Lindsey Liles

Lindsey Liles joined Garden & Gun in 2020 after completing a master’s in literature in Scotland and a Fulbright grant in Brazil. The Arkansas native is G&G’s digital reporter, covering all aspects of the South, and she especially enjoys putting her biology background to use by writing about wildlife and conservation. She lives on Johns Island, South Carolina.

Land & Conservation

If You Smell Cucumber in the Woods, Is There a Copperhead Nearby?

Fact-checking an old Southern saying

Arts & Culture

Which Farm Has Produced the Most Kentucky Derby Winners?

A look back at Lexington’s Calumet Farm and its storied cast of Thoroughbreds

A beige hat with coral and light pink accents

Arts & Culture

What Makes a Great Kentucky Derby Hat?

Madam Foo Foo, the hat designer at Louisville’s iconic Brown Hotel, shares her wisdom on creating—and wearing—the perfect headpiece

A flattened chicken under a tinfoiled wrapped brick in a cast iron pan in an oven

Food & Drink

Roast the Perfect Chicken with Help from a Cast-Iron Pan and a Brick

Get restaurant-worthy results every time with this easy, ingenious method from Chattanooga chef Joe Milenkovic

Three photos of birds: cerulean warbler, burrowing owl, scarlet tanager

Seven Southern

Seven Birds on Every Southern Birder’s Wish List

Rare, secretive, or just plain beautiful, these species are a treat to behold

Two girls in dresses and hats in front of a pattern of sauce jars

Food & Drink

For the Love of Durkee’s

This tangy, 168-year-old condiment might hail from up north, but it’s a Southerner’s secret weapon

Land & Conservation

Was That a Whippoorwill or a Chuck-Will’s-Widow?

These two nightjars—mainstays of the Southern soundscape—are easily confused

A monarch caterpillar on a milkweed flower.

Home & Garden

A Guide to Planting Milkweed

Don’t be intimidated by tales of finicky seeds in the fridge. Here’s everything Southerners need to know to get milkweed in the ground and support the monarch migration.