Thimble berry

Delicate thimbleberries ( Rubus parviflorus ) ready to be eaten Summer is the season of berries and in July, the warm sun ripens an un...

I have this dream of someday growing all our own food for a full year right on our homestead. We've been slowly expanding our orchard and fruit production over the years, working toward that dream.

Thimbleberries, also known as large-flowering raspberries, salmonberries, or Rubus parviflorus, are a common understory plant in mixed deciduous forests. Their distribution ranges across western and northern North America, throughout most states and provinces west of the Rockies and into the Great Lakes region. The red berries have a sweet-tart and slightly spicy flavor and are excellent for eating out of hand or for making wine, pie or jam.

Named for its thimble like berries, this deciduous shrub has beautiful maple like leaves and edible berries for humans.

These resemble raspberries, but the leaves on the bushes are broad like maple leaves -and they are delicious! A real treat out in the woods!

Thimble Berry

As you know I live at a summer camp next to a lake. Well, all around our house and the back acreage of camp has thimble berries. Last year, I decided to try making jam with them and found out that we really liked it. So I decided I'd do it again this year. This morning we woke to buckets of water falling from the sky. So there went my plan to pick them today. Luckily, the sun came out in the late afternoon. While my husband watched a movie with the girls, I went out and picked as many as I…

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