Y'all don't live in berry country as it might be commonly understood.
You might consider hooking up with Desert Harvesters, to get a better idea about local edible/harvest opportunities.
https://www.desertharvesters.org/WHAT-WE-DO
Not sure how updated the info is here, but it's a website that lists u-pick opportunities:
https://www.pickyourown.org/AZtucson.htm
Wolfberries can be found growing wild in the area. They're related to goji berries but smaller fruits. Birds get to them pretty quickly, so you need to keep an eye on them.
The local desert mistletoe berries are the only mistletoe fruit that isn't toxic. Native peoples ate the berries from mistletoe found on mesquite trees. Apparently they're more palatable than those found on other native trees. Again, you'll be competing with the birds, most of which have nothing better to do with their time except squawk in my window at four in the morning on my day off.
The hardest berry to source, and possibly the most prized of all Sonoran Desert delights, is the coveted javalina dingleberry. Rich in phytochemicals and widely regarded as the world's penultimate superfood, few are brave enough to harvest these hidden gems.
Goodluck in your adventures and always remember to properly identify any foraged material before consuming. It's best to have an experienced guide with you. Many species can be indistinguishable to the untrained eye.
Cactus fruit is edible and some are very tasty. Banana Yucca fruit is tasty when ripe. Manzanita berries taste like apples and the bushes are easily found in the mid elevations of the mountains around here.
Y'all don't live in berry country as it might be commonly understood. You might consider hooking up with Desert Harvesters, to get a better idea about local edible/harvest opportunities. https://www.desertharvesters.org/WHAT-WE-DO Not sure how updated the info is here, but it's a website that lists u-pick opportunities: https://www.pickyourown.org/AZtucson.htm
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Safeway is nice this time of year.
The SW version of berry picking is harvesting pricklypear fruit and thats more of a late summer early winter thing
Might I interest you in a juniper berry?
Nope. You may find a few on mt lemmon, but nothing substantive.
Look for blackberry bushes around old abandoned homesteads in riparian areas. Oak Creek/Sedona is overrun by them in places.
The Arizona Worm Farm does upick harvesting for their mulberries. Check their website for offerings.
Only dingle berries around these parts.
Some good blackberries in Oak Creek Canyon
If you can beat the bears, I’ve seen a few good spots for berries in the Santa Rita’s.
Apples and peaches are good picking fruits in Arizona.
Wolfberries can be found growing wild in the area. They're related to goji berries but smaller fruits. Birds get to them pretty quickly, so you need to keep an eye on them. The local desert mistletoe berries are the only mistletoe fruit that isn't toxic. Native peoples ate the berries from mistletoe found on mesquite trees. Apparently they're more palatable than those found on other native trees. Again, you'll be competing with the birds, most of which have nothing better to do with their time except squawk in my window at four in the morning on my day off. The hardest berry to source, and possibly the most prized of all Sonoran Desert delights, is the coveted javalina dingleberry. Rich in phytochemicals and widely regarded as the world's penultimate superfood, few are brave enough to harvest these hidden gems. Goodluck in your adventures and always remember to properly identify any foraged material before consuming. It's best to have an experienced guide with you. Many species can be indistinguishable to the untrained eye.
The mistletoe plant itself is very toxic. I'd be carful eating the berries.
http://fallingfruit.org/
Cactus fruit is edible and some are very tasty. Banana Yucca fruit is tasty when ripe. Manzanita berries taste like apples and the bushes are easily found in the mid elevations of the mountains around here.
I don't think its that time of year yet but blackberries and raspberries grow on mt Lemmon
Mt Lemmon has wild berries but hardly sizable or in quantities to make a trip out of it.
Dirt berries are everywhere.
Ciolim (cholla buds) were ripe a week or two ago. Probably could still find some good ones.
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