Summer 2010
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Articles from this issue:
13 Things We Love About Summer in the Piedmont ...but shhh, don't tell anyone!
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nly 94 days long and tons to do, see, eat, drink, and be merry about...Virginia summers are in a league all their own. They're sticky, hot, and wonderful. They are leaping into cool, milky mountain water, picking strawberries directly off the vine and plopping them in your mouth, red juice running down your chin; they are fierce afternoon storms; purple evenings running into mornings; crickets loud than I-95; they are music and light, family and friends; they are childhood remembered. To help you navigate through the abundance that Virginia summers have to offer, we've compiled a sample of some of our favorite things to enjoy in the summer throughout the Piedmont from swimming holes, hiking trails, and outdoor festivals to weekend getaways, summer sweets, and Lady Gaga. The choices are endless...1. Read more... |
A young Charolais calf becomes a rather unusual, but beloved family pet
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hey found him in a ditch on the side of one of Fauquier County’s winding back roads.Slowing their car, Suzanne and Paul Ashby could see movement and thought at first that it was a large dog, perhaps injured after being struck by a car.They pulled over to investigate.Having volunteered as one of the county’s humane investigative officers, Suzanne had had experience in such incidents.What the Ashbys found was not a dog but a young Charolais calf no more than 24-hours old. Read more... |
in 48 Hours
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hese days Nathaniel Gordon would have difficulty recognizing the town that he helped found back in 1813.Gordonsville has developed into a cultured and sophisticated village that might look more comfortable settled among the rolling hills of French or British countryside.With a population of 1,498 (and only about half this number actually living in town proper), Gordonsville has within its limits a Mecca of interesting stores, restaurants with a variety of culinary flavors, and a fascinating historical narrative.A Brief History ... Read more... |
Alumni of local Exploring the Small Farm Dream courses are breaking ground...and sharing in success
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olly and James Hammond wanted to farm, but it took years to get their start.Back in theirfirst year of marriage, in 2002, the young couple started a community garden for their condominium complex in Tempe, Arizona, so they could improve their community and grow some food for their table. Holly starts, “When we started working in the garden…” “We just fell in love with it,” James finishes. “And I was like, man, I miss the farm.” Holly was raised on a you-pick vegetable farm in Arizona.James spent a lot of time growing up on his grandfather’s farm in North Carolina. They started spinning out ideas for a farming life, maybe in the Southeast, where they both had family.Then, about three years ago, Holly explains: “I sold my business.James quit his job. Read more... |