birds to eat and propagate.

Cindy

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C.J. Fuller

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Cindy Fuller wrote:
> Himalayan Blackberry season was slow to arrive, due to a cool and wet
> spring. However, the canes are now chock full of ripe berries. I
> picked 3 quarts last week in a patch 5 blocks away. Tonight I
> picked/ate nearly a quart at the end of the street, and still left
> plenty for my neighbors and the birds. Last year there were fears that
> a fungus would attack these berries. No chance--these are the toughest
> berries in existence. The city of Seattle has named Himmies an invasive
> species, and has attempted to eradicate them. Ain't happening. If
> people would pick and eat more of them, there would be less for the
> birds to eat and propagate.
>
> Cindy
>

Lots of wild blackberries and blueberries around here too. I am always
puzzled when someone sees me picking them and says "you eat those?".

I guess that is a statement from the pre-sliced potatoe Applebees has
good food generation.

"Cindy Fuller" > wrote in message
...
> Himalayan Blackberry season was slow to arrive, due to a cool and wet
> spring. However, the canes are now chock full of ripe berries. I
> picked 3 quarts last week in a patch 5 blocks away. Tonight I
> picked/ate nearly a quart at the end of the street, and still left
> plenty for my neighbors and the birds. Last year there were fears that
> a fungus would attack these berries. No chance--these are the toughest
> berries in existence. The city of Seattle has named Himmies an invasive
> species, and has attempted to eradicate them. Ain't happening. If
> people would pick and eat more of them, there would be less for the
> birds to eat and propagate.
>
> Cindy

Do they grow on a thorny bush?
>
> --
> C.J. Fuller
>
> Delete the obvious to email me

In article >,
"Grinner" > wrote:

> Do they grow on a thorny bush?

Yes.

--
Julian Vrieslander

Cindy Fuller wrote:
> Himalayan Blackberry season was slow to arrive, due to a cool and wet
> spring. However, the canes are now chock full of ripe berries. I
> picked 3 quarts last week in a patch 5 blocks away. Tonight I
> picked/ate nearly a quart at the end of the street, and still left
> plenty for my neighbors and the birds. Last year there were fears that
> a fungus would attack these berries. No chance--these are the toughest
> berries in existence. The city of Seattle has named Himmies an invasive
> species, and has attempted to eradicate them. Ain't happening. If
> people would pick and eat more of them, there would be less for the
> birds to eat and propagate.

Berries in the grocers here (Portland) have been expensive and not that
great this year. I may have to hit the U-pick places to see what is
left.

-L.

One time on Usenet, Cindy Fuller >
said:

> Himalayan Blackberry season was slow to arrive, due to a cool and wet
> spring. However, the canes are now chock full of ripe berries. I
> picked 3 quarts last week in a patch 5 blocks away. Tonight I
> picked/ate nearly a quart at the end of the street, and still left
> plenty for my neighbors and the birds. Last year there were fears that
> a fungus would attack these berries. No chance--these are the toughest
> berries in existence. The city of Seattle has named Himmies an invasive
> species, and has attempted to eradicate them. Ain't happening. If
> people would pick and eat more of them, there would be less for the
> birds to eat and propagate.

While hiking along the Duckabush river Thursday, we noticed the
big blackberries were out -- our new pup loves them, but I've always
thought they were too sweet. I like the little ones, but you know how
hard they are to find...

--
"Kthonian" is Jani in WA
~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~

Cindy Fuller wrote:
> Himalayan Blackberry season was slow to arrive, due to a cool and wet
> spring. However, the canes are now chock full of ripe berries. I
> picked 3 quarts last week in a patch 5 blocks away. Tonight I
> picked/ate nearly a quart at the end of the street, and still left
> plenty for my neighbors and the birds. Last year there were fears that
> a fungus would attack these berries. No chance--these are the toughest
> berries in existence. The city of Seattle has named Himmies an invasive
> species, and has attempted to eradicate them. Ain't happening. If
> people would pick and eat more of them, there would be less for the
> birds to eat and propagate.
>

How were they introduced? Thankfully, we still have the native variety
here. It is hard enought to keep under control.

