Huckleberry Time!

[dreamunelk]

Picked 3 cups today in my yard.  Just coming in so expect the next few weeks will be good picking.  I on the coast.

[Okanagan]

Do you mean red huckleberries?  That's all that I've seen ripe.  They are a little tart for me, but I like to eat a few off of the bush. 

The superbly delicious native trailing blackberries are just coming ripe near sea level and I've picked two ice cream buckets of them so far.  No dark colored huckeberries for me yet.  My huckleberry patches (blue/black variety) are all closer to timberline and much later in the summer. 

Year before last was the best ever crop of trailing/Cascade blackberries in my lifetime.  Last year was second best and this year is looking very good.  BIG berries and lots of them.

[jasnt]

2 gallons so far

[W_Ellison2011]

The red huckleberries in my back yard are ripe. Elevation probably 500'-550'. We pick them every chance we get and the wife freezes them. Puts them frozen into her yogurt and its pretty dang good.

[trophyhunt]

They are not ripe in the high country are they?? Down low they are for sure but those high mountain berries are good!!

[PolarBear]

My West Side blue Huckleberry spot is at 3,700 feet and they are a long ways from being ripe.  My relatives in Idaho are already picking them.

[W_Ellison2011]

I should have checked while up shooting yesterday. Our shooting spots are at 3500' and 4500' in elevation with huckleberry and blueberry bushed everywhere... I didn't think to check up there lol!

[jasnt]

They are not ripe in the high country are they?? Down low they are for sure but those high mountain berries are good!!

i was picking at 2500 2 weeks ago in the ne

[dreamunelk]

Do you mean red huckleberries?  That's all that I've seen ripe.  They are a little tart for me, but I like to eat a few off of the bush. 

The superbly delicious native trailing blackberries are just coming ripe near sea level and I've picked two ice cream buckets of them so far.  No dark colored huckeberries for me yet.  My huckleberry patches (blue/black variety) are all closer to timberline and much later in the summer. 

Year before last was the best ever crop of trailing/Cascade blackberries in my lifetime.  Last year was second best and this year is looking very good.  BIG berries and lots of them.

Yes, assuming you are asking me.  The evergreen huckleberries still have a way to go.  I am guessing mid August or later.  If we don't get more rain it could be a bad year.

[jennabug]

 

[skeeter 20i]

Been picking huckleberries for 2 weeks now.

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[AL WORRELLS KID]

Red Huckleberries are tart enough for fine Pie's or Jellies.
 The little white worms or maggots inside each berry are easy to get out if you soak them in a bucket of cold water for a few hours. Seems the little critters crawl out starved for oxygen and then they go for a swim.
We have learned the best way to make Jelly without the seeds, is to run our Black, Red or Blue berries through our "Electric Juicer". The seeds go one way and the "Jelly Juice" comes out the other, Super Fast compared to the old methods and you have a lot of juice in no time. Doug

[bearpaw]

My wife went two days ago, they didn't find many, that spot was good last last year, the ones they found weren't completely ripe yet either, another few days and a different area should be better.

[hunter399]

Resurrected topic from the dead ,
Same patch new year
Got some today ,seen a topic the other day but just could not find it so resurrected this one.
Got this today,just got home.

[Twispriver]

I've used huckleberries for making jam, wine and a drink I call Huckleberry Surprise. I like the red berries better for making alcohol.
For the Huckleberry Surprise I crush the berries in a cheesecloth bag and sugar them up to extract the juice like I would for making wine - after a day or so I add water to get a nice , sweet, juice. Once it settles I siphon off the juice into a gallon fermentation jug and mix it 50/50 with moon shine (I suppose you could use good quality vodka instead). The surprise comes after you've had a couple of glasses and you can't feel your feet.
I gave up drinking a dozen years ago so when I make it now it's just for my boys and nieces to enjoy.