Are you ready for ANOTHER bumper huckleberrry crop in 2009?

(Note: 2008 exceeded all rumors as the BEST huckleberry crop in 14 years...)

How to drop up to 11 TIMES as many
 HUCKLEBERRIES into your bucket
during the coming huckleberry season -
while making fewer gas guzzling trips
into the woods !

SECRET TOOL MAKES HUCKLEBERRY PICKING A SLAM DUNK!

CLICK HERE TO ORDER NOW!

I am going to share this closely guarded little secret, one that commercial wild huckleberry pickers have known for decades:

THE HUCKLEBERRY RAKE

-- a very simple tool, will turn berry picking
-- especially HUCKLEBERRY picking --
into fun,  instead of drudgery!

 Imagine:

• After a COUPLE MINUTES, you can lightly shake your huckleberry rake and see a FULL cup of berries in the bottom of the "well" ... try to do that picking by hand!
• Pick for a typical three- or four-hour huckleberry session, and deliver enough huckleberries to your freezer for a FULL YEAR of jam, pie, flajacks and ice cream ... without rationing (like we huckleberry hounds typically do)!
• Play with NEW HUCKLEBERRY RECIPES -- since you will have more huckleberries to play with!
• Bragging rights for your new status as a MASTER huckleberry picker! ("Where did you find ALL THOSE HUCKLEBERRIES?!", he or she will ask, as you swagger!) 
• Save money on GAS, with fewer trips to the woods (not to mention, less wear and tear on your tires and vehicle)!
• The possibility of making some extra spending money, selling extra huckleberries at farmers markets; or to neighbors, restaurants, and processors.
• Save money on Christmas gifts (everybody likes huckleberry goodies)! But of course, you won't actually end up giving them away... you'll make the mistake of tasting, before wrapping. 
• More time to pursue your favorite outdoor or indoor hobbies!
• Jump now and TAKE ADVANTAGE of what is shaping up to be
  (a very late, but) bumper crop of huckleberries in 2009... 2008 was perhaps the best since 1994, the previous fantastic crop year. Since the winter and spring weather conditions are similar to 2008, we are crossing our fingers for ANOTHER banner year of wild huckleberries!

HELP! I JUST WANT TO ORDER A HUCKLEBERRY RAKE!!

Huckleberry Rake Field Testing!

In 2007, we went out and purchased EVERY huckleberry or blueberry rake or "picker" model we could find. And when huckleberry season rolled around, we went out and field tested all nine of them.

Some were heavy. Some were light. Some were works of rustic, backcountry art... tributes to the handiwork skills of rural craftspeople. Some were DANGEROUS -- pointy rake tines, that could impale someone - seriously! Some were made from "parts" that are no longer available. Some came in one color or finish, while others came painted in choice of yellow, purple, or green. In aggregate, they ranged in price from $25 to $60 -- most were in the $40 to $50 range... plus shipping and handling.

And believe it or not, one of the more interesting huckleberry rakes was not available online. You had to mail them a check, and two or three weeks later, there it came. I had no doubt those people were honest, but doggone... better order early!

Some of the rakes WERE for sale online... but for three of these "web site" models ... no shopping cart! They did not take credit cards -- online! Again, you called and left a message, waited for a call-back, waited again for another call-back with the shipping amount, mailed a check, and a week to ten days later, your rake arrived.

If you ever shopped online for a huckleberry rake, prior to today, you probably know what I am talking about!

Anyway, after our field trials, where we took each rake and played around with wrist action, weight, raking efficiency, and safety, we came up with two models that were CLEARLY superior.

One is the model we are offering for sale from the links on this page. The other, actually, is no longer for sale -- and has not been for some time. We only knew about it because a friend of mine, who is a serial huckleberry plunderer, had a couple of these particular rakes in his bag of huckleberry picking tricks, and loaned me one for the field trials.

Apparently, this other design was sold for several years by an older gentleman in Spokane, Washington, at farmers markets and similar venues. The tines were make of thin welding rods, perfectly spaced, and the "well" was made from a square, aluminum, recycled, Hormel ham can... if you are old enough to remember those.

(If anyone knows who this person was, please send contact information our direction, as I would like to meet him, and shake his hand, if he is still with us.)

OK, the Field Trials Convinced Me... Let's BOOGIE to the ORDER FORM!

And now, the descriptive moment you've been waiting for! (Please imagine hearing a drum roll, as I do not know enough about online technology to make a drum roll audio sound happen on a web page.)

 THE HUCKLEBERRY RAKE SOLUTION!

