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OGTL
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The season is upon us!! The bloobs are ripening nicely. Anybody gone out and picked a few? I picked around 2 cups over at my log shack.
 Love them frozen, covered in milk. And on my Cheerios. 
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turd
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Cool!
I wonder if our Saskatoons are ready, out here?
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OGTL
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Saskatoon berries are so damned good. Twice as good as bloobs, in my mind. There was a nice patch of them over at my old camp, in a stand of poplars. Don't see them too often here though.
Go pick some. 
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turd
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I think I'll have to hunt some down
Wait a minute, I think my dad just bought a pail of them, I might steal some
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Drummer Dave
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Ya, i was out hiking at one of my fav spots and pigged out on the red ones, & found a small patch of blue, which i took a handfull from. Great trail snack, & its free ! 
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flashlightfreak9
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Usually every year we go pick a bunch from a friend. But we haven't been yet. 
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Survivor Kid 909
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Would they also be in Iowa? Im gonna have to look at the local park and see if i can find some!
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OGTL
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They might be, It says on the Wikipedia that they grow all over north america. The ones I picked are the smaller lowbush blueberries, to be found on damp rocky areas, moss, and on the forest floor of jackpine forests. Highbush blueberries are bigger.
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OGTL
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turd
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OGTL
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Mmmm.. Wild picked blueberries, home made blueberry syrup.. home made bread to french toast..
Bloobs: so many possibilities
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turd
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Your posts are making me hungry, OGTL
Don't stain that counter top
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| Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:15 pm |
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Yeah! The juice stains anything it touches. I bet if the Indians used it for dye in the old days..
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I live in central Illinois, where could I find these? Where should I look for the blueberries?
There is a damp wood by my house but I don't think it's an ideal place too look.
There is also another wood by my house, that I have not explored yet.
Both of these woods are really small. I'm not good with large measurements at all but I would say that the damp one is bigger, but it's about... crap, nevermind. Maybe an acre? probably smaller though. Also, there is a small strem that goes through it, but I looked for the sourcce and it comes from a water treatment plant. There are all kinds of deer tracks around here, considering that I am correct on what Deer tracks look like.
However the other one that I have not explored yet has MUCH more deer in it, I am sure, because it is inside of a huge lot, and about 1 out of every 8 times I pass it I see deer chilling outside. (which is really quite often, I go by there multiple times every day), but I'd guess that it's about 1000 feet by 1000 feet. Of course I told you that I'm really bad with distance.
Which one should I look in? I'm going to go exploring in the unexplored one soon anyways, I'm just wondering where they flourish and thus where I would be most likely to find them? Like by a river? in edge areas? etc.
Also, I also go up to my dads every other weekend, and I'm up here right now, and he lives in the suburbs of chicago. Where should I look to find them up here? There are surprisingly still a lot of untouched woods. However they are not very large.
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OGTL
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I'd check in the one you're farmiliar with first, and if you find none, check out the other area.
Lowbush blueberries generally grow in moss, so if there's any around there, check it out.
They'll also grow in fairly dry open areas, a logged forest is a good location.
Alot of the time they grow among rocks (All the ones I've picked so far were picked from crevasses in the rocks, and moss ontop of the rocks. Peat-type soil will also support blueberries.
The bigger variety will be around 3-4 feet high, and should be noticable if you look closely. The others will be growing on sparse terrain, and only 4-10 inches off the ground.
Make sure you have alot of time on your hands if you want to collect any, that first waterbottle took an hour and a half to gather, and the container took two hours.
Hope this helps, good luck.
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