If Salvador Dali was ever looking for a model for a botanical self-portrait, he might have chosen teasel.

In my house, foraging is a favorite family pastime.

Willa Cather seemed to be of two minds when it came to ground cherries.

Ernest Hemingway knew how to make seaweed sexy.

The truth is, for garden snails, love hurts.

A walk along the beach last weekend seemed safer than a dip in the ocean, with the triple threat of sharks, siphonophores (man-of-wars), and cyanobacteria.

If, as Bill Blass suggested, red is the ultimate cure for sadness, then it is time to say so long to your sorrows.

Obsessed with the sight, scent, utility and attractiveness of this all-star vegetable, herb and pollinator magnet.

Ahoy mateys, pirates live among us!

Those of us that enjoy outdoor showers never bathe alone.