Huckleberry

  Untill recently I hadn’t realized that huckleberries were an actual berry.

I just assumed it was the name of a cartoon character. Huckleberry Hound. Or perhaps Huckleberry Finn.. Lol

In any event it is an actual berry and from what I’ve read they are good eating. I of course do not know this personally just yet, though I have high hopes. I bought a packet of seeds from Bakers Creak. Packet said at least 35 seeds but there were well over 100.

After planting the seeds I did what I should have done before I bought the seeds, I stared researching them.

On the downside I read the berries are generally not readily available in stores. Apparently huckleberry plants do not like to be domesticated and prefer to grow wild.

Needles to say I’m not sure if I will have sucess with them or not but I will definitely be giving it a go, I feel they will make a great addition to the food forest that I am working on.

This is just one of the many plants that I’ll be trying to grow this year. I finally found a source for wood chips so this will play a big part in things to come.

I don’t have any pictures or firsthand experience but as soon as I do I will I will share what I have going on.

I believe everyone should try at least a couple of different plants every season.

Best of luck and may your ventures be met with sucess!