After all, they’d been used to settlement in the dense forests that stretched from the Atlantic seaboard all the way west to Indiana, including from Virginia across the Appalachians and into Kentucky and Tennessee.

Integrating edible flowers into gardens and cuisines is growing in popularity amongst home gardeners and chefs and can provide fun pops of color and flavor to any garden or dish.

Forty-five years ago this spring, the eruption of Mount St. Helens in southwestern Washington captured the attention of the nation and dominated the airwaves for weeks.