On 8/21/2012 11:52 PM, Judy Haffner wrote:
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> We have the dark blue/purple ones too, but this year's crop of red
> huckleberries is really good. The berries are huge and the bushes are
> bent over from the weight of the berries.

I'd never heard of red huckleberries but Google confirms they exist.

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> The bad part about me trying to pick berries around our house in the
> woods, is keeping an eye out for the BEARS, as seems to be an abundance
> of them this year,

It's been a bad year everywhere and you are picking THEIR food that they
need for hibernation. Hungry bears are troublesome bears.

I take our dog with me so he can alert me, but then
> not sure what I'd do, as not about to try and climb a tree at my age!

Bears can climb trees better than humans. Be careful.

gloria p