Step into the forest with me, dear traveler. I am the princess of these berry-bright woods, and I must tell you a secret woven through every branch and blossom. Foraging for wild berries is one of ...

Fall has arrived, but gardening season is far from over. We’re still getting plenty of questions to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service.

In my last column, I divulged my passion for wild-food foraging and shared a recipe for a nettles pesto. I am continuing the theme in this editorial because the outdoors are bursting with life. And ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Follow our list of edible plants with pictures of to forage a world of groceries free for the picking. I learned at an early age that our home in the country was surrounded by groceries “free for the ...

As Lacey Walker headed down the path leading up to the Fox Haven Farm and Learning Center on Sunday afternoon, a trail of attendees followed closely behind, listening to her intently whenever she ...

Is that fungus growing on a downed tree along your favorite hiking path the delectable Chicken of the Woods mushroom or one of several toxic look-alikes? The answer, according to the Pennsylvania ...

Early spring was prime showtime for flowering dogwoods, when their gleaming white blooms cast a near-magical splendor in yards, neighborhoods and forests across Georgia. Now, in mid-October, it’s time ...

Is that fungus growing on a downed tree along your favorite hiking path the delectable Chicken of the Woods mushroom or one of several toxic look-alikes? The answer, according to the Pennsylvania ...