Posts Tagged ‘Huckleberry Events’

Huckleberries in the News – Week Ending December 25, 2010

Who would have guessed it? Huckleberries melt ice, snow

Carmi Times
The fruit of the various species of plant called huckleberry is However, huckleberries have a noticeable, distinct taste different from blueberries.

Trout Creek gets $10450 grant for Huckleberry Festival

Clark Fork Chronicle
by Marissa Kozel Four Montana communities have been selected to receive a total of $80000 in grant funding from the Montana Office of Tourism’s Special

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Huckleberries in the News – Week Ending September 11, 2010

The Best Year for Huckleberry Picking – 1988 (210 gallons in 7 hrs

By Craig Goodwin
The price of a gallon of huckleberries in 1988 was around $12/gallon and Cyrus O’leary’s pies was the major recipient of Mo’s legendary haul. It wasn’t long after ’88 that Cyrus O’leary’s stopped making huckleberry pies.

Foragers: Keep Eyes and Mind Open

The Atlantic
The reason I was in these hills was huckleberries, which are just now coming ripe. Huckleberries, specifically vaccinium ovatum, are the West’s answer to

Life’s Pleasures: In Search of the Elusive Huckleberry

By Michael’s Musings
However, it began to be noticed for medicinal properties as well. In World War II, pilots who ate jam made from huckleberries reported having better night vision. Huckleberry is more well-known for its effect on the digestive system.

400 pies will highlight huck festival

Dalles Chronicle
By Kathy Ursprung The huckleberries are straight off Mt. Adams, but the 400 pies for this weekend’s Bingen Huckleberry Festival in Daubenspeck Park are a

The hunt for berries is a cherished tradition here

The Wenatchee World Online
By Rochelle Feil Adamowsky Wes Hankins of East Wenatchee looks for huckleberries in the Smithbrook area on Stevens Pass. Slightly larger than a bb,

YouTube – 169- EDIBLE FOODS OF THE FOREST, HUCKLEBERRIES..

1 week ago. Jason, you’re my huckleberry.. kamiyamashinobisha 1 week ago queue Wilderness foods – huckleberriesby survivalistboards4840 views · 1:42

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Huckleberries in the News – Week Ending July 3, 2010

Festival Season – the Huckleberry Festival

The River Journal
And many others have learned of the secrets here—friendly people, lots of fun, and a little purple fruit called the huckleberry.

The Huckleberry, An Excerpt from Whole Foods Companion

High Huckleberry Demand Hurts Tribes Kara Briggs Special To …. Because huckleberries grew wild everywhere in cold-weather climates, they readily became
www.scribd.com/…/The-Huckleberry-An-Excerpt-from-Whol…

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Huckleberries in the News – Week Ending June 26, 2010

Huckleberries in My Garden: Not What I expected (But that’s okay)

By Pip Gardner
According to my research and Barney (pg 24), huckleberry plants aren’t supposed to start flowering until 3-5 years. I am not expecting any fruit this year or next year for that matter. However, I am certain that one of the plants has a

Gloucester County Nature: Huckleberry, blueberry — what’s the

Gloucester County Times – NJ.com
Huckleberries, at least the species we have in New Jersey, Blueberries and huckleberries and cranberries are all in the heath family — the same plant

Local blueberries just starting to ripen

News Courier
The blueberry belongs to the same family as the wild huckleberry. Huckleberries have very hard seeds and their berries are blackish when ripe.

Huckleberries in My Garden: Plant Transfer 1

By Pip Gardner
Huckleberries in My Garden. My Adventures in Growing Wild Huckleberries. Thought of the Day. Genesis 1:11 Source List. Growing Western Huckleberries. Blog Archive. Blog Archive, March 2010 (5), April 2010 (1), May 2010 (2)

Plan for Huckleberry Picking Season!

About – News & Issues (blog)
Berry week wraps up with a note about huckleberry season in the Pacific Northwest, which will be here before you know it. (Earlier posts on berries here and

How to Identify Huckleberries in Montana | Garden Guides

How to Identify Huckleberries in Montana. Huckleberries (Vaccinium parvifolium) primarily thrive in the northwestern United States, growing through Montana

Huckleberry Picking Season in Idaho – Picking Huckleberries in Idaho

The Pacific Northwest is well known for its huckleberries, and one of the best places to visit for a huckleberry picking, noshing and hiking is Sandpoint,

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Huckleberries in the News – Week of January 17

tuna carpaccio topped with fresh huckleberries and crème fraîche

Photos of Alex – tuna carpaccio topped with fresh huckleberries and crème fraîche – Las Vegas, NV.

Huckleberry Festival

Hop on over to Jay for the 42nd annual Huckleberry Festival.

Go Organic and Use the GO Diet. It’s All About Being Healthy

By JoLynn
Not only do we canoe across the pristine landscape of Tofino, British Columbia, but Gisele takes us on a nature hike to pick wild huckleberries – which we then bake into a traditional First Nation’s recipe called Bannock…of course we

Wild Huckleberries! on Flickr – Photo Sharing!

Wild Huckleberries! by +Jethro+. To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser

YouTube – Huckleberry Picking Book – 2009

The Salish/Pend d’Oreille use huckleberries for food and medicine, this is a book we created at Nkwusm to help teach language, Salish reading and the

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Huckleberries in the News – January 6

Mt. Hood Huckleberry Festival & Barlow Trail Days in Welches …

Fresh wild huckleberries, huckleberry jam and other products are featured along with music, arts and crafts, tours, Native American Salmon Bake and other great foods, and much more.

