February 2022

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Mill Creek Stories: Secret Stash

Ah, the things we save . . .
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Spring Rite: Pretending You’ll be a Baseball Star

plus watching those on the way to stardom
Amber jelly roll mushrooms growing on an oak twig.

March’s Wild Edible: Amber Jelly Rolls

Despite its unappealing exterior, this member of the jelly mushroom family is edible and though it does not boast the flavor of morels, for example, it does add structure and substance to soups, salads, stews, and egg dishes.
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New Catawba Greenway Hike

Departments

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

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