Cattails have been described as the grocery store of the wild because every part of the plant is edible. During the growing season, three of these parts -- shoots, flowers and pollen -- provide easily ...

While RV camping Les challenges Paul to something old and something new. RV camping has its pleasures. Les & Paul hike a familiar area close by and get dirty, gathering a Wild Harvest staple, and Les ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I spent too much time this past weekend trying to get a great action shot of the red-winged blackbirds at my neighbor’s pond. You ...

If you live anywhere in the United States near marshlands or ponds, the cattail is a summertime staple. Known by science as the Broadleaf Cattail (Typha latifolia), these species of edible plant have ...

In March I wrote about exploring three beaver ponds at my grandparent’s old farm property in New Hampshire. With the late winter ground and water still frozen it was easy for me to explore the edges ...

They caught my attention on one of my drives through the Whitewater valley earlier this winter. With a recent snowfall, the thousands of brown heads stood out with caps of white. Cattails are one of ...

I spent too much time this past weekend trying to get a great action shot of the red-winged blackbirds at my neighbor’s pond. You know how sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees? In this ...