Thanks for the input !
Rick, we do have the native blueberries, which is why I thought it should be almost a no-brainer that we could grow them, but apparently not... I have the variety "Northblue", which I planted 5 of two years ago; the first year they didn't do much but otherwise looked okay and I figured they were just growing roots and getting ready to grow in the following season. Then last year -- after having the horrendously cold winter -- their leaves were completely bright yellow, obviously not a good sign. Tried a number of the "recommended" things for acidifying the soil around them, in fact I ended up actually completely digging the plants out so I could amend the soil with peat moss, sulfur, etc., and they had extremely small root structures. Still waiting to see how they look this spring of course, and if they still aren't thriving I plan to put them in some big pots where maybe I can control the soil pH a little easier; I hate to give up on them, but I pretty much refuse to grow things that I have to constantly fight with! I guess I can always go back to searching out the wild berries
After doing a little more googling about the Saskatoons, I see they are also called "June berries," which I think most people in our area know them as... I might plant a couple of them to share with the birds (or, maybe I should say "and hope the birds will share some with me"
), regardless of what the blueberries end up doing.
