Local wild blackberries are ripe!  Two weekends ago we started picking berries at the community garden in the wild bramble at the edge of the property.  I just happened to walk by while admiring other gardens and noticed some ripe berries.  We also have a bramble at the end of our street.  This past weekend Pat went to both patches and was amazed at how many berries there were.  Look at his haul:

wild blackberries

It amounted to about a half gallon.  They lasted two days in our house.   They were so amazing!