Making Good Compost
Good afternoon Grow Appalachians! I hope you are feeling ready for a little break this Memorial Day weekend. I certainly am! This post is a little bit of a recycle
Finding a Calling in Local Food: A Grow Appalachia Story
Since the beginning, the heartbeat- for lack of a better word- of Grow Appalachia is that of its participants. To date, Grow Appalachia has reached more than 4,000 unduplicated families.
Top Ten Tips for the Best Summer Garden!
Happy Friday Grow Appalachians! Things here at HQ are taking off at the speed of light, and with many new plans and changes on the horizon, it's sure to be
SFSP: The Second Year
Last year, the first year of the USDA Sponsored Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) in Berea, a team of Berea College student interns and labor students, as well as 2
Protecting Our Pollinators
Howdy folks! I for one am happy to see that the chilly rainy weather we had last weekend is not sticking around! (Boy, I sure do talk about the weather
Celebrating Earth Day
Earth Day is the day in which the big, beautiful, natural wonder of our life-sustaining planet is celebrated. Always on April 22, Earth Day began in 1970 as a somewhat
The Top Tool Companies Dearly Loved by GA HQ
Ohhh, this weather is making me siiiinnnngggggg!!! :) Happy Easter weekend, folks! GA HQ is closed for Good Friday so you're getting a blog a day early before we dash off into
The Top Five Best Garden Tools for Your Arsenal
Like any occupation or hobby that requires manual labor, be it construction, hunting, or gardening, it's a known fact that a good tool either makes or breaks the job at
Healthy Soil= Healthy Garden= Healthy People
Ok, I totally cannot take credit for that title- that honor goes to Laura over in Wolfe County. Hey, it's spring!!! Yay! And tomorrow is April! (Already?!) It's another quiet
The Dirt on Soil Testing
With these fluctuating temperatures, the outdoors right now may seem like a cold (or warm?), unwelcoming place that that you never want to return to. Rest assured; better days are coming! After
