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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Iwas so excited to harvest my first raspberries, even if there were only four berries! They are ready for picking when their color is a deep, vibrant red color and they easily detach from the stem ...