Hi, my name is Harvey. I’m a wild huckleberry. This is my story. I was raised, with my siblings, in the beautiful, forÂested mountains of rural Idaho, much like where you probably live. Sure, we were not the largest huckleberries on the hill – maybe not even the sweetest – but we lived in harmony […]
Many of you know of Dr. Dan Barney’s huckleberry research. If not, the International Wild Huckleberry Association followed his research until the UI closed his center in 2010 (See Dr. Barney’s Research). Dr. Barney research, since 2004 (as documented on our site), resulted in finding successful methods to propagate the wild huckleberry from the norther […]
Huckleberries are wrapped in secrecy and hidden in the wilderness, and only come out every other year. Or, huckleberries are everywhere in abundance always, and anyone can find them whenever they please. Huckleberries are sweet. Huckleberries are sour. Huckleberries are woman’s work, or a job for a man. Huckleberries are bigger in the shade, or […]
A huckleberry lemonade product, manufactured by Gem Berry Products of Sandpoint, Idaho is featured in the “Entertaining Special’Â holiday issue of “People” Magazine, on newsstands now through Christmas (2013). Harry Menser, 82, and co-owner of Gem Berry, announces that their eight-year-old “Huckleberry Lemonade Concentrate” was selected as the sole Idaho representative for ‘People magazine’s – […]
In early November, we were in southern Idaho visiting with family when we found a free magazine called Edible Idaho South — Celebrating the food culture in Southern Idaho . It is an interesting magazine with lots of recipes and food stories. One one of the last pages, I found an wonderful recipe that I […]
Looking for that easy to make Huckleberry Cream Pie — the one to die for? Well, we have it here!! And I, personally, have made it several times and it has always been a hit. To help you out, here is where you can purchase the Huckleberry Pie Filling: Wild Mountain Berries’ Huckleberry […]
Huckleberry picking season is over (the snow is already flying in north Idaho! *sigh*). But I know there are lots of you who wanted huckleberries, but didn’t get any this year! Don’t despair as I have an alternative for you! Tastes of Idaho has received a large inventory of huckleberry products — and will continue […]
“There is no shortage of huckleberry products out there …” writes Linda Stansberry in the North Coast Journal from California. Linda talks about the many different huckleberry products she has tasted: I have encountered huckleberry candy and huckleberry barbecue sauce, and last week I drank some huckleberry tea. They’re all disappointing. Nothing matches the taste […]
Huckleberry season is definitely winning down — it appears to have been a good year for huckleberries and those picking them in the wilds! But it is always time to learn more about huckleberries. I found this excellent article the other day and wanted to share it with you: Huckleberries Vaccininum membranceum/ Globare (complex)’ V. […]
The era of wedding cakes with two plastic figurines standing on top of them is a thing of the past. Wedding cake designs as of late, integrate the practice of infusing traditionally-tiered wedding cakes with fruits. For example, Prince William and Duchess Kate Middleton had an 8-tiered fruit cake with a stunning white icing. On […]
