It’s conifer tip season on PEI! The soft, bright green, new growth on members of the Pine Family (Pinaceae) is both edible and packed...

White Spruce is one of the most common trees on the Island and can be found almost everywhere: in fields, hedgerows, and forests; along...

True Morels (Morchella spp.) are choice edible mushrooms that are notoriously elusive here on the Island. Local reports of Morels often...

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal ‘Google’ for all things wild on PEI! I recently received some photos from Pamela...

PEI has so many wild spring foods! Over the past month, we’ve looked at Dandelion, Dock, Evening Primrose, Fiddleheads, and Watercress....

A feast of Fiddleheads is an annual spring tradition for many people. For information on how to find and identify these tasty treats,...

Fiddleheads are the best known and most coveted of PEI’s spring greens. I collected my feast last week, but you should still be able to...

Springtime on PEI provides an amazing selection of edible wild plants. If you’re out enjoying our freshwater wetlands (or maybe foraging...

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal ‘Google’ for all things wild on PEI! I’ve gotten lots of great questions since...

Just like all that glitters is not gold, all spring greens are not edible. It’s useful to be able to identify both tasty and toxic...

Spring is the perfect time to find PEI’s amphibians and reptiles, and I was happy to cross paths with this beautiful Maritime Garter...

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI! I’ve had multiple people ask...

For me, May on PEI means Mayflowers and Mushrooms, and I was happy to find both on last week! This interesting-looking fungus is...

I often hear from people at both ends of the foraging spectrum: those who fear wild foods aren’t safe and those who feel that anything...

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI! Today’s question comes from...

Leafy wild greens aren’t the only edible plants available on PEI in early spring – you can find wild root vegetables too! Some of the...

Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) is a common, native species here on Prince Edward Island. The entire plant is edible, but this time...

Welcome to a new series I’m trying out for 2023 – Ask a Naturalist! Do you have a question about plants, animals, or habitats but Google...

Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is the poster child for edible spring greens, with good reason: it’s everywhere, hard to mistake...

Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is the poster child for edible spring greens, with good reason: it’s everywhere, hard to mistake...