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Blue Ridge Heritage Apples

To us, they’re an afternoon snack, good for slicing over cereal or baking into a special dessert. To our mountain ancestors, apples were subsistence foods, and they raised a host of varieties that ripened from early summer through late fall...
A gypsy moth feeds on a leaf.

Gypsy Moths: Another Scourge of the Mountains

The stand of chestnut and scarlet oaks on my 140-acre mountainside tract in the Sinking Creek Valley of Craig County, Va. spoke volumes about the devastation that gypsy moths can wreak.
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Fall Photo Contest

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Holiday Dish Contest

Holiday Recipe Contest

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Knoxville Asian Festival, August 29-30,  Knoxville, Tennessee. Photo courtesy of Asian Culture Center of TN
Events

Fall 2026 Festivals & Events Guide

From the Virginias and the Carolinas to Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, our annual compendium is the perfect travel companion. Inside,

4th of July Parade & Festival, July 4, Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
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Summer 2026 Festivals & Events Guide

From the Virginias and the Carolinas to Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, our annual compendium is the perfect travel companion. Inside,

CALENDAR OF EVENTS