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Berry bushes in Alaska

 
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Hi all,

Has anyone had success with planting blackberries, raspberries, or any other berry bushes on their property in the Willow/Talkeetna/Trapper Creek area of Alaska? If so, what species? And are you able to keep them coming back on a perennial basis?

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Also consider posting in the regional forum for your area, perhaps you'll get more responses over there, hoping for other folks way up north to respond to you.
 
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Berry bushes sound perfect for Alaska to me.

I have not experience so here is a thread that might offers some ideas:

https://permies.com/t/105546/Growing-food-Alaska
 
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When my spouse and I were wed in Alaska, we were eating salmonberries off of the bush in Seward. Late august. Different microclimate than Talkeetna area, but we did a ~long~ road trip in Alaska, and often found ourselves eating berries.
 
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