On PEI, autumn is for Asters. These beautiful and often colourful flowers can be found in literally every Island habitat right now: sand...

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI! I’ve been getting lots of...

I love finding new populations of PEI’s rarest plants, and ferns are my favourite plant group. So, you can imagine how excited I was to...

It’s mushroom Monday! As you know, I am not a mushroom expert. But I am working to learn more of our Island’s fungi and will share some...

There’s a pretty, useful, and downright fun plant flowering along PEI’s streams right now. Meet Spotted Touch-me-not (Impatiens...

Elderberries are one of my favourite wild foods: abundant, easy to harvest, versatile, delicious, and beneficial! You can read more...

If I had to choose my favourite wild food, I think it would be Common Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis). This plant is abundant, easy to...

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI! I’ve been getting a lot of...

King Boletes (aka Porcini) are among the best edible wild mushrooms on Prince Edward Island. You can learn how to identify them in this blog post: https://www.pei-untamed.com/post/king-boletes---wild-porcini-mushrooms. There are tons of great recipes around for using fresh King Boletes, and these mushrooms dry well if you are lucky enough to have excess on hand. If you're new to fresh Porcini, here are two simple cooking techniques. Fried Kings My favourite way to enjoy Ki

One of my favourite things about PEI’s wild foods is how they sometimes appear when you least expect it. On two different outings recently, I wasn’t looking for fungi but found King Boletes (aka Porcini, Boletus edulis group), including some on my own property! These are expensive, gourmet mushrooms that are hard to find in stores, but commonly found growing wild on the Island. Photo 1: Although the younger specimen on the left would be considered choice, the older specimen

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI! It seems like everyone is...

For me, the start of December on PEI means it’s time to collect Chaga (Inonotus obliquus). Despite some popular myths, there’s no...