Be Kind While Huckleberry Picking

From the reports, some areas are experiencing an early crop of huckleberries. Great news for huckleberry enthusiasts! Maybe this year will compensate for the poor crops the last few years! With folks out foraging, I thought I would remind everyone to be kind while you are out picking: Take care with the huckleberry patches. Be […]

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The History of Huckleberry Picking Rakes

With huckleberry season in full swing, there is still controversy around huckleberry picking rakes.  To help folks decide if rakes are a good option or not, the following is a short history of huckleberry picking rakes and how we began selling them. Early  Discovery and Use of Huckleberry Picking Rakes One of the earliest mentions […]

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Huckleberry Picking Rakes in Stock for 2021

Huckleberry rakes are currently in stock and ready for the 2021 huckleberry season! Early reports look good for this year’s huckleberry season! Warm spring combined with no late frost (in most areas) is an indication of a good crop.     Since we are right on the edge of the huckleberry season, we want to clear […]

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Huckleberry Rakes IN STOCK!

Huckleberry rakes are currently in stock and ready for this season’s huckleberry pickers! Early reports coming in bode well for a good huckleberry season! Warm wet spring combined with no late frost this spring is a good indication of an abundant crop.   The reports we receive show crop ranges from flowers to turning red, depending […]

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Huckleberry Domestication Update

The International Wild Huckleberry Associate was first founded to share the research of Dr. Dan Barney on the domestication of wild huckleberries.  When Dr. Barney’s facility at the UI Research Center in Sandpoint closed in 2010, and he retired a few years later, others took up his quest to domesticate the wild huckleberry.  (If you […]

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Huckleberry Picking Rakes Myths

Huckleberry picking season is nearly here!  With all the talk about picking huckleberries, I am reminded that there are several misconceptions about using huckleberry rakes.  So, I have decided to share some excerpts from an article I wrote awhile back on this particular issue: What is the Real Story Behind Picking and Harvesting Wild Huckleberries? […]

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Tips on Growing Huckleberries

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 […]

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Winter Snow in Huckleberry Country

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 […]

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Everything You Want to Know about Huckleberries

As you know, we have tons of information about huckleberries on this site — especially about the huckleberries grown in the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Northwest region. But we may not have EVERYTHING you want to know about huckleberries! But, believe it or not, there is some interesting information about huckleberry on Wikipedia Following is […]

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What are Mummified Huckleberries?

A reader recently posted the following question on our website concerning mummified huckleberries: … We have many red huckleberry and evergreen huckleberry bushes in our woods (in Washington).  I have noticed mummies in the e.h. plants–a local blueberry farmer expressed surprise that mummification had migrated to the wild.  Do you know if that is common, […]

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