There are millions of plants on our planet, and inevitably, species from the same family end up looking alike. Wild plants aren't pre-labeled like produce found in a grocery store, and identifying ...

My mother, who grew up outside Boston, loved telling the story about one of her early visits "up home" to visit my father’s family in rural Whitefield, Maine. This happened in the 1940s. By then, ...

Chicken of the woods growing on an ash stump. My wife, Elaine, and I are enthusiastic pursuers of wild edibles throughout the year. These natural foods are healthy, tasty, and, well, free. What’s more ...

In August and later Central Minnesota's wild areas provide a variety of berries and other fruits Among them: red raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, wild grapes, wild plums, chokecherries Beware ...

There are about seven different kinds of native wild grapevines in Missouri. My photo shows the early stage of clusters of fruits growing on the vine. The grapes this wild grapevine will produce will ...

There is so much to say about grape pie. But rather than carry on for hours (I could, but it wouldn’t be pretty), I’ll offer just this: It’s not easy to make. It’s best to set aside most of a day to ...

We hardy denizens of Central Mass. can proudly boast that we’ve soldiered through another winter of cold, sometimes frigid, temperatures. But spring is now springing up all over. One of the bonuses of ...