Wild Black Berries of Macon

I had a young man came by today wanted to know if I needed my yard mow.  and I noticed he had some berries in his hands and was eating them.  I asked him what they were and he said they were black berries.  "Where did you get them?"  I asked.  He pointed to my yard.  and to my astonishment, I had no idea those plants were edible neither did I know that they were berries.  I was ecstatic. He continue to explained, how the these berries was grew all over Macon.  I was really impressed with his knowledge  of such things.

I then realized that due to my ignorance, I may have been destroying the wild black berries plant or shrubs.  Because I've been trying to so called take care of my yard and I've been pulling these vines to get rid of them, I now know they were wild berries vines.  Stupid of me.  Anyway, now I know better.

fresh picked wild black berries

they are sweet

now I know these leaves belong to the black berries

black berries vines

black berry vine shrub

the stem of black berries are covered with hair like thorns

I found a great site that gives you some info on these wild black berries