If you are versed in horticulture and other plant-related sciences, you might also wonder if western huckleberries are really huckleberries. Those of us who live and pick these wild berries in the Pacific Northwest will valiantly defend our precious huckleberries. But the OPD website offers an article by Crystal Ligori explaining how huckleberries are not […]
Over the years, we have received numerous requests for huckleberry cookbooks and other resources on finding and growing huckleberries. We have collected some of the best (but not exhaustive) resources on wild huckleberries and added them to our website. Our Resource page features three of our favorite cookbooks: THE HUCKLEBERRY COOKBOOK, 2nd Edition THE HUCKLEBERRY […]
Native Americans enjoy a long history of picking and maintaining many huckleberry stands throughout the northwest region. The use and preservation of huckleberries is recorded as far back at 1615 when explorer Samuel de Champlain observed Native Americans collecting and drying huckleberries for winter use. Even the first huckleberry rakes were developed by Native Americans! […]
The Wild Huckleberry Association’s favorite resource on growing huckleberries is Dr. Dan Barney’s Book: Growing Western Huckleberries (link to book or pdf file is listed near the bottom of our Resource Page.) Once in awhile, we run across a article with some excellent tips on growing huckleberries. One such article, by Amy Grant, is from […]
While many of us in huckleberry country are still digging out from one of the snowiest winters, I am wondering what impact the snow will have on the huckleberry crop this summer. Here are some excerpts on the impact of weather on huckleberries: Huckleberries purple gold by Laura Roady Each year’s huckleberry crop depends on […]
The Spokesman Review reports success in taming the wild huckleberry in their recent article which is quickly spreading to many news outlets. Combining the original research, by Dr. Dan Barney at the University of Idaho’s Sandpoint Research station, WSU and others are working successfully to cultivate wild huckleberry plants. Here are the highlights of the […]
We hear lots about how important huckleberries are to the Native Americans, commercial pickers and gourmet food producers, but we seldom think about how huckleberries are important to animals living in the forest. Last year, we shared a couple posts about the huckleberry research Tabitha Graves was conducting. Huckleberry Forecast in Montana More on Tabitha […]
On the heals of the story of Joe Culbreth’s success in growing huckleberry plants, Saveur Magazine published the following article, on the future of wild huckleberries, noting our organization and website: These Beloved Wild Berries Are in Danger From Habitat Destruction—But They Refuse to Be Tamed Every year, huckleberry obsessives eagerly await the start of […]
One of the International Wild Huckleberry Association’s friend and reader has made local news with his attempts to domesticate huckleberries. Here is part of his story from the Coeur d Alene Press website: Berry and Nut Farm now producing huckleberries Joe Culbreth’s 15-acre swath of land is beautifully organized into arcing rows of flowers, berries, […]
If you did not already see the article, Malcolm, from the International Wild Huckleberry Association, was interviewed by Cara Giaimo for a recent article on the Atlas Obsura website: Will We Ever Tame The Wild Huckleberry? …The Pacific Northwest takes huckleberries very, very seriously. Starting in July, droves of huckleberry hounds fall on state parks […]
