What’s prettier than fresh veggies?
Eliot here from the Appalachian South Folklife Center site in Pipestem, WV. Whats prettier than fresh veggies on the table? I'd say Very Little. January radishes grown in a
2015 is gonna be a good year
This is a fall picture. But the hoops still stand covering spinach and carrots that were planted in October. This year we are getting a much better start
The Princeton Community Garden
I visited the Princeton Community Garden today to give them some fall seeds and garlic thanks to Grow Appalachia. Box of fall seeds, garlic, shallots, and walking onions for
Tomato Preserves That Taste Like Candy
'Mater Marmalade (or if you can't handle thinking tomatoes are in your jam - "Yellow Marmalade") My farming friends Rachel Parsons and her grandfather Sid Moye, who passed away last winter,
Whose got Fall Crops?
Eliot here, setting out frost protection low cover hoops at the Appalachian South Folklife Center. On the Left are 3 test varieties of Spinach just sprouting and on the Right is a row of
Oyster Mushrooms- A backyard treat
Last Saturday, at the Appalachian South Folklife Center, we hosted a workshop on cultivating oyster mushrooms in the backyard. Oyster mushrooms are delicious, shade-loving fungi that decay wood naturally in
Watching a Hugelkultur Bed
In July, at the Appalachian South Folklife Center, we built a small hugelkultur bed and seeded it with Buckwheat. I had never heard of hugelkultur before David Williams, came from
Appalachian South Folklife Center Garden
Hadn't checked on the garden at the Appalachian South Folklife Center in over a week so a few of us headed over to harvest. We were so excited to see
I love pesto
One of our volunteers at the Appalachian South Folklife Centers garden makes the best Pesto. I have tried to make her pesto- but it is never as good but I am
Rains and Cannings
We had our food preservation workshop at the Appalachian South Folklife Center yesterday. Andi Bennett from the West Virginia extension agency came to present and she had so
