We went on a berry picking trip on Tuesday to Telkwa. We picked an ice cream pail each of highbush cranberries and rose hips even though it was very much the end of the season. Next week we will make jelly.
It was a beautiful fall day with the wind blowing and the weather changing quickly from sunshine, clouds and rain. We built a fire in the woodstove of the picnic shelter where we had our lunch. Our hands were so cold from picking and the wind. Next year we will have to get out about two weeks earlier to make it easier to see the berries as well as to get them at the peak of the season. The cranberry bushes had already lost their leaves so they were harder to see. With so many leaves off the trees though, we had great views of Tyhee Lake and the fall colours on the opposite hillside.
Wild berries are one of the most amazing food sources we have here ranking high against the wild salmon run. Huckleberry, Blueberry, Cranberry and Saskatoons...nothing is more thrilling than the free bounty offered by woods! And these are just the most plentiful berries...I’ve seen wild raspberries, currants, gooseberries...
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