Behind Blue Ridge Country

In the Blue Ridge states, depending on elevation and how far south or north you are, garlic mustard appears sometime in April and disappears sometime in June.

They go great as toppings on meat entrees, and they are sublime in any kind of egg dish.

Redbuds are fairly easy to identify, even before they bloom.

Sometime this month or in early March in these mountains, the wild asparagus will begin to emerge from the soil in such nondescript places as ditches, roadsides and uncultivated fields.