All the berries our berry pickers have been picking need to be made into all those yummy pie slices. We need pie makers on Friday afternoon, August 4 from 12 to 3. We need folks to sell pies on Saturday at the Joyce Daze event. Send an email to joinus@joycedaze.org.
The money we raise goes to a scholarship fund for Crescent School graduating seniors.
The 2017 t-shirts can be purchased at the Blackberry Cafe.
Every year we choose a local people to be the Grand Pioneers of the parade. We find someone that has lived in this area a long time. It is always some one well known and respected in the community. Last year it was Shirley Jean Coker and her daughter Penny. Who will it be this year? Come and see.
Our wild blackberries are also called Pacific blackberry, dewberry, or Douglas berry. The scientific name is Rubus ursinus. It is the only native blackberry in the Pacific Northwest. It grows as a wide, spreading shrub with thorny branches which tangle as they lengthen to form a prickly carpet of vines. Pacific blackberries thrive in a wide range of conditions including in places with seasonal flooding but dry summers, in poor soil or good soil, as undergrowth in shady woodlands, or out in the open in full sun. The white flowers help distinguished it from other blackberries because of their narrow petals. The small edible fruits are dark purple to black and up to 2 centimeters in length. The berries are more delicate, tender, and sweet. The small seeds are less apt to stick in your teeth. Many claim that its small black berries are the tastiest blackberries. James Beard once declared the Pacific blackberry “the uncrowned king of all wild berries.”
Warm sunny days interspersed with rain are perfect growing conditions for the wild blackberries. Our berry pickers are out picking ripe berries to put into our delicious pies. Locals keep their favorite picking spots a secret even from friends.
The buttons for the Joyce Daze Raffle are finished. On Friday, June 3, 2016 starting at 10 a.m., they will be on sale at Swain’s General Store in Port Angeles. The cost is only $1. Proceeds go to scholarships for students graduating from Crescent High School and other local causes.
Update-T-shirts will be available at The Blackberry Cafe starting May 30.
The shirts will be for sale soon at a location in Joyce. They come in two shades of blue. They will cost $15 each. In the picture, they are being modeled by members of the Joyce Daze organizing committee.
On Tuesday, May 10, 2016, the Joyce Daze Organizing Committee will meet at the Joyce Crescent Grange at 7 pm. If you would like to be involved, just show up. We need lots of folks working together to create this fun community event.