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April’s Wild Edible: Wild Onions

Wild onions may start to appear as early as January but become much more prevalent come April.

Birds of the Blue Ridge: Downy Woodpecker

The concert season for percussionists of the bird world has begun – starring woodpeckers.

May’s Wild Edible: Red Mulberry

Is the red mulberry the last spring flora to produce fruit or the first summer one?

March’s Wild Edible: Brown Cup Mushrooms

The brown cup mushroom is an important harbinger of spring.

Birds of the Blue Ridge: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

If woodpeckers needed a percussionist for the jazz ensemble, this would be the bird.

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Wild onions growing in the author’s Botetourt County, Virginia front yard.

April’s Wild Edible: Wild Onions

Wild onions may start to appear as early as January but become much more prevalent come April.
Downy Woodpecker, female

Birds of the Blue Ridge: Downy Woodpecker

The concert season for percussionists of the bird world has begun – starring woodpeckers.
Wild red mulberries growing along a Botetourt County, Virginia backroad.

May’s Wild Edible: Red Mulberry

Is the red mulberry the last spring flora to produce fruit or the first summer one?
Brown cup mushrooms growing in a Botetourt County, VA woodlot.

March’s Wild Edible: Brown Cup Mushrooms

The brown cup mushroom is an important harbinger of spring.
d108defc-a62d-11ed-b4ca-12b3f1b64877-Yellow-bellied-Sapsucker-2---photo-by-Mike-Blevins

Birds of the Blue Ridge: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

If woodpeckers needed a percussionist for the jazz ensemble, this would be the bird.
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Departments

At Coopers Rock State Forest, new Stargazer cabins invite guests to look up through skylights and telescopes.
Country Roads

Even Closer to Almost Heaven

New Stargazer cabins at Coopers Rock State Forest offer a skyward escape in the mountains of West Virginia.

June 29, 2026
©Duncan Seaman
Country Roads

A Mountain Tradition Turns 90 

Visitors flock to Galax, Virginia, each summer for the Old Fiddlers’ Convention, a days-long celebration of Appalachian music.

June 29, 2026
Synchronous Fireflies
Creature Feature

The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

June 29, 2026

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