Garden & Gun

Celebrating the best of Southern culture, music, food, style, travel, art, literature, and the sporting life. Plus, lots of good dogs.

Garden & Gun

Native Instinct • THE FIRST FEW STEPS IN TURNING A TYPICAL BACKYARD INTO A WILDLIFE OASIS

Fly Guy • The story behind our cover

WHAT’S ONLINE • GARDENANDGUN.COM

CONTRIBUTORS

“Roy Blount Jr. knows in his heart that kale should not even be mentioned in the same paragraph as collard greens”

Social Chatter • GARDENANDGUN.COM AND BEYOND

The Key of Kelvin • RISING STAR KELVIN HARRISON JR. CAN SWING FROM NEW ORLEANS JAZZ TO HOLLYWOOD’S LATEST HIT WITHOUT SKIPPING A BEAT

Southern Sprezzatura • THE NEW E.M. REITZ WOMEN’S WEAR LINE EMBRACES EFFORTLESS COOL

Small Wonders • TENNESSEE BIOLOGISTS RACE TO SAVE RARE AND STUNNING FISH

Classic Comeback • SIDE-BY-SIDE SHOTGUNS ROAR BACK INTO THE FIELD

Nature’s Fabric • A VIRGINIA FIBER ARTIST EMBROIDERS UNEXPECTED CANVASES

Sire Song • GERALDINE BROOKS TRACES AN INCOMPARABLE HORSE DOWN THE STRETCH OF HISTORY

Son of the Smokies • An homage to a delicious corner of Appalachia

Kentucky Confidential • S.G. GOODMAN MINES THE HEART ON HER ARRESTING SOPHOMORE ALBUM

Essential NOLA • Tank and the Bangas’ irresistible magic

Bugging Out • CREEPY-CRAWLIES, NECKTIE LOVE, AND SUMMER SECRETS

Morning Glory • FRUIT PRESERVES STAR IN A SURPRISING SCOTCH COCKTAIL

English Breakfast Old-Fashioned

Salad Days • THE DARLINGS OF SUMMER ALL PLAY WELL TOGETHER IN SALAD STAR EMILY NUNN’S HOMAGE TO THE SOUTH’S BOUNTY

Southern Golden-Hour Salad

MEET THE CHEF: EMILY NUNN

Forging History • A ONE-OF-A-KIND KNIFE FROM BLADESMITH QUINTIN MIDDLETON TELLS HIS FAMILY’S STORY

Hot Potatoes • WHETHER IN FOURTH OF JULY TATER SALAD OR BREAKFAST HASH, THE GERMAN BUTTERBALL IS A NEXT-LEVEL SPUD

Crispy Butterball Breakfast Potatoes

For the Love of the Cuban • MIAMI’S INVITING SANGUICH JUST MIGHT BE THE START OF A SANDWICH EMPIRE

Hot Spot • Cafe La Trova’s Cuban/flavor

A Cashiers Mountain Cascade • TERRACES BOLSTER A FLORAL NORTH CAROLINA WONDERLAND

Sun Times • FRESH GEAR FOR LAZY SUMMER DAYS ON THE SHORE

A Hang of Honeysuckle • ADD THE WILD SUMMER VINE TO YOUR NEXT DINNER PARTY

A Place in the Clouds • HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS OF BLACKBERRY FARM, A GUEST COTTAGE OFFERS TENNESSEE HOSPITALITY

Swimming with Riba • RIVERS, LAKES, BAYOUS: FOR AN ALABAMA POUND PUPPY, LIFE BEGAN AT THE WATER

Everglades Passage • REBIRTH AND REUNIONS IN THE RIVER OF GRASS

Travel Advisory • NOTHING FRENZIES AND FRAZZLES LIKE GOING ON VACATION

27 Cool Ideas for Summer • YOUR HOT-WEATHER GUIDE TO ICY DRINKS, BREEZY WATERWAYS, STARGAZING HIDEOUTS, THE ULTIMATE ICE CREAM CONE PILED HIGH WITH SOUTHERN SCOOPS, AND ONE IDYLLICALLY REFRESHING MOUNTAIN WEEKEND

Some Like It Cold • SOUTHERNERS: THE CONNOISSEURS OF STAYING COOL

The Hot List • SOUTHERN KNOW-HOW, RECIPES, AND TIPS FOR SURVIVING THE DOG DAYS AND NIGHTS

8 Rewatch the Coolest Classic Movie • Even fifty-five years later, nobody holds a candle to Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke

15 Steep a Smooth Cold Brew Coffee • And then mix it into a cocktail or three

17 Chill in Asheville • THREE DAYS IN THE BUZZY MOUNTAIN TOWN

Itinerary The • Choose a cozy home base, settle in for mountain views, and then explore

21 Recapture Childhood at a Seaside Hideaway • On the Crystal Coast, the Atlantis lodge endures through time and memory

Song of the Woods • A HUNTER’S LESSONS in the DEEP MAGIC of STILLNESS

FEASTING ON THE NOLA...