Huckleberries
Huckleberries are cleaned prior to delivery. They are a fragile item and are subject to damage; not all will be whole. Best used for baking pies.
Refrigerate or freeze your berries as soon as you receive them. They will last 3 to 4 days in the fridge.
Freeze dried huckleberries have a shelf life of several years.
Nathaniel and I harvest our huckleberries from deep in the wilderness which makes it difficult to offload them to the fresh market. The market area for fresh huckleberries is quite small unfortunately. If you reside near the following residential areas, we are able to fresh deliver during the month of August.
Terrace
Prince George
Fort St. John
Large orders of 100 lbs or more can be flown out from Terrace, Prince George and Fort St. John, BC. Please contact us for more information.
The process of cleaning Hucklerries and Blueberries
Once the berries have been picked, they need to be cleaned immediately. This involves running the fresh berries down ramps with strong fans blowing upwards below the ramp to blow away most of the leaves that have been acquired from walking in dense bush all day. Then most stems and ghost berries (green berries) need to be removed. During the huckleberry and blueberry season, half our days are spent harvesting, and the other half is spent cleaning the berries. It’s a slow process.
