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Birch · Blueberry · Comfrey · Common juniper · Curly dock · Dandelion · Eastern white pine · English oak · elderberry
📍 Clifford Park, Pool St, Biddeford, ME 04005, USA
🗓 Season: July · August · October · November · December · September
🔍 When is it ripe?
Blueberry: Deep blue-purple with a silvery bloom; stem scar (not stem) at the top. Taste is the best test — a truly ripe blueberry is sweet and has no pink flesh inside. Let the cluster go fully blue before picking the whole thing.
Common juniper: Berries take two years to ripen; look for plump, blue-black, waxy berries (not green or unripe purple-brown). The white bloom is natural. Used as a spice for game and gin — 2–3 berries per dish. Do not confuse with toxic yew berries (red with a pit, no bloom).
elderberry: Dark blue-black clusters when ripe. Cook thoroughly before eating — raw berries are mildly toxic. Ripe when all berries are dark and clusters hang downward.
There are plenty of wild blueberries all through-out these woods and plenty of trails.
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