2011 SEASON LOOKS GOOD! Conditions are very similar to 2008, in which huckleberry season was late, but outstanding… best since the mid 1990s. Not expecting quite as good as 2009, but FAR, FAR better than the miserable crop year in 2010. Adequate snows and the cool spring weather are postponing flowering until after the danger […]
Finding wild huckleberry patches to pick huckleberries takes a bit of elbow grease. But with a little pre-trip planning, and some driving a round, you will find huckleberries and feel the joy of filling your bucket for years to come.
Sandpoint Idaho 1976 Do you recall your very FIRST huckleberry picking excursion? (Or was this year’s bumper crop be your first time?) I can (unfortunately!) still recall the mis-adventures of my first wild purple berry safari! Bear with me (excuse the pun) for a brief huckleberry story… the way it REALLY was, without all the […]