Aaron Moen of Dassel is a retired Cornell University professor who spends his winters in Minnesota and likes it. He began his career as a wildlife ecologist, focusing on the physiology, nutrition and ...

Keystone plants and trees like the Coast Live Oak and California lilac are key players in the health of your garden.

Cache pits are like root cellars, as Elizabeth Ortiz ... It was dug into well-drained soil and lined with birch bark and grass, which preserved fish, meat and berries through the harsh seasonal ...

Because of its digging ability, it is said to be the possessor of all the medicinal roots ... Willow baskets were woven, and sometimes used for dice playing. Many small tools were made from willow, as ...

Foraging for mushrooms can be scary, so Food & Wine sent literary Brat Pack legend Tama Janowitz to comb the forest floors of McCall, Idaho, with a mushroom foraging expert. She learned how to forage ...

One of Campbell’s favorite items in the store are the sweetgrass baskets. A Gullah tradition dating back to the 1600s, these ...

Once each season, in Fall, Winter, and Spring, I load seven plastic tubs filled with skulls, furs, graduated cylinders, strips of birch bark, and other oddities into the Museum’s minivan for a ...

Bare root plants are a great way to get less common plants that may be only available through catalog sources and can be real bargains if purchased by the bag locally. However, receiving bare root ...