Steve Russell

Steve Russell is a Garden & Gun contributing editor who also has written for Men’s Journal, Life, Rolling Stone, and Playboy. Born in Mississippi and raised in Tennessee, he resided in New Orleans and New York City before settling down in Charlottesville, Virginia, because it’s far enough south that biscuits are an expected component of a good breakfast.

A white and brown pointer dog.

Sporting

The winning performance of Touch’s Gallatin Fire proves an older dog might be able to teach us some new tricks

Inside a greenhouse with rows of bonsai trees on tables

Home & Garden

The little Asian hobby tree has led to a big, beautiful business in Olive Branch

Goo Goo clusters with their packaging and red lettering.

Food & Drink

The candy company’s Nashville store lets aspiring confectioners go beyond its classic flavors—way beyond

A group of people sit outside in a lush garden, seated at a table. They cheers with wine glasses.

Home & Garden

The mountain property becomes an oasis for entertaining friends and putting down roots

Dolly Parton in front of a black background, wearing a silver sequin jumpsuit.

Arts & Culture

Looking back at a life in rhinestones

Two icy pink drinks in ornate glassware sit on a silver platter. There are flowers, vines, and pink tiles behind the drinks.

Food & Drink

Just don’t call them mocktails

A hiker stands on a rock path and looks out over a mountainscape

Land & Conservation

The host of George Mason University’s “The Green Tunnel” podcast shares surprising perspectives from the first three seasons

A person shucks oysters on ice

Food & Drink

After all, it’s the middle of oyster season. Or is it? Let’s find out

A collage of three photos: Tina Turner laughing; Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter together; a portrait of Cormac McCarthy.

In Memoriam

This year, we bid farewell to two of music’s biggest icons, a giant of American letters, and a former First Lady with a lasting legacy, among others

A smiling woman poses in front of a brick building and wears a green satin jacket, a green floral button down shirt, and hoop earrings.

Travel

The daughter of soul legend Otis Redding shares the sights and sounds that keep her Georgia hometown humming

A town square with a blue sky, fall trees, and cars on the road

Travel

ESPN College GameDay visited the Virginia college town last weekend. Here’s what to do there when you show up too

The cover of the book Johnny Cash: the Life in Lyrics

Books

Like the Man in Black himself, Johnny Cash: The Life in Lyrics is formidable and forthright. His son, John Carter Cash, reveals more about the book and his father’s writing habits

Three boots are laid of from the state collection: Wyoming (a brown boot with darker red details and the state capitol building), West Virginia (a blue boot with a pink flower, cardinal, and berries), and Alabama (a yellow and grey boot with the capitol building).

Arts & Culture

Take a peek at the midcentury collection

Arts & Culture

A meeting place for good books and good neighbors

Food & Drink

Mixologists play mad scientist with these spooky recipes

Travel

Once used to scout wildfires, Hanging Rock observatory is an ideal perch for spotting broad-wing hawks and golden eagles in fall

Food & Drink

The country music superstar packs plenty of down-home recipes and advice into a new lifestyle book

In the Garden

Their answers were surprising (and surprisingly touching)

Travel

The Mountain State is never more wild and wonderful than when fall unleashes whitewater madness. A dispatch from the first weekend of rafting season