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Here is my very first BB submission!  There is a random wild plum tree that grows in the middle of our little town behind the gas station at the border between two empty lots.  I had a total blast getting in there and climbing between the branches like a little kid, lol.  Picked over 23 lbs today; going back tomorrow with a ladder to get the ones up at the top!  



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Wild Plum Tree
Wild Plum Tree
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Me Picking Plums!
Me Picking Plums!
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23 lbs!
23 lbs!
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This tree is almost certainly in someone's yard but it's looking pretty abandoned. Thankfully the road crew with a lawn mower came by so I didn't have to fight blackberries to reach the pear tree. I've gotten 3 harvest so far.
Pictures of blackberry.
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Feral tree
Feral tree
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Pears 1
Pears 1
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Pears 2
Pears 2
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Slice to make pear fruit leather
Slice to make pear fruit leather
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Pears 3
Pears 3
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Invasive himilayan blackberry
Invasive himilayan blackberry
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Invasive evergreen blackberry
Invasive evergreen blackberry
 
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Fall pear picking.  This tree is next to the road a few miles from my house.  
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Pear tree near the road
Pear tree near the road
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Pears! Canning BB is next!
Pears! Canning BB is next!
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Note: I'd say it's way more than twenty pounds!

 
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Autumn olives grow all over pastures here. It's treated like a weed in most places, but these I found on a dirt road, and there were thousands to harvest! I'd count this as a "small, pin, or bush cherry" they're not in the same family, they are called Autumn Olives, or Silverberries. they're about the size of a pea and have a little seed/pit shaped like a tomato that is edible. Great in pies, tarts, fruit leather, jam, even ketchup!
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berries on the shrub
berries on the shrub
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way over 2 pounds this haul
way over 2 pounds this haul
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Earlier this year, I harvested bush cherries. This species is also known as "Nanking Cherry."
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cherries on bush
cherries on bush
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over 2 lbs of cherries
over 2 lbs of cherries
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I found highbush cranberries, also known as cramp bark. Now I'm excited to make a "cranberry" sauce and have the bark medicine!
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cranberries on the bush
cranberries on the bush
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on the scale
on the scale
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I don't have a scale but this is about 7 cups of cherries and I would be surprised if it isn't two pounds. With the pits and all atleast.
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Chokecherry tree
Chokecherry tree
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Cherries.
Cherries.
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To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
- one pound (total) of:
     o blackberries (tiny varieties)

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I harvested over a pound of small blackberries, with my daughter eating them nearly as fast as I could pick them. The photos show 4.45 oz + 6.3 oz + 6.95 oz = over 17 oz (16 oz = 1 pound)
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4.45 oz
4.45 oz
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6.3 oz
6.3 oz
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6.95 oz
6.95 oz
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Foraging for blackberries
Foraging for blackberries
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Picking a blackberry
Picking a blackberry
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It's that time of the year folks, blackberries are ripening. I'm only bleeding a little after this. I harvested these small blackberries that the birds planted for me.

819g=1.805586lb
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Here's my submission for this BB. I was able to find plenty of chokecherries around here last fall. I've included a picture of one of the trees, plus some in a bag from an initial foraging trip, and the rest in a bowl. I've included a picture of the bowl tared on the scale to show its weight wasn't included.

Thanks!
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The black raspberry season is winding down here, but the past month's haul was nice,  > 20 lbs total in the freezer.  Family prolly ate as much.





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The source of most of the black raspberries. Don't need a safety rail if the retaining wall is guarded by brambles.
The source of most of the black raspberries. Don't need a safety rail if the retaining wall is guarded by brambles.
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12.85 oz
12.85 oz
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21.15 oz
21.15 oz
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10.00 oz
10.00 oz
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16.00 oz
16.00 oz
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17 oz of fresh blackberries (a little over a pound, as a pound is 16 oz). going to pick more tomorrow
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32 oz blackberries
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plant
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32 oz
32 oz
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berries up close
berries up close
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More than two pounds of fresh red elderberries. The plan is to cook and seed and use as an accent in a fermented hot sauce.
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I picked three quarts and a cup of elderberries. I didn't weigh them but I would guess it's more than two pounds.
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Thirteen cups worth.
Thirteen cups worth.
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Elderberry bush.
Elderberry bush.
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Note: I'm so sorry, Dave. The picture of them on a scale is required. 3 quarts is great, but close enough to 2 pounds that I can't tell for sure if you hit the 2 pound mark. I know its probably too late, but you didn't happen to get a picture of them on a scale, did you?

