Sounds like a lot of work. Up here in the Great White North, the snow knocks the canes down in the winter, new ones come up in the spring, & we pick from now until nearly September. Still have to fight through the thorns, but it's still better than multiflora rose.... I just picked almost a quart of nice, plump wild berries this morning in about 10 - 15 minutes in 2 little patches around the house, & there's lots more where they came from. They're not giant berries like the commercial cultivars, but they eat just as good. I'll have to put my pickin' clothes on today & go down into the old pasture before the birds get them. We missed most of the red & black raspberries this year, but the blackberries & blueberries are making up for it....
