When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. When an invasive plant takes root, it may be time to make some jam. Horticulturalists, chefs, foragers of wild foods, organic farmers and ...

FOR THE FIRST DAYS OF THE AUTUMN SEASON. LET’S HEAD TO GROW GREEN. WELCOME TO TODAY’S GROW AT GREEN. WE’RE AT THE HOME OF BARRY AND LINDA LEBLANC IN MERRIMACK. I’M JOINED BY STEF CIESZYNSKI OF UNH ...

Depending on where you live, this time of year can be especially fruitful for foragers. Wild mushrooms are often bountiful, nuts are ready to harvest, fennel seeds can be gathered, and wild grapes may ...

A Calvin College sophomore and a Calvin biology professor recently received $3,000 each from the Undergraduate Research Grants for the Environment (URGE) program. Kelly Edwards, 19, a biology and ...

Today, my focus turns to yet another invasive plant and one of the 10 most wanted in terms of problem plants in our region. Our six acres of land in Putnam is mostly pastures and fields with trees ...

There are several sources online for a red, pulpy autumn olive jam (Elaeagnus umbellata). We make this jam, but it does not keep for very long, separating into pockets of whitish goo and red pulp ...

Michael Gomola stood near the banks of Fairfield's Lake Mohegan, busily filling a six-quart plastic container with clusters of red, speckled berries. From time to time, curious dog-walkers on the park ...

Q: I am writing in hopes that you can provide some advice about our Autumn Olive. We originally planted it to provide both food for the birds and definition for the entrance to our house. It has ...

The insasive autumn olive shrub is among the plants that can no longer be sold in Ohio. Ohio has banned the sale of more than three dozen invasive plant species under new rules that took effect Sunday ...

A retired consulting forester is concerned about the expansive growth of an invasive plant in wilderness areas. Dennis Mash of Windber, Somerset County, is warning landowners about autumn olive, a ...

Outside my window is a large, rounded shrub with leafless branches suffused in a golden haze. That haze is actually hundreds, if not thousands, of golden berries clustered tightly along the thin stems ...