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Gardening

jtuck004

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1. Huckleberries, around Spokane and North Idaho. Lot's of

Reply to Locut0s (Original post)

Wed Jul 24, 2013, 09:37 PM

Jul 2013

raspberries around too, and you don't have to compete with the bears for those.

The hucks are a little hard to get to sometimes, and often up on the mountains.

Saw a jeep in front of me today, had one of those cut stencils across the back window...

"Huckleberry Assault Vehicle".

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What wild berries can you identify and pick in your area?... [View all] Locut0s Jul 2013 OP

Huckleberries, around Spokane and North Idaho. Lot's of jtuck004 Jul 2013 #1

Red Huckleberries?... Locut0s Jul 2013 #2

Blue. Good, too. It's like a religion to some of these folks. And the secrecy jtuck004 Jul 2013 #5

Since I'm in basically the same corner of the world as you are (Olympia, Wa) opiate69 Jul 2013 #3

Interesting I've thought of trying mushrooming... Locut0s Jul 2013 #8

Definitely wise counsel... opiate69 Jul 2013 #11

Thanks for the link... Locut0s Jul 2013 #13

Blackberries Aerows Jul 2013 #4

When fully ripe they shouldn't be tart at all... Locut0s Jul 2013 #9

Just had black currants, gooseberry and rhubarb oatmeal crisp. Fresh berries from the garden. applegrove Jul 2013 #6

Nice! nt Locut0s Jul 2013 #10

Blackberries are the big one XemaSab Jul 2013 #7

Elderberries and black raspberries TuxedoKat Jul 2013 #12

Mulberry, black raspberry, elderberry, blackberry, gooseberry, little wild strawberries mtnester Jul 2013 #14