Huckleberries are an important source of food for bears, so if you are out picking, make sure to watch! Here is a recent story published in the Spokesman Review Outdoors Blog by Rich Landers … Berry picker suffers bites after surprising grizzly A park employee, while off duty picking huckleberries in the Swiftcurrent valley, surprised […]
So many huckleberry stories in the news …. mostly due to the more abundant crop this year. So many stories, that I think I am going to list several of them here for you to check out: Berry picking with Huckleberry Hound By JERRY PAINTER from Post Register Saturday, my wife, dog and I drove […]
Last year experienced one of the biggest fire seasons in the Pacific Northwest — including the burning of several acres of huckleberry habitat. Restoring huckleberries after fires is a concern of every huckleberry picker. Historically, Native Americans burned huckleberry fields to improve the health of the huckleberry patches. The Gifford Pinchot National Forest Huckleberry webpage […]
An update on the huckleberry crop from the Flathead Beacon Huckleberries Bounce Back … Last year’s crop was dismal, affected by record heat and drought conditions that lasted all summer and decimated crop yields. It was a hot summer further marred by major wildfire activity, which also impacts the next season’s huckleberries. In Flathead National […]
At the end of the year, I like to look at the stats of my blogs and find out the top articles for the year. So, if you are interested, here they are: Where to Buy Huckleberry Plants Originally written in 2009 and upated in 2014. Huckleberry Margaritas Recipe Five Margaritas from Top Arizona Restaurants […]
In the inland Pacific northwest, we think we have the corner on huckleberries. But there are other countries and areas that grow them and use them. A few weeks ago, we were approached by Rae Ellen Bichell for information on Dr. Dan Barney’s huckleberry research. Here is excepts from her article on ‘huckleberry fever’: Asian […]
Huckleberry picking all over the northwest is sporadic this year due to the early season and the fires. Pincher Creek Echo reported the lack of berries at the Castle Mountain Resort in British Columbia: For some huckleberry picking on Castle Mountain is a long standing tradition … . Despite the lack of berries to pick, […]
Did you know that bumblebees are the prime pollinators for huckleberries? Not the honey bees! Huckleberries and bumblebees … I sure did not know that! According to a Outdoor blog posted on the Spokesman Review ….. Bumblebee may be huckleberry pickers’ best friend Sure, honeybees get the glory and we get their honey,but wild bees […]
After the bumper crop of huckleberries last season, folk are wondering about this year’s huckleberry forecast. Here is one researcher’s perspective on the Glacier National Park huckleberries: WEST GLACIER – Tabitha Graves can’t say this will be a bad year for huckleberries, even Huckleberry forecast from Montana though four of the five sites she is […]
We have been incredibly busy! With all the orders for huckleberry products we are filling from our Tastes of Idaho website, I really didn’t have time to come up with a tantalizing post! Instead, I did a quick web search on huckleberries and discovered a few interesting sites and information. First, I found a list […]
