As we enter the New Year, the time for preparing our Grow Appalachia seed order has come. While compiling our order we have tried to provide varieties based

I’ve never really been one to make New Year Resolutions for a couple of reasons. One, when I tried to create New Year’s resolutions for myself I never made it

     The holiday season is upon us, which usually means that we are faced with endless invitations and opportunities to attend parties, and gatherings of friends and family. By

Last week as Maggie and I walked into the office at Pine Mountain to check our mail, I smelled something strange and somewhat unpleasant. Just as I opened my mouth

This past spring I stopped in a local farm supply store to buy more Peaches N’ Cream corn seed for Grow Appalachia families.  As I scanned the shelves for the

       As most all of our participants’ gardens have been cleared off and planted with cover crop for the season, we have been focusing on cleaning and preparing

          Alright everyone, pardon my rant for the next several minutes we have decided that our blog this week will tackle a subject that I am

Although my mother always had a small herb garden, I have never cooked with herbs much. I made a lot of pesto out of basil, arugula, and garlic scapes, but

Friday marked the date of our final 100 Mile local foods potluck for the season. We had a good turnout, with our most committed Grow Appalachia members in attendance. The

Along with every other site, we here at Pine Mountain have been busy finalizing our report for the 2011 Grow Appalachia year. Many of our participants expressed discouragement that this