Connecticut resident Amy Demers, like most people, spent her free time during the COVID-19 pandemic outdoors in nature soaking up the sun and walking along the state’s extensive network of hiking ...

We learned about curly dock and wild rose petals among other spring ephemerals. We tasted grape tendrils (sour) and learned how to pickle young grape leaves. Umansky explained that blackberries and ...

Standing barefoot in a grassy patch of dandelions, Iris Phoebe Weaver excitedly begins listing the many ways the modest plant can be used medicinally and in cooking. “I just picked a bunch of ...