Bruce Ingram

Bruce Ingram. Photo Courtesy of Eli Reynolds

Tackling the Invasives

A cool September morning offers a chance to gain ground in the battle against persistent plant invaders.
White jelly snow fungus growing in the author’s Botetourt County, Virginia woodlot.

May’s Wild Edible: White Jelly Snow Fungus

“Pass the fungus,” is not common dinnertime conversation in the Blue Ridge Mountains region, but that’s because folks perhaps have not heard of the white jelly snow fungus.
Grandson Eli with a bluegill he caught on a fly rod

Catch of the Day

A young boy’s day with Granddad was full of hands-on, outdoor fun—and a few surprises.
Wild garlic growing in Fayette County, West Virginia.

April’s Wild Edible: Wild Garlic

Fayette County, West Virginia’s Mitchell Dech is one of my foraging mentors, and when he wants me to try an edible new to me … I’m ready to learn about it.

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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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