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Slow Going

Here’s how to safely help turtles cross the road.
Downtown Roanoke, VA

Roanoke, Virginia: Mill Mountain and Downtown

The bounty of trails on Roanoke’s own mountain combine with the Roanoke River Greenway and downtown to create a fine walk.
Clay Morris says garlic mustard excels as a pesto.

Clay Morris, Forager

The overarching goal for this West Virginia native is “to get our region’s wild foods into the hands of chefs and back into the hands of people who live here.”
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Singing in the Garden: Mud

March is mud mucking, slop, sucking, streams flowing, grass growing, calves running, colts sunning, redwings singing, "Winter's gone, and spring is springing." ~Ginny Neil
Apple Hill Farm offers great views as well as tours, socks, gloves and honey from on-site beehives.

Listening to the Animals

A chance encounter with an alpaca transformed Lee Rankin’s life.

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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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