Welcome to the group MizSaige! I hail from the Pacific Northwest as well, Oregon to be exact. If you get tired of the rain, you can send it towards OSU, us beavers need some. As far as the balckberries, they grow like wildfire I have noticed. Everywhere you look, theres more. And they are an invasive species around here as I found out. They are not a native plant life to the Northwest. So clip away!!!!

Jax