There are also native blackberries! But most of what you see in the valleys are the Himalayan variety.
The native blackberries do not form a hedge or grow on top of things. They’re more of a ground cover. The berries are smaller, and in my opinion, tastier. They have much smaller stems as well.
Yeah we went and spent a week up in the Seattle area couple years ago camping and the campsite we were at had blackberries all over it. We’re from an area that these things don’t grow and so my kids were super excited and spent the entire camping trip picking blackberries and eating them.
Fucking mint, never get rid of it.
However, thinking about blackberries, the only solution is fire.
I don’t know which one wins, as long as they win far away from me…
Always plant your mint in a pot. Preferably a suspended one.
I don’t think there was ever a version of Mint that would run on a Blackberry.
You want FEWER blackberries?
The heck is wrong with you?
Himalayan blackberries are a huge issue here in the PNW. They are imported and invasive. Also delicious! But they annihilate native plants.
TIL about a PNW problem!
There are also native blackberries! But most of what you see in the valleys are the Himalayan variety.
The native blackberries do not form a hedge or grow on top of things. They’re more of a ground cover. The berries are smaller, and in my opinion, tastier. They have much smaller stems as well.
Yeah we went and spent a week up in the Seattle area couple years ago camping and the campsite we were at had blackberries all over it. We’re from an area that these things don’t grow and so my kids were super excited and spent the entire camping trip picking blackberries and eating them.
Just outside of Portland, I got to take a field trip in my senior year eco-science class to go cut down blackberry bushes. They gave us machetes!
I think they want fewer brambles, because blackberries are neither the most-voluminous nor the most-annoying part of the bush.