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April’s Wild Edible: Black Morels

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

Waterfall Wednesday: Margarette Falls – Greenville’s Appalachian Rivendell

Margarette Falls is a beautiful 60-foot waterfall nestled into the Cherokee National Forest in Greene County, Tennessee.

March’s Wild Edible: Redbud Buds

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

February’s Wild Edible: Wild Asparagus

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.

Kurt’s Hikes: June-December 2023

You look at seven months of hikes to close the 19th year of Gail and me walking every weekend and you start to see some patterns, most striking of which is the hikes are creeping toward shorter.

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A black morel found growing in Craig County, Virginia

April’s Wild Edible: Black Morels

They go great as toppings on meat entrees, and they are sublime in any kind of egg dish.
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Waterfall Wednesday: Margarette Falls – Greenville’s Appalachian Rivendell

Margarette Falls is a beautiful 60-foot waterfall nestled into the Cherokee National Forest in Greene County, Tennessee.
In our region, redbud trees often begin blooming in late March to early April.

March’s Wild Edible: Redbud Buds

Redbuds are fairly easy to identify, even before they bloom.
Bruce Ingram with asparagus. Asparagus appear in late winter in this region, but the best time to find patches of asparagus is when the green fronds appear much later in the spring.

February’s Wild Edible: Wild Asparagus

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.
Gail stands atop Texas’s Palo Duro Canyon, October 4.

Kurt’s Hikes: June-December 2023

You look at seven months of hikes to close the 19th year of Gail and me walking every weekend and you start to see some patterns, most striking of which is the hikes are creeping toward shorter.
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