Took the dog for a walk on a part of the property I have not payed much attention to so far and stumbled over about half an acre of wild raspberries. .... I can see a lot of jam in my future and its only a 2 minute walk through the shrubs from where i parked the boat .... I'll take some pictures tomorrow. Fin has learned to pick his own berries and he has an advantage as he can smell the sweetest ones and pick those. He like blackberries better though. ...... ( is it still ok to call them black berries ) ??

Do you have any experience with chiggers. Take the precaution of dousing yourself with OFF before you wade in on the berries. If there are chiggers in there you'll know it in the morning,you probably picked up a few this afternoon looking the patch over.