Wild berry season is here and the recent precipitation that we have received across the region has plumped the natural morsels.
In this week's "Nature Matters" David Hoole traveled to Moose Lake State Park with naturalist Larry Weber to learn what's in season and what to avoid.
"I was a little concerned this year about the crop of the raspberry because we were so dry, and then we got rain. And it seems to have made a difference you'd find it hard not to eat one like that."
"These particular alder berries are not eaten very much by people, I've known a few who have but not any that do a lot with them. They certainly get eaten by a lot of the birds."
"The purpose of red berries actually most any berries is to get the attention of animals especially birds to eat them. When You're eating a berry you're really doing what the plant wants you to do. I see it as just fitting into the whole scheme of things."
This is June berry the berries kind of look like blueberries they don't taste like blueberries. They're great!"
"A good way to remember choke cherry is to grab a handful of those and eat em."
"There you go, it's called a sack spider. What they can do is open it up, you see the eggs in there? She's guarding her eggs, and probably a little upset so we will close it up again.
"This is gooseberry, and you can see there are spines on there. I think they're good even with the spines. Kinda juicy."
"Blackberry is not ripe, still green. Still have a ways to go. They don't get ripe until well into August."
"The low blueberry needs enough space to get sunlight. A good blueberry patch is still something you don't tell someone about!"
