We finished eating the last of the berry crop in time for our second harvest.
All the berry-bearing plants are female and need a male holly nearby that flowers at the same time in May to be assured of a berry crop.
Blueberries, though, are the king of the state's berry crop.
But this year's unusually poor berry crops are forcing bears to forage in lower elevations like Conifer, a town in the foothills of the Rockies.
The berry crop had failed and the acorns would not ripen until fall.
If it was a weigh-in, the tomato would trounce the berry, but the berry crop is worth almost twice as much as the tomato.
Ten years ago, a "BlackBerry outage" might have referred to the local berry crop having a bad year, but now, it's big news.
But raspberries aren't the only berry crop in the region.
Invasive species included the Asian spotted-wing drosophila which started damaging berry crops in 2012.
This insect is a particularly problematic pest of strawberry in Europe, in some cases responsible for up to 80% loss of the berry crop.
We finished eating the last of the berry crop in time for our second harvest.
All the berry-bearing plants are female and need a male holly nearby that flowers at the same time in May to be assured of a berry crop.
Blueberries, though, are the king of the state's berry crop.
But this year's unusually poor berry crops are forcing bears to forage in lower elevations like Conifer, a town in the foothills of the Rockies.
The berry crop had failed and the acorns would not ripen until fall.
If it was a weigh-in, the tomato would trounce the berry, but the berry crop is worth almost twice as much as the tomato.
Ten years ago, a "BlackBerry outage" might have referred to the local berry crop having a bad year, but now, it's big news.
But raspberries aren't the only berry crop in the region.
Invasive species included the Asian spotted-wing drosophila which started damaging berry crops in 2012.
This insect is a particularly problematic pest of strawberry in Europe, in some cases responsible for up to 80% loss of the berry crop.