Passing the one ton mark
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
Wesley’s Final Week
Hey everyone, this is Wesley the intern here at Wise County Extension. This is the final week of my internship here, so I thought I would take the time to
Photo update
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
Wise County Update
Things are progressing nicely in Wise County, Virginia. The twenty families in our home gardening program are seeing things grow, and Wesley and I are beginning to get some site
Wesley’s Visit to a Wise County Gardener
A few weeks ago I was able to meet with Katie one of Grow Wise’s gardeners. Katie’s garden is very impressive and one look at it shows that an enormous
Introducing VCE Intern
Hello my name is Wesley Hubbard, and I am Wise County’s new VCE intern. I am a native of Wise County, born and raised in Pound, Virginia. I have just
Sweetpotatoes
I’m a sweetpotato fan. My grandfather would always grow about an acre of them, and at harvest time, he’d pull a green Army surplus trailer with a white star through
Cultivating new market vendors
Earlier this week, the Big Stone Gap Farmers’ Market Board hosted a vendor workshop, and a couple of our Grow Appalachia participants – new gardeners – were able to attend.
Falling into place
Happy Spring, folks. Apple grafting workshop I’m glad to have Wise County back in the Grow Appalachia fold again. We did some community garden development back in
Modest first harvest
We plucked a few vegetables out of the Health Wagon garden this afternoon. While a very modest harvest, it was a welcome one, given that we got such a late