Goodlifer: Wild Harvest: Northwest Wildfoods Company

By Stephanie Zonis

Within these thickly-wooded regions grows a bounty of beautiful berries, including mountain blackberries and red and blue huckleberries. It is these berries (and related products) that form the very core of Northwest Wildfoods Company, …

RainMomma: Huckleberry Bliss

By Michelle
My mother-in-law always gets huckleberries, every summer. This year we made a little exchange. She would happily share some with me if she got a batch of jam for her. Simple. The jam practically made itself. Packed full of flavor…and

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Huckleberries in the News – Week of August 16

Huckleberry Festival ready to rock
Pincher Creek Echo – Pincher Creek,Alberta,Canada
The Castle Mountain Community Association is set to host their 14th Annual Huckleberry Festival at the Castle Mountain Resort. The event is set to run Aug.

NEW Kittitas County search team finds 85-year-old huckleberry picker
Yakima Herald-Republic
An 85-year-old Federal Way, Wash., woman reported overdue while picking huckleberries near Snoqualmie Pass was found safe Thursday evening, authorities said …

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Huckleberry in the News – Week of August 9

On Tap: Huckleberry Days and Dracula the Musical
Flathead Beacon
By , 08-07-09 Friday: Huckleberry Days in Downtown Whitefish (runs through Saturday); West Glacier Farmer’s Market in West Glacier; Dracula: The Musical? at

Got Hucks?
Centralia Chronicle – Centralia,WA,USA
By The Chronicle The commercial huckleberry picking season kicked off Monday in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and permits are now available at a cost …

Huckleberry season in full swing
Helena Independent Record
By ROB CHANEY – Missoulian – 08/11/09 You didn’t hear this from us, but it’s a great huckleberry season this year. As secretive as they are,

Culinary calendar
The Spokesman Review
Huckleberry/Heritage Festival and 5K Fun Run – Friday and Saturday, featuring vendors, food, historical displays, live entertainment and huckleberry


Huckleberry Pancakes

Huckleberry Pancakes
ABCMontana – Missoula,MT,USA
Add some huckleberries to the pancake and cook until large bubbles appear. Flip pancake and cook until golden brown on second side.


Connecting Tastebuds To Mother Nature
Rossland Telegraph
We had duelling goals: one of us waned nothing more than to brew 25 litres of sweet huckleberry wine, while the other was on a pie baking binge and wanted
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Huckleberries in the News – Week of August 2

“The Huckleberry Pickers” at Neversink Valley Museum
Pike County Press – Milford,PA,USA
From the age of 5 to age 17, he spent he summers at Sam’s Point in Ellenville NY picking huckleberries. His sister and many family members also joined in

Summer Huckleberries: NW Tribes Celebrate Sacred Foods that are …
KPLU – Seattle,WA,USA
Linda Jones, left, and her sister, prepare fry bread for nearly 200 guests at the Umatilla tribes’ annual huckleberry feast near Pendleton, Oregon. …

Huckleberry season not over just yet
The Western News – Libby,MT,USA
By Canda Harbaugh, The Western News It’s already August, but huckleberry picking season is not over yet, according to Greg Hall, who has been fascinated

Obama Foodorama: Lots of Obama Birthday Cake–And of Course, Pie …
By Eddie Gehman Kohan
There were Huckleberry, Coconut Creme, Key Lime, and Peach pies. The President even refers to Chef Yosses as “the Crust Master.” The photo, above, is from Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in Washington, where the wax President and First Lady were also celebrating President Obama’s … A
Obama Foodorama – http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/

Swan Lake Huckleberry Festival is Saturday; admission is free
Great Falls Tribune
The mountain community of Swan Lake is surrounded by prime huckleberry territory. They celebrate this good fortune at the 28th annual Swan Lake Huckleberry
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North Powder, Oregon, Huckleberry Festival

Malcolm and I attended the North Powder Huckleberry Festival on Saturday, July 25.

The day started out with a Community Breakfast (huckleberry pancakes, I presumed) while we were setting up our booth in the downtown area.  Along with the breakfast and vendor booths, this is a list of other activities that went on during the day:

Huckleberry Festival Parade

Covered Wagon in North Powder Huckleberry Festival Parade

Covered Wagon in North Powder Huckleberry Festival Parade

Live Music and Puppet Show

Ballon man at No. Powder HB Festival

Highland Games Demonstration


Huckleberry Dessert Contest

( See Photo Gallery for close up pictures of the desserts!  Yumm, yumm!!)

Huckleberry Dessert Contest

Huckleberry Dessert Contest

Lawn Mower “Show and Shine”

Lawnmower

Firemans’s London Broil BBQ

Fire Dept

Outdoor Huckleberry Hound Cartoons

Of course, our favorite was the Huckleberry Dessert Contest!!  Some of those desserts were the most delectable dishes I have ever seen.  Malcolm tried real hard to volunteer as a judge, but unfortunately, they had already begun the judging before he asked!!

About ten producers/artisans booths were set up around the area with everything from huckleberry goodies, to jewelry, to handmade flutes to wooden creations to handmade stitched items to personal care products to …..

Part of our booth with huckleberry products

Part of our booth with huckleberry products

All in all, we had a good time, made lots of new friends, and sold some huckleberry products!  Hopefully, we can attend again next year.

More information of the North Powder Festival

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