Bea Sias, Grow Appalachia Logan County, West Virginia To say the start of this gardening season has been the same as past seasons, would be an understatement. Let me go back to March 29th at approximately 9:30 am. Buck and I were at the Buffalo Creek Memorial Library in Man, WV giving out seed potatoes,
Marcelle St. Germain, Big Ugly April, 2021 With the garden resting during the winter, our gardeners tend to take a long, well-deserved break from growing their food. But some of us just keep out of the dirt for that long. A little garden patch that’s easy to reach even in cold, snowy conditions can
By Bea Sias In a short time, we will be able to start planting our gardens. I know many will be wanting to begin growing plants now that spring seems to have arrived, despite winter’s repeated attempts to stay. One of our new gardens is with a recovery program, and we will be showing the
March, 2021 The gardening season is off to a slow start with very late seed deliveries this year after a cold and icy February. Finally, now in mid-March a little bit of the warmer weather is starting to come our way. Hopefully, the seeds are not that far behind. While we wait for the soil
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