We went out and found the manufacturer of our winning entry, purchased some inventory, and are making that model available for your huckleberry picking enjoyment. First, let's go over why this huckleberry rake model BEAT OUT the rest of the competition, hands down!:

• With an extremely light weight (14 ounces!), the average person could pick for hours with no or little wrist soreness. Tied for lightest weight, due to construction materials and design, of all the rakes.
• The handle just feels ... PERFECT! I don't know how else to say it. ALL of the other models used a standard type of handle you might find in a hardware store... this one just FITS your hand, comfortably, regardless of the size of your hand.
• ERGONOMIC DESIGN... you know, I am not completely sure what that means. But if you play with this rake, in the first two seconds, you know this product was MADE to encourage your wrist to make short, soft, but crisp strokes. The rake sways backward and forward naturally, as your wrist rolls gently back and forth!
• Several of the huckleberry rakes did not offer much of a "well" or reservoir -- used for holding huckleberries in the bottom of the rake -- until you dump the load into a larger container. For others (including one model, where a coffee can was the primary foundation of the rake), the well was WAY too big to be practical. Huckleberries add a lot of weight - about 4 or 5 ounces per cup - and really slow down your wrist motion as the rake fills. This is the "Goldilocks" feature of THE huckleberry rake we offer you... the reservoir size is "Just Right!" After 2 to 4 cups of huckleberries (which doubles the weight of the rake in your hand), you are "full" and need to invert and pour into your larger "holding" container. (And as a bonus to your purchase, we will recommend a specific type of field container perfectly designed for dumping huckleberries into! Check out the web site URL on the side of the rake when it arrives.) 

STILL MORE HUCKLEBERRY RAKE FEATURES!

• As you may have asked yourself by now... what happens to the berries already IN your huckleberry rake reservoir, when you are raking back and forth? Do the berries roll back out? Again, some of the rakes DO, and some do NOT, offer an "anti-backwash" feature. Usually this is a "mini-wall" located just behind the tines, coming half-way up the opening, and angled back to allow huckleberries to roll in... but not out. And of course, THE huckleberry rake from this page, offers this feature.
• Pricing! A big relief...this was the LEAST EXPENSIVE model, of all the huckleberry rakes we tested. Makes our job SOOOO much easier, if we can save you money, along with the superior design!
• The wire tines (or teeth) are PERFECTLY spaced for huckleberries, on the winning model, at about 3/16 of an inch spacing (less than a quarter inch!).
• AND with rounded points on the tines, this was the SAFEST of all the huckleberry rake designs we tested. By far! Some of the other good designs used small diameter welding rods, which, while not dangerous, still required a little caution. Others had long, sharpened steel points... nasty!

• One feature the winning rake had, that NO OTHER RAKE came with, was an underside of well spaced wires (part of the tine design), to keep huckleberries in -- and let the leaves fall out. You do collect a fair amount of leaves using a huckleberry rake (but fewer as you gain experience). With the open bottom feature, you can "shake the rake" (hey, I'm a poet!... although not a very good one) and let leaves fall out... you won't get them all out, but it helps!

So, we bring you THE PERFECT RAKE, eh?

Not so fast! We must be honest. One feature that some of the other rakes came with, was a "shield" built above the front opening of the reservoir, just in front of the handle. Sometimes when you rake, those doggone little huckleberries will pop into the air a bit, and fly right over the top of your rake. Annoying as all get out!

Our model does not offer this feature, we apologize. For the models that did offer a shield, most of those wayward huckleberries would hit the shield, and roll into the well. Since our model does not come with a shield, it does behoove you to rake a bit more slowly... which is a GOOD THING. You are less likely to damage the huckleberry bush!

(But, if you want one of those four-pound coffee-can rakes - WITH a shield - that will hold another four pounds of huckleberries, contact us and we will send you their direction. But get out your checkbook -- kinda pricey! And if you can handle that rake for three hours of picking, remind me to NOT shake your hand...)

So, this rake wins. But it's not perfect, nothing is. But we are absolutely SURE we discovered, and are making available to you, the BEST huckleberry rake solution on planet earth (not even counting the favorable pricing)... or we will cheerfully refund your money, no questions asked!

ENOUGH ALREADY, SHOW ME THE SHOPPING CART!

Now, what do serious "huckleberry hounds" say about The Huckleberry Rake?

Disclaimer: Roy is an experienced huckleberry picker. Your personal results
may vary depending upon level of frustration tolerance, current medications,
mosquito population, and whether you remembered toilet paper!
(I know I am not very funny, but I try sooo hard!)

The HUCKLEBERRY RAKE special offer -- here is what you get: 

PRICING:
At $24.95 per rake, you are getting the lowest price huckleberry rake among the nine rakes we tested. This is about what a HALF GALLON of huckleberries cost, after picking season... IF you can find any to buy! You will recover the cost of your rake in the FIRST HOUR OR TWO OF PICKING... even if you are a newbie!

SHIPPING METHOD:
We ship via Priority Mail, and in-stock shipments go out within one business day (often on the same day if you order in the morning), guaranteed, so your rake is in your hand quickly. Priority Mail from our location in North Central Idaho, is tyically one day to Idaho locations north of Riggins, and to eastern Washington state. Two days to southern Idaho, western Washington, Montana, Oregon, and actually most of the US. Sometimes three days to East coast locations and Alaska or Hawaii. During the holiday season, after mid November, add at least a couple days. (PS Make sure the shipping address you give us matches the Post Office "official" address... we print our shipping labels online, and their web site is not as forgiving as your local postmaster or mail carrier probably is!)

