I found this article on the CDA Press website: Idaho’s state fruit starting to ripen Idaho has a state flower, a state horse, a state bird, a state fish, a state flag, and…a state fruit. So designated by the Idaho Legislature in 2000, it is the huckleberry. At this time of year, it is not […]
“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 […]
Nothing beats huckleberry chocolates, but during the hot summers …. well, chocolate is just not a good thing to pack or take on a trip! But for those who love trail mix, Wildbeary has developed a Huckleberry Snack Mix. Like a trail mix, Huckleberry Snack Mix includes some healthy and wonderfully tasty ingredients: Roasted and […]
I love the information and ingenuity of this gal. Not only does she share some huckleberry preserving methods, she talks about two huckleberry rakes she made. After all was said and done, she ended up buying one of our rakes (NOTE: She mentioned that she bought her rake from Amazon. Because we were shorted rakes […]
Latest Huckleberry Picking Forecast from “Mr. Huckleberry”! Revised wild huckleberry forecast! After getting several reports, I am expecting a pretty good huckleberry year… best since 2009. Maybe a week or two late due to the long cool spring, but temps higher than 2011’s cold wet spring, so ripening did occur this year. Also, unlike 2011, […]
great uncle henry’s berry picker This tool, this beautiful tool, is a berry picker/berry comb, the only thing I inherited from my great uncle Henry and his wife, my great aunt Mildred…. READ FULL STORY
Unsolicited comments from our huckleberry rake customers I purchased your rake at the General Store in Spokane, WA last week and headed up behind Wallace,ID to do some picking. We love going to Idaho because its so beautiful and the people are always friendly. I have to tell you first that I have Rheumatoid Arthritis […]
In case you have missed it, there has been a very interesting discussion going on about the use of huckleberry rakes. Historically, opinions on this issue are strong on both sides and the discussions here are no different! Click on the following links to read the posts and/or to post comments of your own! Original […]
Our new shipment of huckleberry rakes are currently in stock! Received out pallet load of huckleberry rakes on Monday. Since we are right on the edge on huckleberry season, we were anxious to get this pallet load ready for delivery to our customers. But, low and behold, we opened the first case to label and […]
