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March 2021 Hikes

April’s Wild Edible: Yellow Morels

Among those of us who gather the Blue Ridge’s wild edibles, there’s one question that we dare not ask because it has no chance of eliciting an honest answer; "Where did you find those yellow morels?”

March’s Wild Edible: Dandelions

Gardeners often swear at them, and green lawn lovers typically nuke them with poisonous sprays. But dandelions are also important wildlife food, a boon for early spring pollinators - and a superb health food!

17th Annual Return to Site of First Hike

Hikes for January/February 2021

Recipe: Nevada Parker Derting’s Dried Apple Stack Cake

This most requested recipe from Scott County, Virginia is a guaranteed crowd pleaser.

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Kurt and Cookie head up the Little Rocky Row Trail, March 20, 2021

March 2021 Hikes

The yellow morel is probably the most popular mushroom in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

April’s Wild Edible: Yellow Morels

Among those of us who gather the Blue Ridge’s wild edibles, there’s one question that we dare not ask because it has no chance of eliciting an honest answer; "Where did you find those yellow morels?”
Dandelions make a good – and healthy – base for spring salads.

March’s Wild Edible: Dandelions

Gardeners often swear at them, and green lawn lovers typically nuke them with poisonous sprays. But dandelions are also important wildlife food, a boon for early spring pollinators - and a superb health food!
This is one of the earliest photos of the hiking oddity; four years in, in 2008, Matthew and Aden had just turned six--they'll graduate from high school this year. Good dawg Fluff left us about 8 years ago.

17th Annual Return to Site of First Hike

Hikes for January/February 2021
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Recipe: Nevada Parker Derting’s Dried Apple Stack Cake

This most requested recipe from Scott County, Virginia is a guaranteed crowd pleaser.
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