(Shipments to Idaho addresses... do not forget 6% sales tax will be added to the total before shipping; the governor gets cranky if we don't collect.)

SHIPPING COSTS:
STILL $7.95 to Idaho and neighboring states of Montana, Washington, and Oregon. To Utah or Wyoming, $9.95. All other states, shipping is $12.95 (sorry, the Post Office charges more for longer distances, so we adjusted for that!)

But SHIPPING IS FREE on your 2nd, 3rd, or 4th (or more) rakes! No additional shipping after the first rake, REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY YOU BUY!!Outfit your spouse or even the entire family, along with your camping, fishing, or hunting buddies. Or introduce newbies to the art and sport of huckleberry picking! (HAH! Almost as good as snipe hunting!)

(PS Shipping is $25 to Canada, $35 to England... three rakes max per shipment. Paperwork gets voluminous on international shipments over four pounds.)

AND, for a limited time, we are offering the following bonuses:

• A free online report on how to use your huckleberry rakes for MAXIMUM efficiency. Get the most berries, with the fewest leaves, and avoid newbie mistakes that might damage a huckleberry plant. Find the URL on a sticker on the side of your rake!
• My own personal tip sheet, based on years of huckleberry picking, for other tools and materials you want to take along when chasing wild huckleberries. Plus the "care and feeding" of your valuable huckleberries for highest quality and even "ease of use", throughout the year! (Available online on the same web site as the online report on using your rake(s)!)
• Once a year, we offer a one-time FREE SHIPPING discount on huckleberry specialty products and baskets from our three gourmet food web sites, to all huckleberry rake customers ... we will contact you periodically by email to let you know when that is going down!
• A FREE huckleberry lip balm, with our compliments, to protect your lips while out picking in the hot, dry weather! (Or, it makes a great gift for your spouse... aren't you the thoughtful one!)

PLUS: Our absolute, no wiggle room, unconditional,
swear with our hand on a huckleberry cookbook, 
IRON-CLAD guarantee:

When your huckleberry rake arrives, read our online tip sheets, and go out
and give it a whirl! If you do not feel you paid for the rake, TIMES TWO, with the EXTRA huckleberries you picked on your first outing, send it back, and we will immediately refund your investment of $25.  AND, to partly compensate you for any inconvenience, we will send you a huckleberry coffee packet, good for one 10-12 cup pot, with our compliments!  (Or if you'd rather, and are not a coffee drinker, another huckleberry lip balm -- or wild cherry, if we've run out of the huckleberry balms!)

PS We have YET to get EVEN ONE refund request on our unconditional guarantee! (Note that is not a challenge...;-) In fact, DOZENS of people ordered one to start, then after field testing came back for additional rakes for a spouse, extended family, friends,  social groups -- a church group even ordered a full case!

After our first year offering these specialty instruments, we found they are VERY popular as holiday and birthday gifts! If there is a huckleberry fanatic on your gift list, consider something out of the ordinary, with tremendous utilitarian value. WE DROP SHIP DIRECT TO YOUR GIFT RECIPIENT FOR NO EXTRA CHARGE! Just put your name and credit card statement address in the BILLING address section, and your lucky gift recipient's postal address in the SHIPPING address section. Also, a free gift card is included at your request... just fill out the message you want, in the comments or special instructions section, with TO and FROM, and we will do the rest! (Fortunately, my wife's handwriting is better than mine... DO NOT BE ALARMED!)

HUCKLEBERRY SEASON IS COMING FAST! ACT NOW!

Huckleberry season will be upon us before you know it!! Make your next huckleberry outing THE most fun and productive ever -- click on the link above and order now! We've restocked for 2009, but the first BIG SHIPMENT is nearly gone. We will restock again, but there are no guarantees we can maintain this low price point. Supplies ARE limited!

TO YOUR HUCKLEBERRY PICKING SUCCESS!

Malcolm & Sandy Dell, Gourmet Innovations LLC

Tastes of Idaho
Idaho Redneck Gifts
Gold Mountain Gourmet

PS SPECIAL BONUS! The first 200 people to order a huckleberry rake online in 2009, win a FREE ONE YEAR MEMBERSHIP in the newly formed International WILD HUCKLEBERRY Association! ($37 value!). Share recipes, and photos of your huckleberries and huckleberry picking adventures. Get reviews of huckleberry cookbooks, and discounts on gourmet huckleberry goodies ... even discover secrets about the history and ecology of huckleberries (unknown facts that may help you find more huckleberries on your next outing!) Also, articles with tips and tactics on cleaning, and making huckleberry jam and syrup. Even discover the secret of how to GROW huckleberries (yes, it CAN be done) -- the University of Idaho perfected this technique years ago, and offers a short publication on this secret! 

Click NOW on the Link below, to order your Huckleberry Rakes!

SEND ME MY HUCKLEBERRY RAKE! MY TASTEBUDS ARE TINGLING,  (and my eyes are sore from all this reading)!