In article . com>,
"SD" > wrote:

> Cindy Fuller wrote:
> > Himalayan Blackberry season was slow to arrive, due to a cool and wet
> > spring. However, the canes are now chock full of ripe berries. I
> > picked 3 quarts last week in a patch 5 blocks away. Tonight I
> > picked/ate nearly a quart at the end of the street, and still left
> > plenty for my neighbors and the birds. Last year there were fears that
> > a fungus would attack these berries. No chance--these are the toughest
> > berries in existence. The city of Seattle has named Himmies an invasive
> > species, and has attempted to eradicate them. Ain't happening. If
> > people would pick and eat more of them, there would be less for the
> > birds to eat and propagate.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
>
>
> I just got back yesterday from the olympic Peninsul and Mount St
> Helens. The very first thing I had to eat in WA state was wild
> blackberries. There was a huge patch right outside my hotel room.
> Himalayan blackberries are listed by the US Department of Agriculture
> as an invasive species, not just the city of Seattle. Interestingly
> enough, it isn't on the Washington State Noxious Weed list. It's one of
> those things left up to local control. BTW, English Ivy is listed as
> an invasive species by the Washington state Noxious Weed Board.
>
> SD

We know from English ivy, the Seattle equivalent of kudzu. The hill
adjacent to the back 40 (square feet) of our yard is awash with it.
Wednesday night a tree that had been killed by ivy crashed into our back
yard, probably destabilized from excavation going on behind us.
Fortunately, nothing was damaged by the fallen tree.

OB Food: Tonight's dinner will be balsamic glazed halibut with sweet
potato wedges, both cooked on the grill. Dessert, if I get industrious,
will be baked peaches with amaretti stuffing and blackberry sauce.

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

Cindy Fuller wrote:
> In article . com>,
> "SD" > wrote:
>
> > Cindy Fuller wrote:
> > > Himalayan Blackberry season was slow to arrive, due to a cool and wet
> > > spring. However, the canes are now chock full of ripe berries. I
> > > picked 3 quarts last week in a patch 5 blocks away. Tonight I
> > > picked/ate nearly a quart at the end of the street, and still left
> > > plenty for my neighbors and the birds. Last year there were fears that
> > > a fungus would attack these berries. No chance--these are the toughest
> > > berries in existence. The city of Seattle has named Himmies an invasive
> > > species, and has attempted to eradicate them. Ain't happening. If
> > > people would pick and eat more of them, there would be less for the
> > > birds to eat and propagate.
> > >
> > > Cindy
> > >
> >
> >
> > I just got back yesterday from the olympic Peninsul and Mount St
> > Helens. The very first thing I had to eat in WA state was wild
> > blackberries. There was a huge patch right outside my hotel room.
> > Himalayan blackberries are listed by the US Department of Agriculture
> > as an invasive species, not just the city of Seattle. Interestingly
> > enough, it isn't on the Washington State Noxious Weed list. It's one of
> > those things left up to local control. BTW, English Ivy is listed as
> > an invasive species by the Washington state Noxious Weed Board.
> >
> > SD
>
> We know from English ivy, the Seattle equivalent of kudzu. The hill
> adjacent to the back 40 (square feet) of our yard is awash with it.
> Wednesday night a tree that had been killed by ivy crashed into our back
> yard, probably destabilized from excavation going on behind us.
> Fortunately, nothing was damaged by the fallen tree.
>
> OB Food: Tonight's dinner will be balsamic glazed halibut with sweet
> potato wedges, both cooked on the grill. Dessert, if I get industrious,
> will be baked peaches with amaretti stuffing and blackberry sauce.
>


We only had one area of English Ivy infestation over in Shelton, on a
hillside on the southwest side of town. The problems where I lived were
a mix of terrestrial and aquatic noxious weeds. The controllable ones
were mostly tansy ragwort and knapweed on land and purple loosestrife
and water millfoil in the lakes and streams. The county I lived in
still refuses to activate the Weed Control Board as mandated under RCW
17.10.040 (1).
I was pretty active in trying to get one formed having to make
presentations before the county commissioners and solicit input from
large landowners in the country.

SD