Summer is officially here! Smells of fresh vegetables on the grill , fresh Fish from the local streams on the hook and the first signs of healthy crops beginning to show. In our small corner of Southeastern Kentucky. Owsley County may seem far removed from civilization to the outsider looking in. The lush green
A Little Bit of Catching Up It seems like it’s been a long time since I’ve been able to post, it’s almost hard to remember everything that’s happened since then. And I know, two weeks really isn’t long at all, but it seems that they’ve been filled with enough happening to fill up
Longevity Matters Stewardship Matters Relationships Matter Partnerships Matter Forty years ago in 1980 the Civic Garden Center started the Community Gardens program at the Over The Rhine People’s Garden. Today that garden is still thriving and growing food for those in need and providing an opportunity for the neighbors to grow food for themselves. Longevity
PLANT WITH LOVE, WATCH MIRACLES GROW! Jeanette Mullins 2020 Generous Donation! Jeannette Mullins is a former intern and a dedicated volunteer that has blessed the mission with a 90 x 88 garden plot donation. This generous donation will make the third garden plot for the mission to share with the community and
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
HUNTINGTON — For the past few weeks, Lacy Davidson Ferguson and Grow Wayne have been teaching 50 families across Cabell and Wayne counties all about growing and preserving their own crops. A registered dietitian and resource coordinator for the West Virginia Department of Agriculture, Ferguson has spent her life working with and understanding natural foods.
Since we haven't been able to meet in person, we've been chatting about our gardens on Facebook. Here are a few excerpts shared by our gardeners: Succession Planting replanting beets and spinach in the last part of summer We want to succession some lettuce and kale, as we
Eryn Neyer is the new garden coordinator for the Linwood chapter of Grow Appalachia. I wanted to introduce her and share that you will get to read blogs from her in the future! Tell me about your job with the WV Food and Farm Coalition and how it ties into Grow Appalachia. I work for
Well, in my last post I said that I was hoping to meet some people face to face, and I couldn’t be happier to say that I’ve been able to do just that. This week has actually been full of learning experiences and new people. I learned how to collect hay samples, which turned
