A Spring Update As we enter into April, spring becomes stronger with every passing day. Trees are starting to bud as spring flowers bloom. Temps are steadily rising, but not too much. We have had some beautiful days full of sun in the upper 60s to lower 70s - perfect weather , in my opinion!
Spring has arrived, but we'll have to get through Dogwood Winter, Locust Winter, Blackberry Winter, and Linsey-Woolsey Britches Winter yet. Last week we had a cold snap that we called Redbud Winter and our fruit trees barely made it through that. But back to our first Grow Appalachia meeting.... DRIVE-IN THEATER AGAIN We met in
We were ahead for a moment, then we were neck and neck, then ahead again, and then full stop. Whoa. We were able to order our tools and found canners early on, no scrambling at the last minute this year. We were so excited. Food dehydrators became an issue though, but just in the nick
Scott and McCreary county participants gathered for our 2nd Grow Appalachia meeting held on March 18th. To ensure the safety of our participants by observing proper social distancing, we offered a multi-faceted meeting format. One meeting at 4:30, repeated at 6:00 plus uploading the video to our YouTube channel. This month’s meeting focused on Basic
By: Tanya Begley Photo courtesy of prospect.org What is that we see slowly peeking out from the shadows? YES!! It is SPRING! Mother nature has awoken from her long slumber and we cannot be happier to see her. Of course, this past winter’s strain of ice storms, flooding and the ongoing Corona
Cowan Community Action Group, Inc. celebrates ten years with Grow Appalachia this year. On Cowan Creek, the red buds begin to bloom, forsythia bushes blaze, gardens are turned and seeds are planted. And....one of the kindest men we've met
Welcome to the first blog post for Grow Appalachia Upper Ohio Valley 2021! Phoebe here to bring you news from Marshall County, the bottom of the four WV Northern Panhandle counties. While I am a native to the region who tells “outsiders” not to underestimate the culture and diversity within Appalachia, the
Most of our growers are transitioning from tree fruits to vegetables at the moment. Those who have apple and pear trees have done their grafting and pruning, and now they're thinking of the garden soil prep. In order to maintain safe numbers for our apple grafting this year, we broke that into four separate
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
BRING IT ON 2021! We are ready for a challenging but successful garden workout after the wintery blues. We worked throughout the winter in the high tunnel and brainstormed new creative ideas for 2021. At the end of fall, we were blessed with many starter plants of cabbage, broccoli, collards, cauliflower and started rows
