Close-up of raspberries and a few green leaves - Valentyn Volkov/Shutterstock You're trudging through the underbrush on a hike when you decide to take a break. As you power up with some trail mix, you ...

Step into the forest with me, dear traveler. I am the princess of these berry-bright woods, and I must tell you a secret woven through every branch and blossom. Foraging for wild berries is one of ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Wineberry, shown in this undated photo, is a raspberry native to Japan and China and naturalized in America. Wineberry's flowers aren't going to catch your eye, but its gracefully arching stems will.

I am interested in cultivating my wild black raspberries so I will have an easier-to-pick patch. Also, what is the best time of year to transplant them? If you are simply cleaning up a wild patch, cut ...

Anytime from early spring to early summer is good to dig and move black raspberries (‘Rubus occidentalis’) and other wild brambles. I am interested in cultivating my wild black raspberries so I will ...

Our brutally hot recent weather had me, like everyone else, staying in air conditioning as much as possible. One evening I sat on the deck in the shade with a slight wind blowing, but sweat was still ...

Growing raspberries takes a bit of patience — but, if you are a lover of that deep berry flavor, that’s no deterrent. Most raspberries need time to become established before they fruit, according to ...

Winter brings with it a blanket of cold and white and a time of quiet slumber for many species of flora and fauna. Aspens have long since shed their golden leaves, wild raspberry, strawberry and ...