For the shade gardener who wants to grow edible plants, this shadowy designation of how much—or how little—direct sunlight a space receives is often perceived as second best. “I have a garden, ...

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These freshly picked fiddleheads will be ready to cook once they are thoroughly cleaned in cold water and the brown "papery" layer removed from each fern. Credit: Julia Bayly / BDN This story was ...

When spring blooms, it comes with a variety of unique fruits and vegetables. Fiddlehead ferns are one of those hard-to-find items that are extremely eye-catching. When young, the shoot looks like a ...

Blink, and they're gone. That's if you see them at all. Fiddlehead ferns are an elusive joy of spring for those who like to forage in the forest for their food -- or for those who know of a farm stand ...

Spring is fleeting, and so is fiddlehead fern season. These tasty treats are the curled baby heads of the ostrich fern, and they grow wild in Minnesota, New England and Canada. Some say they taste ...