Birds need water for drinking and bathing, especially as natural sources freeze or dry up. A birdbath can quickly become a ...

GROWTH OPPORTUNITY: Late summer is the ideal time in Western North Carolina to plant carrots for bountiful fall harvests. Photo courtesy of Wild Abundance Hello to you as autumn whispers in the crisp ...

Gardeners looking for a drought-tolerant and highly disease-resistant native shrub might consider adding the blue elderberry (Sambucus cerulean also known as Sambucus Mexicana) to their landscape.

Around 30 years ago a wonderful matriarch in my church brought a pie for one of the socials. She took care of a number of elderberry bushes at home. It was a special pie; I had never heard of ...

Elderberries, a small, dark berry, is native to the Ozarks. It’s long been touted as a folk medicine remedy for cold and flu. (Photo by Kaitlyn McConnell) The elderberry’s small size stands in ...

Foraging on native berry bushes while hiking is an unforgettable experience, but you can grow berries native to North America ...

While we were driving on some rural roads in South Georgia last week, thickets of blooming, white-flowered elderberry shrubs seemed to be growing everywhere along the roadsides. When I see such scenes ...

As Americans sniffle and sneeze through the cold and flu season, demand for elderberry has never been higher. These dark purple berries, packed with antioxidants and vitamins, have been used in folk ...