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 ...

Foraging for wild edible plants became popular last spring as more and more folks were concerned with food security during the coronavirus pandemic. Identifying and utilizing wild edible plants is an ...

Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota) is an herbaceous weed native to Europe and parts of Asia, but can also be found in North America and Australia. Classified as a biennial plant (and also known as wild ...

July’s weed of the month is wild carrot (Daucus carota), also known as Queen Anne’s lace. It is native to Europe and Asia and was introduced to North America as a vegetable crop. Since its ...

Lauren Rueth trims the tops off of shepherd’s purse during a foraging basics class at Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills. Photo by Magali Gauthier. On a Saturday morning in mid-March, a small group of ...

I’m out in Wisconsin this week visiting my son, Sam. Driving out from New England, watching the land shift from our northern deciduous forest to prairie is a real treat. Trees give way to grassland.