We Never Thought We’d Leave Harlan Alive
…but not because of the town itself. It’s quite a nice place. No, Jeffrey Helton and myself (Marcus Plumlee), never thought we’d leave Harlan alive because of the following things:
Last Day with Intern
Last week our high school intern finished up his intern program. He spent the week working in his community garden plot and selling at the farmers market. On his last
Spicy Kale Chips
Greetings from Park Place Over the past few weeks, Grow Your Own has been partnering with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, holding workshops once a week to promote healthy living. Grow
Beets in Buckets
Greetings from Park Place! On July 25th Devan Crabtree, my fellow summer VISTA, and I went up to the Vance Community Garden. It was a light work day as it
Fresh Corn and Tomato Salad — A Recipe
Hello everyone! Over the past couple of weeks, we have had the pleasure of using the harvest from our garden to help feed over a hundred participants in our various
Volunteers
--Marcelle St Germain and Michael Tierney One of the great pleasures of gardening (and composting) are the surprises that come up in the garden (and the compost pile). Birds
TFA BLITZ at SVM
Sister KC here to share a recent volunteer experience we had at St. Vincent Mission. There is a lot of back story on this one starting with Appalachian Roots, a
Raccoons in the corn
Here in some of the larger production gardens at Pine Mountain, we have had troubles with raccoons in the corn this year. I have experienced this on farms in central
blight??
Everything is coming along great. With one exception, blight has gotten to our tomatoes and we are kind of at a lost for words. I have several questions that I
Zukes, Cukes, and Some Noteworthy Info
Hi Y'all, It's Late-Again Lori, but I have a valid excuse. (I think) First of all, let me tell you about our little harvest this week. We harvested around
