Small Fingers Growing into Strong Hands
--Michael Tierney, Big Ugly Sometimes when you continue to raise issues and experiment with programs year after year you have a turning point that those individual investments come together to
“Getting your garden beds ready for the first crops of the year”
-Bea Sias, LEAD, Logan WV Grow Appalachia One thing we like to talk with our gardeners in Logan County is how to prepare your garden site. For the past several
LOGAN, WV IS UNDER SNOW WITH OUR 2015 GARDEN SEASON
-BEA SIAS, GROW APPALACHIA LOGAN, WV. Logan County has been getting started no matter what the weatherman says. This season Vicky Browning has joined the team to help make our second
Grow Appalachia: A Community of Enthusiasm, Gratitude and Generosity
-Michael Tierney, Big Ugly As I write I am still buzzing with ideas and connections from the Grow Appalachia All Hands Gathering this past week. I’ve been involved with community
To market without using the M word
-Step by Step, Logan County, West Virginia Marketing still scares off a number of our new gardeners. Many of them are from the “lost generation” around here—grandparents all had big
Keeping the winter crop warm
It might not look like much but underneath the plastic is deep winter gold – baby kale. Planted thick in early October, in a spot that gets the most sunlight
Annual Recognition
-Bea Sias, LEAD-Logan County Grow Appalachia Grow Appalachia was highlighted at the third annual recognition dinner held November 14, 2014 by the LEAD (Logan Empowerment and Development) organization. In just three
Giving Thanks
-Daphne Good, Big Ugly Grow Appalachia As I have mentioned before, I have been gardening a very long time; actually since I was a small child when I asked my
Majority of the Garden Season is Over
-Bea Sias-Grow Appalachia Logan WV This is October 2, 2014. I was listening to the news and weather this morning before getting ready for work, and I actually heard the weather
Special Pieces of Equipment
Daphne Gooding-Grow Appalachia. Big Ugly I think all gardeners have some special pieces of equipment that they just love and consider “theirs.” And no one better borrow it without returning
