Some, like those of Christmas and wood ferns, remain evergreen even under the snow, while the leaves of lady, cinnamon and sensitive fern die back each fall. Young tightly-curled replacement fronds, ...

Spring is when ferns' fronds emerge from the ground unrolling in a manner that reminds one of the head of a violin. Some folks like to collect and eat these “fiddleheads,” particularly those ...

Fiddleheads, so named because of their resemblance to the musical instrument, are the tightly wound, emerging fronds of several species of ferns. Many cultures, including Native American tribes in ...

Fiddleheads can spread through spores, but they mostly reproduce through rhizomes, or spreading roots. A bunch, called a crown, will emerge from the soil and produce up to eight fronds.

1 pound fiddlehead ferns (asparagus tips can be substituted) Olive oil Salt and pepper 1 cup mushrooms (portobello, oyster, cremini) 1 cup red cooking wine 1/2 cup rough chopped shallot 2 bay leaves ...

Fiddleheads of ostrich ferns emerge from mound-like, knobby rhizomes that stick out of the soil. Often there are old, feather-shaped reproductive fronds sticking straight up out of the center of ...

I do love their fiddleheads, though, and always collect a hundred or so for cooking in early summer as the fronds unfold. The first sign that this is happening is coiled yarn.

Fiddleheads come but once a year, as the harvesting time is only a few weeks, and can be found at certain farmers’ markets in late April through early June. These green edible fronds of the ostrich ...

These fiddleheads are a particular species - the ostrich fern - an iconic spring edible here in Maine. Most ferns are inedible, even poisonous so while all have a fiddlehead stage, most are not ...

A • Yes, prune away the old fronds after the new fiddleheads start to unfurl. More importantly, wait at least until your location is past your average last frost date before removing the spent ...

Chances are, you're spotting piles of fiddleheads at your farmer's market or in the produce aisle right about now. What are they? The coil-shaped greens are the unopened young fronds of the ...