When Euell Gibbons first appeared on television as an interviewed guest, it was on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show" in 1974. Younger readers won't even recognize the name. But most of the Baby Boomers ...

Maybe it’s time to renew our acquaintance with Euell Gibbons. With the economy the way it is, more people have planted home gardens and participated in community gardens. More people every year also ...

A nationwide survey found that Americans' infatuation with receiving mail is stronger than their love for television, talking on the phone and reading the newspaper, and is second only to seeing their ...

Karen of Kindness: “The post about Euell Gibbons [from John in Highland; BB, 1/29/2016] and his quest for a healthful lifestyle, or so he professed, called to mind the only time I have seen a ...

In the introduction to his iconic book on foraging for wild food, "Stalking the Wild Asparagus," Euell Gibbons contemplated the act of foraging. "Why bother with wild foods in a country which produces ...

Euell Gibbons’ legacy turns forty. New Mexico, 1926. The dust bowl has held the state in its grip for more than a year. Where there is no water, there is no work, so the senior Gibbons has left to ...

It all started in a San Diego share-rental with a fern dangling from one of those 1970s macrame potholders. Classes were about to begin at UCSD, and I had an appointment to see an apartment. As I ...

Gathering inspiration growing up came naturally to me. I gleaned it from the horse’s mouth, the outdoors, books, magazines, and even television, where I first met Euell Gibbons. Gibbons was born in ...