There is another important point about August that most people don't know. It is the biggest month for the harvesting of northwestern huckleberries.
If you have never tasted a huckleberry you don't know what you are missing. Huckleberries have inspired some pretty famous cartoons and sayings. People still write about them today. That is probably because you can make money selling huckleberry pies and cakes.
Last year the Answers Everyday Website tried to answer the question, What does huckleberry taste like? You just want to try them for yourself after reading that article.
There is a whole industry built around these little berries. And I know that some other parts of the country have their own special food industries. If you ever pass through New Mexico you'll want to get some roasted chilis when they are still fresh.
The money angle has made a splash on the Internet. I can't promise you will get rich but if you sell the right gourmet foods you should do pretty well.
But there is a lesson to be learned here. What I mean is that you don't just want to think about these special foods as sources of money. The huckleberries are very nutritious.
If you want to enjoy huckleberries and other regional foods, you could store them in your refrigerator. In fact, I like the idea of turning the refrigerator into a "food bar". This would be a great way of saving money and sampling different kinds of gourmet foods. You can vary the ingredients of your salad bar meals from week to week and month to month, depending on what is in season.
You can even think about growing your own garden at home. Even if you live in a small apartment you can invest a little bit of money in indoor composting bins. Then you use this gardening soil to build a small vegetable or fruit garden on your patio.
If you want to grow huckleberries but they don't live in your state you could use your composting bin to create some acidic soil to resemble the volcanic soil the huckleberries thrive in. You could also grow them inside in an air-conditioned room to keep the temperature close to their normal environment.
If you grow your own gourmet food you won't spend as much money as if you order it over the Internet. And I think it's pretty obvious that you could probably set up a nice little garden so that when the hot month of August comes around you have some extra food to enjoy.
Maybe you can even write a book about how to grow huckleberries in your apartment. I bet people would buy that. It would be something to work on inside while the month of August swelters outside your window.
