With the dismal huckleberry crop last year, many pickers are finding the 2016 crop to be much more promising. Reports of huckleberry sightings (and picking) are coming in from all over the Montana, Idaho and Wyoming Rocky Mountain Region. Here is a handful of these reports from the folks out picking this summer: 2016 huckleberry […]
An update on the huckleberry crop from the Flathead Beacon Huckleberries Bounce Back … Last year’s crop was dismal, affected by record heat and drought conditions that lasted all summer and decimated crop yields. It was a hot summer further marred by major wildfire activity, which also impacts the next season’s huckleberries. In Flathead National […]
With the huckleberry in full swing in the northern Rocky region, folks are reporting a great huckleberry season in Montana! In contrast to the 2015, where the meager crop was very poor due to the lack of snow pack and/or spring rains. The few berries were on the bushes dried up on the branches during […]
If you did not already see the article, Malcolm, from the International Wild Huckleberry Association, was interviewed by Cara Giaimo for a recent article on the Atlas Obsura website: Will We Ever Tame The Wild Huckleberry? …The Pacific Northwest takes huckleberries very, very seriously. Starting in July, droves of huckleberry hounds fall on state parks […]
If you are unsure about the difference between huckleberries and blueberries …. well, you probably have never eaten a huckleberry. But, to help you out, here is a quote from WCAI: The Cape, the Coast and the Island website describing the differences: Huckleberries Growing Across the Cape Are Tasty and Often Overlooked “Huckleberries tend […]
If you have ever picked wild huckleberries, you know that cleaning them can be a challenge. We have seen many different methods — some more complicated than others — for cleaning these fragile berries. I found an article on the Wineforest Wild Foods website that describes some suggested cleaning methods: Cleaning Wild Huckleberries A bucket […]
Despite what you may have heard, huckleberries are very different from blueberries. To me, huckleberries taste like blueberries on steriods!! Other say a huckleberry taste like a cross between a blueberry and a red raspberry. One way of another, huckleberries and blueberries are very different! Here is a exerpt from an article that will help […]
One of our readers submitted the following poem, written by his mom, Laurel Moss from Mendocino, California: Bounty “Huckleberries, hunkering under leaves Fumbling fingers combing branches Berries bouncing, ting-ing into tin bowls The air clear The aroma a bit musky Little movement or sound But of the crackling of branches underfoot The revelation in shadow of […]
Huckleberry picking all over the northwest is sporadic this year due to the early season and the fires. Pincher Creek Echo reported the lack of berries at the Castle Mountain Resort in British Columbia: For some huckleberry picking on Castle Mountain is a long standing tradition … . Despite the lack of berries to pick, […]
With huckleberry season in full swing, reports are coming in on the availability and picking success. Here are some of the articles: Idaho Huckleberries Arrive Early, Pickers Out ‘In Droves’ By George Prentice A particularly warm and dry spring and summer are triggering an earlier huckleberry season this year.The Spokane, Wash. Spokesman-Review is reporting that huckleberry […]
