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November’s Wild Edible: Staghorn Sumac Tea

Staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) is a fairly common small tree in the Blue Ridge Mountains, often thriving along forest edges or in abandoned fields.

October’s Wild Edible: Cauliflower Mushrooms

Spot one from afar, and you’ll likely agree that the creamy white clump growing from an oak’s base or its roots make the cauliflower mushroom look like the namesake vegetable.

Hiltons, Virginia: Apple Butter, Fried Pies and Sausage Gravy Serve a Higher Cause

This end-of-September Lord’s Acre Sale celebrates the bounty of the fall season in “the buckle of the Fried Pie Belt.”

To Market, to Market: “A Hobby, a Career, a Fourth Child”

Jonesborough Farmers Market co-founder Karen Childress puts global adventures to good use in her “own backyard.”

September’s Wild Edible: Paw Paws

Known for its colorful nicknames such as mountain custard, mountain banana, custard apple, and here’s a new appellation…the hipster banana, I would describe Asimina triloba as tasting something like a cross between a banana and a pineapple.

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Staghorn sumac bobs are a distinguishing characteristic.

November’s Wild Edible: Staghorn Sumac Tea

Staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) is a fairly common small tree in the Blue Ridge Mountains, often thriving along forest edges or in abandoned fields.
Cauliflower mushrooms add zest to any number of entrees.

October’s Wild Edible: Cauliflower Mushrooms

Spot one from afar, and you’ll likely agree that the creamy white clump growing from an oak’s base or its roots make the cauliflower mushroom look like the namesake vegetable.
Folks line up outside the door for fried pies at the Lord’s Acre sale in Hiltons, Virginia.

Hiltons, Virginia: Apple Butter, Fried Pies and Sausage Gravy Serve a Higher Cause

This end-of-September Lord’s Acre Sale celebrates the bounty of the fall season in “the buckle of the Fried Pie Belt.”
Karen Childress (right) will be a part of the gathering and the freshness as the Jonesborough Farmers Market again welcomes visitors for in-person shopping each Saturday from May through October.

To Market, to Market: “A Hobby, a Career, a Fourth Child”

Jonesborough Farmers Market co-founder Karen Childress puts global adventures to good use in her “own backyard.”
Paw paws don’t last long once they fall to the ground.

September’s Wild Edible: Paw Paws

Known for its colorful nicknames such as mountain custard, mountain banana, custard apple, and here’s a new appellation…the hipster banana, I would describe Asimina triloba as tasting something like a cross between a banana and a pineapple.
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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.

May 1, 2026

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