The thornless blackberries started leafing out in the last few days. The thorned ones started a week ago. I mowed the orchard today and there was a big difference in the amount of weeds under the thorned and thornless blackberries. I think the early leaves on the thorned bushes helped shade out a lot of the weeds. Also they didn't lose as many of their leaves over winter as the thornless ones.

All of the blueberries are flowering. For some reason only the new plants have much leaf growth. I suspect it's because they came from the warmer climate in Mississippi.

I brought back two Southern Highbush blueberries from Mississippi and they already have the makings of berries. They're growing in pots. I think they ripen a month before Rabbiteye varieties. If they are good producers I might grow a row just to have some early berries.