Black Oak – Quercus velutina In its heyday, the Virginia Oak Tannery in Luray, Virginia processed 1800 steer hides daily. Within the facility, up to 100,000 cattle hides were in

This last week in February*, the Shenandoah Valley has experienced record-breaking low temperatures, accompanied by blasts of frigid arctic wind whipping across fields and open land. In such conditions, evergreen