Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

FAIRBANKS - While you are filling your freezer with produce from your garden or the farmers market, be sure to schedule time to gather the wild foods available to us. From mid-August through fall is ...

Rose hips are small and scattered, they take time to gather, and they may be on thorny bushes. But their pure, wild flavor are appreciated especially in winter. Rose hips are the fruits of the rose; ...

The end of summer is here, but autumn isn’t yet in full swing. These dog days are devoted to the fruit of the rose. Called rose hips, these small, round fruits contain seeds wrapped in a fleshy outer ...

Rose hips are found under the petals and have anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties. You can eat the seeds, or add them to other foods, such as soups and teas. From their soft petals to ...

Wild roses, rugosa roses and even cultivated roses that were left unpreened after their last bloom will sport a shiny, usually dark orange-red colored rose hip. Some might know it as a rose haw, while ...

THE increasing interest that is being taken in natural sources of vitamin C in general, and in the extraction of this vitamin from rose hips in particular, suggests that some observations made by us ...

The rose has long been regarded as the “queen of flowers,” revered for its fragrance and beauty. But less lauded are the orange and red hips, or seedpods, that form after the flowers fade. And that’s ...