About 15-plus years ago I helped teach a class called Pathfinders, a group similar to the Boy Scouts, on the topic of wild edibles. You know there are a number of approaches to weeds. A person could ...

At the first thaw of spring, dandelion hunters harvested the bounty of Cincinnati lawns. In addition to dandelion wine, dandelion greens were a popular Queen City dish when fried with hog jowls or ...

More than 15 years ago I helped teach a class to my Pathfinders, a group similar to the Boy Scouts, on the topic of wild edibles. You know there are a number of different approaches to weeds. A person ...

There are plenty of good things to say about the weed people love to hate. Are dandelions bad? Not really! Dandelions were intentionally brought to North America by European settlers in the 17th ...

You can eat it raw as you would any salad green, or you can eat it gently blanched with a traditional hot bacon dressing. It’s in season now, it’s green, and you can harvest it yourself or go to a ...

GREEN MEAL: Local herbalist Juliet Blankenspoor says one of her favorite breakfasts is a toasted bagel with olive oil and raw garlic, topped with violet leaves, violet flowers and chickweed greens.

With spring here, let us take a moment to learn about a plant you might not give a second glance. As humans, we may see the bright yellow flowers of the dandelion and consider them a noxious weed.

The spring planting season has barely begun and already some growers in the southern part of the state have wrapped up their harvest of the first crop of the year: dandelion. Commonly derided as a ...