August 2012

Crab Spider

Why Garden?

It’s not just for sustenance, but too for exercise, drinking in life and beauty, and maintaining humility.
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Reader Favorites – Hatfields & McCoys: Roseanna, Don’t You Cry

Roseanna McCoy's tale is a classic story of a girl who loved too much. Little did she know how completely her happiness was doomed. Nor that she would become fuel in America's most famous, brutal feud.
Astilbe

Airy Astilbe

A neglected spot and its nearly forgotten planting provide a delightful lesson in delayed gratification.
Air Streaming

Airstreams and RVs

On a mountaintop in Floyd County, Va., Airstreamers have spent their summer since the 1970s.
Butterfly magnet. Joe-pye weed and its relatives draw well.

15 Wildflower Favorites

Here’s a highly subjective list of 15 favorite wildflowers you’ll find blooming along the Blue Ridge Parkway – from diminutive trout lily and bloodroot, whose cheerful yellow and white blooms signal the end of winter, to the goldenrods and asters...

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Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

CALENDAR OF EVENTS