 
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I had a great year for raspberries, despite the drought. and came home with 80 oz/5 pounds of raspberries when it was all said and done. These come from my favorite park.(I also found some gooseberries, yum C:)
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A raspberry cluster
A raspberry cluster
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My hands were turning purple c:
My hands were turning purple c:
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Collection early on, before I hit the motherlode
Collection early on, before I hit the motherlode
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End of the day raspberry haul, 80.2 oz's/ 5.01 lbs
End of the day raspberry haul, 80.2 oz's/ 5.01 lbs
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I also had a pretty good year for Mulberries: Here's what came from a bout an hour of harvesting: 50.6oz, or 3.16lbs
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One of the Mulberry trees
One of the Mulberry trees
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Mulberries weighed- 50.6oz
Mulberries weighed- 50.6oz
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Submitted for your viewing pleasure, 2 pounds of sunchokes from a few plants I found down my walking path. I've been eyeing them all season and was happy to get out before our first bout of snow.
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One sunchoke plant- suffering from some powdery mildew
One sunchoke plant- suffering from some powdery mildew
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Me digging them up
Me digging them up
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Home and weighed out: 2.09 lb
Home and weighed out: 2.09 lb
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Kia ora, my first Submission for an NZ attempt at PEP. Hopefully it makes the northern winters feel a bit warmer
All harvested from a wild blackberry patch in a farm drain on the roadside
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Deep in the blackberry patch growing in the ditch on the side of the road
Deep in the blackberry patch growing in the ditch on the side of the road
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2lb 7 ounces of fresh blackberries washed and ready for processing
2lb 7 ounces of fresh blackberries washed and ready for processing
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This was a 2 day activity. First I found the mulberry trees and tried to stow away as many as I could but the trees were just SO tall! The second day I brought a garbage can to stand on and a tarp to collect the berries. It took a fraction of the time on the second day. The jars were split between how they would be used: fresh eating, seed saving, freezing, and another fresh eating jar (for the second day).
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Huckleberries!! Carissa showed Kelly and I a lovely patch. I brought back 1 lb, 5oz
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Lovely huckleberry bush
Lovely huckleberry bush
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Scale is tared at 0
Scale is tared at 0
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Showing weight of 1 lb, 5oz
Showing weight of 1 lb, 5oz
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It's serviceberry time kids!  
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my bush
my bush
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pound and some change
pound and some change
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view inside
view inside
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There are so many serviceberries at WL! So delicious!

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I collected 1 1/4 pounds of serviceberries during the SKIP 2024 event at Wheaton Labs. Then, shared them with the many hungry residents of Cooper Cabin.
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Serviceberry bush
Serviceberry bush
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1.25 lbs in about 3 hours.
1.25 lbs in about 3 hours.
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While foraging at Wheaton Labs, I was able to gather one pound of serviceberries (which will later be turned into muffin or most likely pie).
The following photos show the serviceberry plant the foraged food came from, as well as the picture of the bounty on a scale showing the weight.

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We picked serviceberries today!
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Over 1 pound of serviceberries
Over 1 pound of serviceberries
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Berries on the bush
Berries on the bush
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The blackberries are comin on something fierce near our “seasonal creek” aka the irrigation canal.
These are not intentionally cultivated, rather have exploded out of control for many years, and after seeing them go both unmanaged and unharvested the entire time I’ve lived here, I took matters into my own hands. Literally.

I harvested over 6lbs today!

Question for the reviewers: I split this into two bowls, after measuring all together. If i submit the 4lb bowl in a second post, would that count as “do 2 more” out of the “do 4 more from the fresh list” or would you all prefer I submit 4 individual posts of 2lb bowls each? (Trying to balance meeting requirements with not spamming folks and making life easier for reviewers).
Thank you!! :)
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Explosion of shrubbery
Explosion of shrubbery
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Evidence of unmanaged: note prior years berries on dead vines
Evidence of unmanaged: note prior years berries on dead vines
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Harvesting (yes I was thigh deep in water to get these)
Harvesting (yes I was thigh deep in water to get these)
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Transfer bowl was a godsend for my shoulders
Transfer bowl was a godsend for my shoulders
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Measuring bowl tared
Measuring bowl tared
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Todays entire harvest
Todays entire harvest
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The two pounds I’d like to submit for a single instance of the fresh list (note second identical Pyrex bowl full of 4lbs in the background)
The two pounds I’d like to submit for a single instance of the fresh list (note second identical Pyrex bowl full of 4lbs in the background)
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Note: oooh! blackberry picking! What a great day! Good picts.

