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 ...

Our brutally hot recent weather had me, like everyone else, staying in air conditioning as much as possible. One evening I sat on the deck in the shade with a slight wind blowing, but sweat was still ...

I am interested in cultivating my wild black raspberries so I will have an easier-to-pick patch. Also, what is the best time of year to transplant them? If you are simply cleaning up a wild patch, cut ...

Wineberry, shown in this undated photo, is a raspberry native to Japan and China and naturalized in America. Wineberry's flowers aren't going to catch your eye, but its gracefully arching stems will.

Winter brings with it a blanket of cold and white and a time of quiet slumber for many species of flora and fauna. Aspens have long since shed their golden leaves, wild raspberry, strawberry and ...

Anytime from early spring to early summer is good to dig and move black raspberries (‘Rubus occidentalis’) and other wild brambles. I am interested in cultivating my wild black raspberries so I will ...

Growing raspberries takes a bit of patience — but, if you are a lover of that deep berry flavor, that’s no deterrent. Most raspberries need time to become established before they fruit, according to ...

Foraged vegetables are always more fun to cook. So Food52’s resident forager, Tama Matsuoka Wong, is introducing us to the seasonal wild plants we should be looking for, and the recipes that will make ...

Plants are living things that grow in soil and need water, sunlight and air to survive. Plants grow all over the world, in our gardens and in the wild. They can be big, like trees, or small and ...