Chickweed is a wild, edible green that grows in most backyards. Dropping temperatures and declining amounts of daylight have been doing a real number on edible wild greens available from the landscape ...

On a mild spring afternoon, naturalist Lisa Sanchez identified more than a dozen wild edible plants growing within 200 yards of the Shuts Environmental Library in Lancaster County Central Park. She ...

GREEN MEAL: Local herbalist Juliet Blankenspoor says one of her favorite breakfasts is a toasted bagel with olive oil and raw garlic, topped with violet leaves, violet flowers and chickweed greens.

The growing season can provide many different medicines straight from your yard or garden, sometimes wild and sometimes cultivated. Here are a few of my favorites to make for our family from our farm: ...

Some weeds are beneficial to your yard and ecosystem and are best left untouched. Dandelions, purslane, and chickweed are a few—and they're edible too. Clover, white campion, and pennycress aren't ...

There's something tasty about eating what you grow instead of getting your produce from the local grocery store. While there are tons of fruits and vegetables to plant for a homegrown garden, the ...

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You probably get your greens at the grocery store, or occasionally at the farmer’s market for local and seasonal produce. But would you go green hunting on the streets around town? “It can’t get any ...