VAIL VALLEY, Colorado -In the Colorado Rockies and the Vail Valley, wild mushroom foragers do not share the whereabouts of their secret stash. And so it is in Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon and the ...

Fiddleheads are a taste of spring in the Northeast and some areas of the Midwest and Northwest. Although these fern heads do grow wild in some areas of the country, backyard gardeners can also grow ...

When the thaw of winter is finally over and spring rolls around, fiddlehead ferns are one of the first things to pop up — the curled fronds of ferns yet to unfurl into their full, leafy shape. One of ...

As a kid, I remember watching time-lapse videos of a flower blooming or of the sun racing across the sky. Of course, things don't happen that way in nature with one possible exception: sprouting, ...

People venturing out onto Anchorage trails may have noticed tightly wound green coils emerging out of last year’s dead leaves. Some people are collecting them, and others are posting their findings on ...

We are going to talk about ramps and fiddleheads on this Sunday's show. Ramps and Fiddlewhat? No, I am not going to strap on my skates and start doing one-half pikes while playing a banjo in the ...

Of all the wild edible plants that grow in our country, the ancient fiddlehead ferns are the most unique and flavorful. They are the unfurled new leaves of a fern. Reproducing through spores, not ...

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 ...

A dish made of fiddlehead ferns, duck confit and pasta is prepared by O'Malley. Just after the snow melts, but long before the last frost, hardy New Englanders take to moist meadows and muddy ...

In the Colorado Rockies, wild mushroom foragers do not share the whereabouts of their secret stash. And so it is in Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon and the Great Lakes States – but for these residents, ...