Wild edibles are a joy to find, when identified correctly. The feeling of euphoria can easily misguide the senses into confusing false varieties for the real thing. Morels and Fiddleheads are two ...

Have you ever eaten a fiddlehead fern before? They’re really a gourmet delight. Among the earliest edible items you can forage from a forest (or better still, from your backyard), fiddleheads have ...

Cook Fiddlehead Ferns into a Crunchy, Tangy, Cheesy Appetizer Recipe! You, yes…you! You can master the seasonal foraged ...

A: Fiddleheads are the young coiled leaves of the ostrich fern (Matteuccus struthiopteris). They get their name because of their coiled heads, which resemble a fiddle. They are edible, but tricky to ...

For foragers, spring is synonymous with fiddleheads, or the furled tips of ferns. Because fiddleheads are such an obvious choice of topic at this time of year, I determine I should go a step further. ...

For the shade gardener who wants to grow edible plants, this shadowy designation of how much—or how little—direct sunlight a space receives is often perceived as second best. “I have a garden, ...

The edible tips of ostrich ferns are a forager's delight. Find out where to look for fiddlehead ferns and how to prepare them. When you hear the word "fern," many things might come to mind. An elderly ...

The Winooski Valley Park District is asking people not to harvest fiddlehead ferns on park district land, which encompasses more than 1,700 acres in 18 parks in Chittenden County. The park district ...

The name “asparagus fern” is a strange jumble of terms. These plants are neither ferns nor edible vegetables. Although not even distantly related to ferns, asparagus ferns are, however, actually ...

My father has always railed against what he calls “yard clipping salads,” a.k.a. any salad that isn’t made of romaine or iceberg. That’s too bad, because literal yard clippings (and forest clippings) ...