July 2024

A goat looking for either a snack or a head rub pokes its head through the gate at Dollinger Farm.

Hampshire Farm Crawl

With about 30 stops in all, the sequence of visits can fill a July weekend with fun and discovery.
002f3bf6-3ec9-11ef-b9fb-12163087a831-yellow-spotted-woodland-salamander---Frank-Gebhard

Save Salamanders, Save our Health

Advocates for the rare yellow-spotted woodland species fight to list it as endangered.
e9c99ede-3ec7-11ef-944b-12163087a831-Eli-and-Sam-feeding-our-chickens

Gifts of the Land: Boots and Ruffles

Exploring the vagaries of roosterhood.
de19e108-3ec6-11ef-8eb2-12163087a831-STEST24051011520

From the Editor: Remembering Su Clauson-Wicker

Her first piece for the magazine was the lead story in our inaugural issue, June/July 1988: “Clean Air, Clean Fuel and Homegrown Plastic.”
Mother and daughter share a moment far above the New River Gorge.

Camping and Motherhood

Wherein Mom and Dad take the 8-month-old to the end of dirt roads and beside the rushing river for her first taste of the outdoors.

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

CALENDAR OF EVENTS