Green and red leaves with small berries.

Random Huckleberry Facts

Despite the hot temperatures in the Pacific Northwest, we are hearing that the huckleberries are beginning to ripen.  Depending on where you live and pick, you might want to start searching around your area or your favorite patches to see how they are doing. In the meantime, enjoy some random fun huckleberry facts (Some taken […]

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Huckleberry products: syrup, jam, marinade, BBQ sauce.

Best Huckleberry Products in the Pacific Northwest!

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 […]

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Dark berries on leafy green branches.

Commercial Huckleberry Picker Story

Commercial huckleberry pickers tend to get a bad rap.  After all, they are picking our berries.  But are they? Let’s look at another side of the issue of commercial huckleberry picker published on the Flathead Beacon website. The Pickers Jim, a grizzled 63-year-old commercial huckleberry picker, cracks his second 16-ounce can of Budweiser of the […]

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