Fall Gardening Prep at ASPI
It's been a great season in the garden this summer, despite the all the rain and cool temperatures that we experienced early on. Luckily for us we still have lots
Bountiful Harvests at ASPI
Weighing & recording for market. Cucumber Lemons. Tastes just like a traditional cucumber! ASPI Apples. ASPI Beans. The Purple Podded Pole beans
Healthy Cooking at ASPI
Recently we had our fifth workshop here at ASPI which focused on healthy cooking with ingredients from the garden. The workshop was led by Rockcastle County Health Department’s Nancy
ASPI visits the Grimaldo Farm
We took the high school interns on a trip to another Grow Appalachia site this week. All of us from ASPI that went had a great time at the Grimaldo
Event at the Mt. Vernon Community Garden
We hosted a performance event at the Mt. Vernon Community Garden last Wednesday. Octavia Sexton is a local storyteller who performed a few of her entertaining stories. She is actually
Visit to Berea College Greenhouses and Farm
We took our high school interns on another trip last week, this time to Berea College. Saxon and Sam both went to Berea so they showed us around the College’s
Farmers Market
This week at ASPI we participated in the Rockcastle Co. Farmers Market in Mt.Vernon for the very first time. Assisting at our booth is our first group of high
Visit to Laurel County
Last week several of us from ASPI and our high school interns visited the Laurel County Grow Appalachia site. We met up at the Laurel County African American Heritage Center.
Potato Blackleg
Potato plant showing signs of Blackleg. Healthy plant Pulled potato plant with blackened stems, dying leaves. Hello all! After
Meeting New People at ASPI
Monday night was our "Farmers Markets and Living Local" Workshop here at ASPI. We were honored to have in attendance David Cooke, Constance, and Wayne Riley of Laurel County Grow
