Wild Blackberries

Wild Blackberries

There are patches of wild blackberries growing all over the place, but there is a particularly large patch growing along the Northern edge of the garden. We left a strip 10' x 30' of the blackberries when we cleared the main garden this spring. The berries aren't managed in any way so the crop is small and difficult to harvest for the amount of area that they are currently occupying. We started trimming them back in early June as we began to harvest. June seemed to be more productive than July has proven so far, but that first harvest probably heavily weighs in on Junes total.