Marcelle St. Germain, Step by Step, Big Ugly, West Virginia Our group of Grow Appalachia gardeners had our last workshop of the year on September 28, 2019. We were delighted to share the produce (beautiful eggplant and peppers) that one of our gardeners brought to the meeting. There was an impromptu discussion of what kind
Bea Sias Step by Step, Logan West Virginia October is Apple Butter month in our area. I have never made or helped make apple butter, but October 10th, I will get to help several families in Lincoln County make apple butter. They told me that they would have seven bushels of apples to peel. I
Marcelle St.Germain Step by Step, Big Ugly Like opening a gift under a Christmas tree, watching what grows out of the compost is always a wonderful surprise. You just know something will pop up -- you just don't know what exactly will take hold and grow. After emptying the compost this season into the garden,
Marcelle St. Germain Step by Step, Big Ulgy, West Virginia The staff at Big Ugly Community Center lead by Tami Boling have been serving children and their families in the community for many a year though this year (since March) they had to be quite creative in their approach due to COVID19 restrictions. One of
Bea Sias Step by Step, Logan, West Virginia Gardening season is in full bloom, literally speaking. The season started off with rain and cold weather, then when this cleared, gardeners were anxious to get those seeds in the ground. Some did not wait for the ground to get warm. Planting had started only to re-plant
Marcelle St. Germain Big Ugly, West Virginia Our gardeners are sweating it out in their gardens as the heat index has hit 100 degrees and higher for the last week. The plants definitely need some water as it’s been hit or miss for the last couple of weeks with rain showers. Thunderstorms have moved in
Bea Sias Step by Step_Logan, WV We have been getting some good reports from our gardeners... of course, sometimes one may encounter a little pest like the cute ground squirrel digging potatoes out of a garden then sitting there to eat. The gardener asked us what she should do, and I told her we had
Marcelle St.Germain, Step by Step Big Ugly, West Virginia Sweet potatoes are one of our favorite crops to grow at BUCC. Early in the spring we generally order 1,000 sweet potato slips from Sow True Seed in Asheville, N.C. A little more than half go to our Big Ugly gardeners and the remainder go to
Bea Sias, Step by Step Logan County, WV Recently we gave out plants in the Man, WV area from 9:00-12:30. We wore masks, used lots of hand sanitizer, and delivered to people in their cars. Gardeners were able to come and get plants such as cucumbers, zucchini, peppers, tomatoes, and others. We enjoyed getting to
Marcelle St. Germain Grow Appalachia Big Ugly, WV Step by Step, Inc. Going with the flow here at Big Ugly. Like everyone else, we had to shift plans midstream to make things work for us to grow plants and to get seeds, fertilizer, and plants to our gardeners. Special thanks are in order, to a
