Backyard Berries
Thimbleberries
The Backyard native plant hedge is in its berry phase! Carrot Soup took Gilly into the Thimbleberry thicket…
Red Elderberries
…and admired the elegant elderberries.
Black Twinberry
They wondered at the doubleness of the Black Twinberry…
Yellow Salmonberry
…and patted the prickly yellow Salmonberry.
Strawberry Pot green
We are all happy for the birds to shelter and feast in the hedge…
Ripe!
…but always hope they leave the strawberries for us!
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Quimper Hittys 
Such a delicious feast! I have never heard of some of your berries! Lovely!
They are all local coastal native plant shrubs – beloved by birds!
Are all your berries edible by the Humans? Such variety! (And beauty!)
The Black Twinberry is not considered edible (by humans), the Elderberry must be cooked first, the Thimbleberry is tasty though seedy, and the Salmonberry is delicious (though some consider it watery and insipid).
Strawberries, on the other hand…
your berry bearing bushes are far ahead of ours! the only berry in our yard so far is the mulberry …and the birds are feasting. Love the photos…always so fun to see Gilly with the “big” girls.
Gilly is always happy to skip around the yard with the big girls!
The Hittys are a storehouse of fun information and knowledge. Thimbleberries and yellow salmonberry are berries I haven’t seen before. The Quimper birds must love the Hittys. Hopefully Gilly was able to reach that luscious ripe strawberry.
Oh yes – she had a little help, but she got it, and a strawberry feast was had by all the Hittys!
Berrying with your Hittys makes for a lot of fun. Do you have insects buzzing around though when picking? They’re somewhat of a menace here. When out mulberrying here, there is definitely a need for netting around one’s face and limbs. Thanks so much for the cheer and color.
We don’t seem to have a lot of insects around here – it is a bit chilly perhaps, or windy, or salty? I wish we had a mulberry bush to go ’round – my Hittys would love that!
Oh your elderberries look different from ours in Indiana. Yours are so plump, ours are tiny things but I love to make elderberry syrup for colds.
The elderberries seem small to me too, but perhaps that is in comparison with the other berries. Elderberry syrup sounds nice – maybe we’ll try making some!