Brenda Jonca is driving slowly past a meadow, her eyes scanning the patches of thick, new spring grass, when her black pickup truck stops suddenly and her right arm points out of the open passenger ...

Know what you’re picking. Many ferns have fiddleheads, but the ones we eat in Maine are from the ostrich fern. Ostrich ferns tend to grow near streams and rivers and have three good identifying ...

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Shaun Caron won’t brag and say he knows everything there is to know about fiddleheads, but he’s darned close to being an expert, at least in my view. Caron, 30, is a fourth-generation fiddlehead ...

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 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. FARMINGTON — For most of his 71 years, Frank Buckley Sr. of Industry has ...

You've probably already heard from several people that this is an odd spring. Perhaps you've said it several times yourself; I know I have. However, there's one natural event that is going to happen — ...