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 ...

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 ...

If you think you might be a bull-in-the-china-shop type of picker, by all means, wear protective clothing to prevent yourself from becoming bloodied by thorns. A wild raspberry patch is generally not ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Picking your own food in the wild produces no easier or tastier result than it does with berries. And there’s more than you might think out there, both in terms of sheer volume and types. Here’s how ...

Spotted wing drosophila, a pest native to Southeast Asia, was detected on raspberry fruits by a local gardener in Brown County. More than 45 states including Wisconsin have reported the presence of ...