No it doesn't, a cold virus is different from the flu virus, now a cold can make you more vulnerable to getting the flu, but I don't have time for something that puts me in bed. I just work right thru colds

Cabin is always warm!!

UD is doing fine but has been busy. I suspect he will chime in later in the winter.

CB Well if you were really going to do it I would have asked for blueberry rather than apple

Elderberry!

Huckleberry.......

Otterman:

Blueberry ? Thought you all were flooded with Blueberries in Alaska ?

Wolfwoman: Elderberry ??? Geesh, you pick on expensive pies!!

mtbadger: Huckleberry ? What's that ?

CB some fine eating berries.....LOL

I know, that's what makes them taste better...LOL

Huckleberries are blueberries.

sorry but we have both and they are distinctly different huckelberries grow higher off the ground and on bigger bushes they also are not as sweet. You wont find them on the tundra but in the trees and mountains. Though very similar they are different

Interesting... so I had to go hunting....

Huckleberries and blueberries are closely related "Vaccinium" species. Generally the wild Pacific NW species are called "Huckleberries" and the eastern species are called "Blueberries".

Blueberries are often called huckleberries, but the difference between blueberries and huckleberries is their skin and the size of their seeds. Seeds of the blueberry are smaller than the huckelberry.

In the eastern US, the blueberry is the most common of the two, while in the west, especially in the Pacific Northwest, huckleberry is much more common. The bushes and berries are very similar in appearance, and except for the slight differences in flavor, it is at times difficult to tell the difference just by looking at them, unless you have a degree in botany.

he size and sweetness of the berries is determined by environmental factors such as temperature and moisture. However, in general, wild huckleberries tend to be much smaller but much more intensely flavorful and sweet, while wild blueberries are often larger-sized but blander.

Blueberries have a large number of very tiny and soft seeds, whereas huckleberries have 10-12 larger and harder seeds. This distinction is often lost, however, since in neither case are the seeds generally noticeable when eating the fruit.

In both cases, there are varieties that are black when ripe, others that are red when ripe, and some that are blue when ripe. The Black Huckleberry is the most wide spread species of huckleberry, and as the name implies, the fully ripe berries which are usually about the size of a dried pea, are black.

Black Huckleberry bushes usually grow from 1 to 3 1/2 feet tall and have oval leaves that tend to be tacky or sticky to the touch. Often the leaves will be rather sparsely growing, and the berries are usually found on the terminal tips of the branches, partly hidden by the leaves. This plant grows well in forested, fairly dry soil, especially on sheltered slopes.

Highbush Blueberry is the most common variety of blueberry, with the bushes sometimes exceeding 10 feet in height. Highbush Blueberriesgrow in mostly wooded or very wet swampy soil.

Both huckleberries and blueberries require acidic soil to grow in, and both have varieties that are very low growing, seldom growing over a foot in height. Because of the similarity in soil needs, and the number of varieties, it isn't uncommon to find both huckleberries and blueberries growing close together.

The wild berries of both plants usually ripen between September and October, though varieties of blueberry have been cultivated to ripen somewhat earlier than this.

SE Alaska also has lots of Red Huckleberries.

-TJ

Sitting here at the girlfriend's in Anchor town and my buddy calls, "Hay brad, running the dogs and you have a fox and 2 lynx, whant me to put them down?"

Nothing on that part for over a week, come into town for a few days and have 3 waiting for me when I get home!

Nothing like an armchair trapper!

A real friend would have offered to skin as well. Sheesh.

He would if he new how. He wants to lurn how to trap. told him I would trade, teach him trapping if he teaches me to run dogs.

The dogs will teach you that real quick !

I keep playing with the idea of running dogs, its the summer work that would get in the way. I go work remote sometimes and would have to find someone to feed them.

Yep they are a full time job in themselves. I miss certain ones of mine but I sure don't miss being tied to them 365 days. It's a great way to trap because of the reliability and companionship but more expensive too. A guy needs to be in good shape to keep up with them so if you're going to do it, do it while you can.

A statement that everyone should take to heart - do it while you can.

A hearty agree here!!

White, i understand about having to be in shape to run dogs, but do you really? I follow the Iditarod every year and I tell you what, there are some HEFTY men and women on the backs of those sleds. Granted, there are some people that are hefty that are good physically, but there's been more than a couple that you can see that they are NOT in shape... how do they get thru the Iditarod?