With Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner, now is the time to think about ordering your huckleberry products for holiday preparations and gift-giving. You can purchase excellent locally-made Gem Berry Huckleberry products right from your computer! (You can also visit the north Idaho stores listed on the website.) Gem Berry huckleberry products are made in […]
Despite all efforts, huckleberries are scarce this time of the year. Even if you spent last summer, hiking on the hillsides looking for huckleberries, your stash may be depleted. Don’t despair! I know of the best huckleberry product in the Pacific Northwest: Gem Berry Products! Gem Berry Products is one of the oldest Idaho gourmet […]
Although huckleberries are the Idaho state fruit, huckleberries grow near the Montana/Idaho border (and other states) too! The article below is from the Clark Fork Valley Press/Mineral Independent website: It’s huck time in Western Montana Following are some interesting excerpts from the article: This purple gold, which is a cousin to the blueberry, is attested […]
Nothing is more depressing than looking in your freezer and cupboards and seeing that you ate the last of your huckleberries. The new huckleberry crop won’t be ready for about 4 months — and that is if we get an early crop. Despite that, we just don’t know how good the huckleberry crop will be. […]
Looking for huckleberry products for holiday gift giving? Our sister website, Tastes of Idaho, features Idaho made products, including lots of huckleberry goodies for personal enjoyment and gift giving. Currently, we are fully stocked with our projected inventory of “made in Idaho” huckleberry products and candy for the holiday season. In your planning for your […]
Shorter and cooler days marks the end of the huckleberry picking season. We’ve heard a few stories about a few late patches of huckleberries here and there, but I suspect, with the first frosts in some area, they are gone for the year. So now, what are you gonna do with the huckleberries you have […]
If you are a Huckleberry BBQ sauce lover, we have a deal for you! For the first time ever, Tastes of Idaho is offering a whopping half gallon – 64 oz. bottle – of Gem Berry’s award-winning, original huckleberry barbecue sauce. Gem Berry’s kitchen put out a limited supply of these ‘party-sized’ bottles. If you […]
For a limited time only: Huckleberry Association Tee Shirts!! Show your proud support for the wild huckleberry resource (and the wonderful goodies made from them) by getting this Tee featuring the International Wild Huckleberry official logo! These also make great gifts for your outdoorsy friends or family members. This shirt is available in 7 different […]
One of my favorite ways to enjoy huckleberries is in barbecue sauce. If you have never had Huckleberry BBQ sauce, you are missing a wonderful combination of sweet and savory sauces for beef, pork or chicken. First time I had huckleberry barbecue sauce was in a meatball dish. The gal cooked the meatballs ahead of […]
During the fall and winter, Tastes of Idaho, our sister site, does a booming business in special orders for the event industry. Inquiries come from people holding a holiday event, organizing an workshop or meeting, sending customer gifts…. even planning family reunions… They want to get some huckleberry products, favors, gifts for welcome packets, or […]
