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Pork Tenderloin and Georgia History

Our hard-traveling dining writers celebrate many things northern Georgia, including a hole in the wall . . . wait, the Hole in the Wall!

Old-Fashioned Maple Syrup

West Virginian Bob Sheets has stuck with the old ways—well, the 20th-century ways—of creating maple sweetness.

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.

February’s Wild Edible: Maple Syrup

In the Blue Ridge Mountain region, certainly two of the counties that are most known for producing maple syrup are Highland County, Virginia and Pocahontas County, West Virginia.

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At Hole in the Wall, breakfast, including pork tenderloin, is served all day.

Pork Tenderloin and Georgia History

Our hard-traveling dining writers celebrate many things northern Georgia, including a hole in the wall . . . wait, the Hole in the Wall!
Sheets gathering sugar maple sap from a neighbor’s farm.

Old-Fashioned Maple Syrup

West Virginian Bob Sheets has stuck with the old ways—well, the 20th-century ways—of creating maple sweetness.
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.
Bob Sheets gathering sugar maple syrup

February’s Wild Edible: Maple Syrup

In the Blue Ridge Mountain region, certainly two of the counties that are most known for producing maple syrup are Highland County, Virginia and Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
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Coyote (Canis latrans) wandering out from the forest into the loop road on a summer late morning.
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Critters Crossing! 

States across the Blue Ridge are investing in wildlife crossings to protect animals and improve roadway safety.

September 1, 2026

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