Three more edible berries are ripe nearby.  We have a lot of pumpkin berries (Geocaulon lividum) around the house.

While they look gorgeous, edible does not equal tasty.  The pumpkin berries can stay on the plant as yard decoration.

Fortunately the Ptarmigan Berries (also known as alpine bearberries, black bearberries and many other names) are juicy and reasonably tasty.  There aren’t many near the cabin, but there are quite a few in “my” blueberry patch.  I mix them in with the blueberries as I pick.

I found some ripe soapberries (Shepherdia canadensis) nearby while on my bike ride today.  This red berry is edible but has a bitter aftertaste – I haven’t tried it.  A plant can have hundreds of berries and is popular with bears.  Soapberry is in the same family (Elaeagnaceae) as autumn olive.