>> Top for tunes: Three weeks ago, we launched our eleventh-annual Garden & Gun bracket: Favorite Southern Music Venues, in partnership with Dos Primos Tequila, featuring thirty-two stellar live music spots around the region. Today, after five rounds of voting, we have a winner: The Caverns, in Pelham, Tennessee edged out the Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina, for the title. “People want to hear their favorite band play in a magical cave,” says the Caverns founder Todd Mayo. “Going into a cave is timeless, and listening to music there is a surreal experience.” Thank you to all who voted in the bracket—and to the music venues that have welcomed artists and fans throughout the years. As Mayo says, “Every one of the places in this bracket is a place to visit. And we are so happy to have a light shining on all the great music venues of the South.” Read more about the winner and runner-up and see the final bracket here.

>> Backyard harvest: Planning your summertime garden? Check this compilation of our What’s in Season articles to get ideas for growing your own vegetables and fruits. And even if you don’t plant, you can get a seasonal recipe in each article, good to file away for barbecues, baking, and beyond. For more garden goodies, see our garden guide, presented in partnership with Kubota, here.

>> Find your place: All great stories begin with a sense of place—the backyard where you grew up, the beach where you spent summers, the cabin where your family gathered for holidays. Garden & Gun Land, a growing imprint of G&G, helps bring these stories to life. Be it a permanent residence in the Carolina Lowcountry or a vacation home in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the program highlights unique Southern properties to help readers find their perfect retreat. By partnering with communities and destinations that embody the G&G ethos—a reverence for the land, a focus on conservation, and a true care for craftsmanship—Garden & Gun Land offers glimpses of a new way of life. Find properties and more at the new digital hub: gardenandgunland.com

We recently asked, “Predict a score for the UNC vs. Duke basketball game.” One reader closely predicted the actual score of 81-77:

Final score is 82-78. UNC wins. They have an older, more experienced team. Both teams have lots of top athletes but a young team has a lot more to overcome. —Richard R.