Berry Explosion

Yellow cloudberry, or as it is also called – "northern orange", grows in forest and tundra swamps.

In ancient times, this berry was considered a treasure of the North and was often served on the royal table.

In the Arctic cloudberry begins to bloom in June, so the berry is harvested in late July – early August

The most delicious blueberries grow on the southern slopes and forest edges, but also in shady forests.

In some areas, blueberries bloom already in May, but most often in early summer.

You can collect blue-black large and sweet berries already in August.

Blueberries, unlike blueberries, are larger and lighter. Blueberries grow in swampy areas, on peat bogs.

Ripe, sweet, sometimes sour berries can be harvested from the end of July to the beginning of September

The crow (or waterbird) grows in large numbers in the tundra.

Often the crow is confused with blueberries, but its berries are almost black and round, very watery.

The crow can be harvested already in mid-July and until late autumn

Ruby cranberries are found almost everywhere on the Kola Peninsula: in swamps, on mountain slopes, in coniferous forests and birch woodlands.

You can collect cranberries not only in autumn (the best month is September), but also in spring, when the snow comes down.

A berry that has overwintered under a white blanket is considered more juicy and sweet.

Poisonous wild forest berries, which cannot be eaten and which, fortunately, are quite rare, are wolfberry and crow's eye.

The first, bright red in color, grow on the stems of a low shrub of common wolfberry.

The fruits of the crow's eye are similar to blueberries, but they are easy to recognize: only one berry grows on one stem with four large leaves.