September Harvesting in Abingdon, VA
Greetings. It's Heather again. The garden is far from done as we wind into fall. Our lettuce bed is in full flush, with many other transplants awaiting their turn. We
Greetings. It's Heather again. The garden is far from done as we wind into fall. Our lettuce bed is in full flush, with many other transplants awaiting their turn. We
Heather here Today marks another ASD garden workshop. This morning, gardeners came by to turn in more planting records, update old planting records with harvest records, and see what's new.
Hello all. It is OSM/VISTA Heather Jeffreys reporting. August 26th, Monday--SERVICE PLUNGE! Emory and Henry College works with community centers, various ministries, and not-for-profits of all sorts, sending groups of
Hello from Heather, ASD Garden Coordinator. Our next meeting with our gardeners is on September 9th, and only the returners from last year will have harvested and dried garlic
Heather here. Back from a two-week vacation in Washington state, where I hail from, I actually had a break from the rain. I really don't know what to do with
Hello from Heather. Today’s post focuses on gardeners Vadie, Amy, and Jennifer. Vadie is our oldest gardener in the program, at 84 years old. She doesn't leave her house
Heather here. I've been cruising around Southwest VA to visit more of our gardeners and check on their home gardens. Many of these places I have not seen since
Heather here. Fall gardening. You seed crops in flats mid-June. You begin planting mid-July, and can plant through mid-November. Of course, this all depends on the weather. Also, it's a
Heather here. This has been my favorite canning class so far. I've enjoyed our water bath classes, don't get me wrong but pressure canning is just so cool--I can
Heather here. Our June 24th class went extremely well. First we took people through sign-in, dropping off planting records, reminding them to pick up a hand-out on planting dates/time-frame of