Summer Salsa for the Snowy Season
It's been a notably cool August here in Pocahontas County, helping us remember that although summer is still on the mind, fall is just around the corner! The gardens still
How to Grow Melons in Your High Tunnel
--Karline Jensen, High Rocks, Hillsboro WV One of the first crops we decided to grow in our new high tunnel is melons. As you can see, they look great! We
Helping Hands
--Liz Kammeyer, High Rocks AmeriCorps Member, Hillsboro, WV School is out, and so are the garden helpers! We all love tending to the garden. There’s something undeniably therapeutic about having
Winter Thyme!
Did you know that many herbs are very cold hardy? Thyme among others can survive, and even continue growing throughout winter. Although it will not grow much of a crop
Winter Crops
Enjoying a nice day yesterday evning as we were getting ready to over winter a small assortment of greens. Just in time too, because we got our first dusting of snow last night
Garlic Planting at the High Rocks
A sunny Fall day began as the High Rocks AmeriCorps Team started planting the last crop of the year, garlic. As the day progressed sunny skies gave way to clouds and rain, however
GARLIC FUNDRAISER / ROAD KILL COOK OFF
Lots of fun was being had at this years Autumn Harvest / Festival Road Kill cook off in Marlinton Wv. Delicious smells of unusual foods floating in the air and yes GARLIC. The girls
Pattipan-tastic
A few years ago I didn't know what pattipans were. I got one of the weird spaceship-like things in a birthday basket and didn't even recognize it as a squash. Now,
Small Growers, Big Demand
Like any small community trying to develop its food economy we encounter the challenge of balancing both sides of the local food see-saw at once. On one end sits the
