[Tweeters] Blackberries?

[Jim Betz via Tweeters]

   I do not remember asking this before - but I may have - they say that 
your
memory is the 3rd thing to go ... and I can't remember the first two.

   At least part of why I asked is because I was out birding and 
noticing that
the Himalayan (I always thought the name was due to their size and shape)
Blackberries are ready for picking in many locations here in Skagit County.
   As a kid we used planks (2x8 to 2x12 x 8 to 12 feet long) ... we 
stood the
plank on end and pushed it out onto the berries and then walked out onto
it allowing us access to the berries not on the edges of the patch.

   I have often seen birds in the blackberries, just never seen them feeding
on the berries.

  - Jim in Skagit (where I'm guessing Gary would like to be so he can 
pick berries while birding)