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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raptor99" data-source="post: 807411" data-attributes="member: 45669">Nice! We were in the midst of moving, so we only were able to harvest a few pounds, which we will probably save for pies. Do you have any tips for harvesting blackberries? It seems very labor intensive to pick them one by one. Toward the end we tried cutting off clusters and then removing the berries. That made it a little easier, but still a lot of work for each pound. Even the fully ripe berries did not come off the stem easily. How long did it take you to pick 124 lbs?!I discovered that we have three different types of wild black berries on the property. One is the invasive himalayan blackberries that grow on tall canes. Those do not have as much flavor. We also have two varieties of "trailing" blackberries that grow along the ground. They are a bit smaller, but have a very nice flavor. I think that one of them might be these: <a href="https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/rubus-ursinus" target="_blank">Rubus ursinus | Landscape Plants | Oregon State University</a></blockquote>

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