Spring brings an abundance of fresh, wild edible plants right to your backyard and local trails. From tender dandelion greens to wild garlic, nature offers free ingredients packed with nutrients and ...

Here in the Northeast United States, our snow is finally melting away, the maple sap is finishing up its spring run, and the sunlight is casting a beautiful glow well into the evening. All of this is ...

Ramps, an edible wild food found in the Appalachians, mark the beginning of the spring season, and can be found at Asheville ...

Nature is about to explode. There are a few days in March when, if I don’t lend nature a friendly hand, she goes galloping ahead of me, and I must wait till next year to walk side-by-side with her for ...

One of my favorite springtime rituals is to gather some of the wild greens that live in my backyard and use them in everything from scrambles to salads. While I wish I had grown up with this as a ...

As nature awakens, Pennsylvania transforms into a multisensory delight during the spring season. From verdant forests to lush meadows, the Keystone State offers an abundance of sights, smells and ...

In fact, spring is an ideal time to harvest the leaves and shoots of a number of wild edibles.These include spring cress, sweet cicely, onion grass, trillium and wild leeks, Ms. Newman says. The ...

At an undisclosed location in the middle of Forest Park, we pause to look up into the tall trees and slowly inhale the pine-perfumed air. Then our guide passes around a stem of wild ginger for us to ...