Wild berries

[KeikoOka]

I love wild berries but think it is really important to only eat a berry that you know what it is. Generally I avoid most red berries because i take red as meaning stop. Do you eat wild berries while you hike?

 

[campclose]

I only eat the ones that I know what they are. There are too many poisonous berries out there and I don't want to eat them. I always tell the kids those berries are for the birds and not us.

 

[northernbushape]

I love to forage while out hiking, but like others, I will only eat what I can positively identify.

 

[Newanderthal]

I'm blessed with blueberries in my area. I find them often and take advantage of them.

 

[Michael]

My area has blackberries, blueberries, and black and red raspberries. If you're very lucky, you can find strawberries as well. You had better believe that I pig out on these whenever I can.

Wild berries are so much tastier than the ones in the market, and I appreciate them so much more when I work up a hunger hiking and then pick them myself. It's a very satisfying experience.

 

[jason]

Up in NY we used to find blue berries and black berries all the time. Once in a while we would come across strawberries, although I knew where a small strawberry patch grew every year and would visit often. Sometimes my mother would send us out for them which was a fun way to spend the day.

 

[Grady]

We have tons of blackberries around here so I eat those when I see them. Other than that, if I'm not entirely sure what it is, I stay away.

 

[NaturallyYours]

Fortunately, berries generally aren't too difficult to identify, in my experience. Mushrooms are what scare me - I went out foraging for them with a friend's family a couple years back and had the hardest time telling one cluster from the next.

 

[Jimbo]

The only wild berries I'll eat is of the blue and black variety. Those are the only one's I know for sure are good to eat.

 

[peanut]

I am not a big berry eater. I like raspberries but you don't find those in the wild very often in the areas I camp and hike. I don't like the seeds getting stuck in my teeth.