Grow Your Own reflections
Managing the Grow Your Own program for the past three years has been an eye opening and community building experience. Our groups are so diverse in all sorts of
Enjoying the Little Things in Life
As with all projects, this year's (first) garden at a new home started with inspiration, followed by much effort. You could lose your enjoyment in this effort if you
The bane of the Virginia gardener
The worst surprise... Have you ever gone out to your garden and found your beautiful veggies completely eaten after all your hard work? I did this year.
Growing a Legacy
When you think of your kids and what you would like to leave behind for them, what comes to mind? For my husband and myself, we want to leave
Hulk Hands and Muffins
How can a mom get two toddlers to eat turnips and radishes? One way to approach this is by focusing on the greens. Both turnip and radish greens are
Orchard Oasis…
Well, not quite yet! Since I was child I have been gardening albeit because I was forced to pull weeds, snap beans, and sling manure. You all know!
Native Honey
Honey, what cha doing? Nothing, honey. As I intently looking at the new spring growth of our native prairie. What makes you happy? Ok, plant wise please.
Will Talking to Your Plants Help them Grow?
I have a cactus in my bathroom, but we got nothing to say to each other ~ Max Goldman, Grumpier Old Men From the minute I plant the seed,
Workshopping Regenerative Agriculture
At our second to last workshop for Grow Your Own, we talked about regenerative agriculture. My personal background includes a focus on large-scale agriculture, so I talked about what
Mammaw’s Legacy & Self-Sufficiency
Growing up in the hills of Tennessee, my grandmother always had us working. She was an old school Appalachian woman who knew you had to work to survive. We
