High School Intern
Each summer ASPI offers a high school intern program to local high school students who work several days a week. At the end of the summer they receive a $500
Get Kids Excited About Growing Food
I have been in touch with some of my Gardeners to find out what kind of vegetables their gardens are giving them. I was really surprised what they were getting
The Beauty of Inconsistency
“Sometimes people fret, as they work to change the world, that they are hypocrites. They work for local food but sometimes eat canned food. They work to stop climate change
Field Notes: Thinking about vines
By M.N. While working in the garden, I noticed the peas. It was interesting to see how each offshoot was like a vine. It reminded me of a summer when
The Farm Stand: For When Your Small Town isn’t Ready for a Farmers’ Market
This March, High Rocks Grow Appalachia was approached by the Gezundheit! Institute about ways to improve the local food scene in Hillsboro. Gezundheit! gets groups of college volunteers during Spring
The Promise of a Good Harvest….
This week while doing some garden visits, We was pleasantly greeted with wonderful looking gardens! Each one had lots of veggies growing and doing very well. If the weather cooperates
Efficiency, overdrive
Before I happily ramble about our extreme productivity these past few weeks, I would like to point out that in the month of June (so far), GYO participants have harvested
Grow Appalachia Insights Spread to Ohio
What a blessing to be among the folks at Red Bird Mission the week of May 5-9, 2014! My name is Jacque Keith and I am a volunteer from Ohio.
ladybugs and frogs out of tires?
This morning, we hosted our second annual planting workshop at Living Water Daycare in Williamson. Last year, we attempted the “living wall at Living Water,” mounting a living wall planter
Fall gardens…already?
Although it's not officially summer for a few more days, we're thinking about our fall garden. Specifically, we're trying to determine if we'll be able to find cabbage, broccoli and
