July 31, 2023

Clay Morris gathering blooms from an elderberry tree.

September’s Wild Edible: Elderberries

The berries feature a bittersweet flavor when eaten right off the vine.
A beefsteak polypore growing on a hardwood.

August’s Wild Edible: Beefsteak Polypore

Red and fan-shaped, Fistulina hepatica can grow up to 10 inches wide, although most specimens are about half that size.

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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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