Here are a few scenes from our July Grow Appalachia activities and growers in Wise County, VA: Sue, a second-year participant and her tomatoes.  We made the tomato cages last

I  journeyed to Bledsoe, Kentucky this week to pick up some trapezoid hoes from blacksmith J.D. Napier.  I gave our new participants the choice of a scuffle hoe or a

At this point, our Grow Appalachia families in Wise County, Virginia have completed three of their mandatory classes, and they're planting away.  There have been some challenges so far in

Fruit trees are an investment in both time and money, so it's understandable when folks get troubled by unknown growths in those.  I'll often get questions about scaley, greenish-blue things

After some rescheduling due to snow, we had our inaugural Grow Wise meeting this Monday.  We have 17 families enrolled so far, 9 of which are returning from 2017. Wise

Back in December 2015, we offered a workshop on beginning maple-syrup production.  There were two families in our county already making maple syrup on a small scale, and there had

I can't remember winter squash being a staple where I grew up in Grundy County, Tennessee.  We had a three-acre garden, and we normally filled the cellar with sweetpotatoes, Irish

As of today, our Grow Appalachia families in Wise County, Virginia have produced over 2300 pounds of vegetables (and a few berries) in 2017! Given that most growers got a

I wanted to share a few pictures taken by our Extension intern Wesley Hubbard or I over the last week... A participant's grandson, moving the chicken tractor