 
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Hiked up a mountain a picked just shy of 4.5 lbs of huckleberries this morning, I thought well
I better go check and look to see if it’s apart of the curriculum, sure enough 😊
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I found nanking cherries in a nearby open space. They're so small that my manual cherry pitter won't effectively remove the pits.

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Note: looks like you did it right, Alex. How did those taste? They look under-ripe, but maybe they're a paler variety?

 
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I found so many delicious plum trees in the valley by a ditch in my local open space. I harvested them using reusable grocery bags but I couldn't easily weight the flexing bag so I weighed 3 mixing bowls and divided the harvest between the 3 bowls since my scale couldn't handle weighing more than 11lbs when I attempted to use a 5gal bucket.

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      o plums

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 - A picture of the bounty on a scale showing the weight (or you have so much, there is no need to weigh it)
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Note: wonderful! Now what to do with so many plums??

 
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I found elderberries in the wild for the first time this past Sunday. I harvested a bunch and was all happy I had over a pound only to find out I needed 2 lbs. for this BB. I went back today and now I have enough. 2 lbs. 0.35oz.
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harvesting
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Sunday, scale zeroed
Sunday, scale zeroed
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sunday 1lb 1.25oz
sunday 1lb 1.25oz
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Wednesday, scale zeroed
Wednesday, scale zeroed
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Wednesday, 15.10 oz
Wednesday, 15.10 oz
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I’d like to submit this single post for the entire

do 4 more items from the fresh list (duplicates from the fresh list are okay)



I’ve harvested a total of 7 more pounds of blackberries and 2 pounds of elderberries.
Both of these items are in the 2 pound list, so hoping I can count the blackberries as do 3 and the elderberries as rounding out my 4th.

Please let me know if this would be better as 4 individual posts for each!
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Harvesting blackberries 7/29
Harvesting blackberries 7/29
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4 pounds of berries 7/29 (compliment to earlier post)
4 pounds of berries 7/29 (compliment to earlier post)
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Harvesting blackberries 8/7
Harvesting blackberries 8/7
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3 pounds of blackberries (complement to Dry List #1)
3 pounds of blackberries (complement to Dry List #1)
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Elderberries in the wild!
Elderberries in the wild!
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This was a fun picture - being washed
This was a fun picture - being washed
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2 pounds of elderberries! (Really glad I walked to that last bush)
2 pounds of elderberries! (Really glad I walked to that last bush)
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Apples! I didn't tare the container because I *obviously* exceeded the 20lb mark.

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- twenty pounds of:
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Clarifications:
 - The 1 lb list or the 2 lb list can comprise any combination of the foraged foods listed to add up to the required weight (ie one pound of chokecherries and a pound of mulberries satisfies the 2 lb list)
 - Apples from a neighbor don’t count here.  
 - Apples from a homestead that has been abandoned for at least five years does count.  
 - Apples oddly growing in a place where there has never been any cultivation counts too (probably a discarded apple core led to the tree).  
 - Apples that are the result of guerilla gardening do count.
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I beat the squirrels this year to some black walnuts- 24 lbs.
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black walnut tees
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couple nuts just hanging out
couple nuts just hanging out
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24 lbs
24 lbs
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Picked over 2lbs of elderberries from the wild.
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Elderberry bush
Elderberry bush
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More than 2lbs elderberries
More than 2lbs elderberries
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I didn’t put it on the scale because it was obviously more than 2lbs. I think you can see this from the amount that’s in the basket.
Instructions say:  - A picture of the bounty on a scale showing the weight (or you have so much, there is no need to weigh it)
 
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Wait, I'm confused now. who did the elderberry picking, Katherine or Laura?
 
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Sorry, the computer must have been logged in to my mom’s account. I (Laura) did the picking.
 
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