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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?
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Waterfall Wednesday: Blue Hole Falls, Cherokee National Forest’s Touch of Paradise

Blue Hole Falls is a series of four beautiful waterfalls that flow into one another tucked away in the Elizabethton, Tennessee section of the Cherokee National Forest.
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.
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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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Birds of the Blue Ridge: White-throated Sparrow

These large, plump sparrows with a small bill scratch backward on the ground and are regular visitors to backyard feeders.

Departments

Much of the Oklawaha Greenway is lined with trees.
The Good Walk

Walking Oklawaha Greenway

Located just minutes from downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina, this 3.25-mile scenic pathway winds through forests and wetlands.

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