FORAGED FOOD: Even though its often considered a nuisance, dandelions offer an easily identifiable and plentiful source of nutrients in spring. As I look up from the mailbox, my gaze catches on the ...

The dandelion is a very common plant in North America, with long, jagged leaves and distinctive yellow flowers that close before developing into fluffy white seed heads. Many people can identify a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If it’s in the CSA share, it must be edible. That wasn’t the attitude of all the members of the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms’ community supported ...

On a mild spring afternoon, naturalist Lisa Sanchez identified more than a dozen wild edible plants growing within 200 yards of the Shuts Environmental Library in Lancaster County Central Park. She ...

When you think of leafy greens, kale and spinach likely come to mind, but that's only scratching the surface. There are dozens of other good-for-you greens that can add a hearty touch to all sorts of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Springtime’s a great time to spice up your ...

Think of dandelions and visions of a weed-infested garden, a fun spring day or even a not-so-fun night of wetting the bed are likely to arise. Yet, how about as a food? The entire dandelion plant is ...

Is it a weed, an edible or both? The usefulness or beauty of a plant is in the eye of the beholder, and was a hot topic of discussion by the closing speaker at our Day of Gardening program last ...

“Wild greens” is the researchers’ term for what many among us might reflexively call “weeds,” ranging from the familiar dandelion, chickweed and sweet fennel to the more obscure cat’s ear and bristly ...