2025

My Tennessee Mountain Home album cover

From the Editor: A Star Graces our Issue

Dolly: the first page and the last page!
Karen and Craig Verm are the music-performing proprietors of the Bed & Breakfast on Tiffany Hill in Mills River, North Carolina.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s Delivers a Meal and a Song

Breakfast at Tiffany’s ain’t over until the piano lady plays and the opera man sings in the mountains of Mills River, North Carolina.
A black staining polypore growing in Botetourt County, VA.

August’s Wild Edible: Black-Staining Polypore

The black-staining polypore is certainly one of the more fascinating wild edible mushrooms.
Northern Dewberry growing in Botetourt County, Virginia.

July’s Wild Edible: Northern Dewberry

For several reasons, the northern dewberry is often overlooked as a summer berry in the Blue Ridge.
Danny McConnell is a huge fig fan, selling fig jam, fig pan pies and more.

The Fruits of His Labor

Danny McConnell grows figs and other unusual produce in the North Carolina mountains.

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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

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