Comments on: It’s Huckleberry Time! http://willtaft.com/organic-food/its-huckleberry-time/ For People and Planet Earth Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:03:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Will http://willtaft.com/organic-food/its-huckleberry-time/#comment-11902 Will Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:05:23 +0000 http://willtaft.com/organic-food/its-huckleberry-time/#comment-11902 Hi Cassie - Look at the comment right above yours. I would suggest the Brown mountain trail if you are going this weekend. Otherwise, it might be too late and then you would have to go to high elevation in the Sky Lakes wilderness. Both are off of 140 between Klamath Falls and Medford at the top of the Cascades. Hi Cassie - Look at the comment right above yours. I would suggest the Brown mountain trail if you are going this weekend. Otherwise, it might be too late and then you would have to go to high elevation in the Sky Lakes wilderness. Both are off of 140 between Klamath Falls and Medford at the top of the Cascades.

]]> By: Cassie S http://willtaft.com/organic-food/its-huckleberry-time/#comment-11900 Cassie S Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:19:06 +0000 http://willtaft.com/organic-food/its-huckleberry-time/#comment-11900 Thanks for the great blog on this - I live in Klamath Falls, although I grew up in Northeast Oregon. Where are some good spots, specifically, to pick huckleberries near here? Thanks for the great blog on this - I live in Klamath Falls, although I grew up in Northeast Oregon. Where are some good spots, specifically, to pick huckleberries near here?

]]> By: Will http://willtaft.com/organic-food/its-huckleberry-time/#comment-1090 Will Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:53:51 +0000 http://willtaft.com/organic-food/its-huckleberry-time/#comment-1090 Welcome Pam! They grow in upper elevations, probably only above 4,000 feet. I am only familiar with the Southern Oregon huckleberries. Here they are in the Sky Lakes Wilderness area, Brown Mountain area and also the Mountain Lakes Wilderness. I know they are elsewhere in S.O. also, but these are the only places I have picked them. There are two varieties here. The best for picking are at slightly lower elevations. They are bigger and look more like blueberries. At higher elevations, above 5,000 feet they are a smaller and red variety. Sweeter, but so small it is hard to pick them other than for eating on the spot. They all ripen in August to very early September. I was hiking at 5,500 feet and above this week and they are all gone now. If you are ever visiting Southern Oregon at the right time, contact me and I can give you specific directions. -Will Welcome Pam!

They grow in upper elevations, probably only above 4,000 feet. I am only familiar with the Southern Oregon huckleberries. Here they are in the Sky Lakes Wilderness area, Brown Mountain area and also the Mountain Lakes Wilderness. I know they are elsewhere in S.O. also, but these are the only places I have picked them.

There are two varieties here. The best for picking are at slightly lower elevations. They are bigger and look more like blueberries. At higher elevations, above 5,000 feet they are a smaller and red variety. Sweeter, but so small it is hard to pick them other than for eating on the spot.

They all ripen in August to very early September. I was hiking at 5,500 feet and above this week and they are all gone now. If you are ever visiting Southern Oregon at the right time, contact me and I can give you specific directions.

-Will

]]> By: Pam Hoffman http://willtaft.com/organic-food/its-huckleberry-time/#comment-1076 Pam Hoffman Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:32:26 +0000 http://willtaft.com/organic-food/its-huckleberry-time/#comment-1076 Could you let us know the areas to find these? I live in Southern California (and before that, Prescott, AZ and before that Northern Ohio) and I don't think that there will be any growing anywhere around us here (nor were there any in the other places that i lived). I was visiting relatives recently, at the end of August, in Northern Idaho and I saw huckleberries in a lot of products in that area. Anywhere else they might be growing? Thanks a bunch :), Pam Hoffman http://seminarlist.blogspot.com Could you let us know the areas to find these? I live in Southern California (and before that, Prescott, AZ and before that Northern Ohio) and I don’t think that there will be any growing anywhere around us here (nor were there any in the other places that i lived).

I was visiting relatives recently, at the end of August, in Northern Idaho and I saw huckleberries in a lot of products in that area.

Anywhere else they might be growing?

Thanks a bunch :),

Pam Hoffman
http://seminarlist.blogspot.com

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