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July’s Wild Edible: Blackberries

Growing along the edges of pastures, agricultural areas, woodlots, or wherever ground has been recently disturbed, blackberries are a crucial part of our mountain ecosystem.

Picnic Time, With a Retro Touch

Our food-writing team packs up the picnic basket full of family favorites for the road or the backyard.

June’s Wild Edible: Chicken of the Woods Mushroom

If someone were to ask us what our favorite mushroom is, we would without hesitation answer chicken of the woods.

May’s Wild Edible: Ramps

My favorite ramp patch lies above 3,000 feet at the top of a Monroe County, West Virginia mountain.

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?”

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Wild blackberries growing on a Virginia mountainside.

July’s Wild Edible: Blackberries

Growing along the edges of pastures, agricultural areas, woodlots, or wherever ground has been recently disturbed, blackberries are a crucial part of our mountain ecosystem.
At Oak Hill School, relocated to Jonesborough, Tennessee in 1996, students spend the day under the tutelage of Jean Smith as they re-create the way things were in 1892, including having beef jerky for lunch.

Picnic Time, With a Retro Touch

Our food-writing team packs up the picnic basket full of family favorites for the road or the backyard.
Chicken of the woods mushroom is a choice edible.

June’s Wild Edible: Chicken of the Woods Mushroom

If someone were to ask us what our favorite mushroom is, we would without hesitation answer chicken of the woods.
These ramps came from a Monroe County, West Virginia mountain. I won’t be more specific.

May’s Wild Edible: Ramps

My favorite ramp patch lies above 3,000 feet at the top of a Monroe County, West Virginia mountain.
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?”
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Even Closer to Almost Heaven

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A Mountain Tradition Turns 90 

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The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

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