Marcelle St. Germain Step by Step, Big Ugly, West Virginia Now that we have finished our first four Grow Appalachia workshops, and the plants and seeds are in the ground, it’s time to visit some gardens. The first picture of Maisel and his greenhouse and garden is from the Mud River area in Lincoln County.
Bea Sias Step by Step, Logan, West Virginia I am enclosing more pictures for this month with my blog. These pictures belong to the Southwestern Day Report, who have four large gardens. These gardens are located in Logan, Boone, Lincoln and Mingo Counties. I wrote a brief history of this organization at the beginning of
-Marcelle St. Germain -Step by Step, Big Ugly On May 4th, the Big Ugly Community Center had its spring festival. Our Grow Appalachia Garden Maintenance Workshop was a part of the festival. Weed, weed, weed was the theme of the workshop. To assist with this chore, gardeners had a choice of hoes to attend to
-Bea Sias - Step by Step, Logan Now that we are in full swing of getting our gardens planted, it seems the children are also getting ready to plant those seeds. They like the idea of getting downright dirty and playing with each other while the garden is being planted. In the after-school program at
Marcelle St. Germain Step by Step-Big Ugly After almost a month away, a quick look in the greenhouse told the story that all is well at Big Ugly Grow Appalachia. The seedlings from mid-March have turned into a massive amount of cabbage and broccoli plants thanks to lots of folks who made this happen. First
Bea Sias Logan County Step by Step Gardening is 50% underway. Not everyone has been able to get too much completed on their garden, but, several who are stay-at-home people got to take advantage of those pretty spring days that we had in West Virginia. The “W” word which is, WEATHER, has not been too
-Bea Sias -Logan County West Virginia -Step by Step After receiving telephone calls for enrollment in Dec of 2018 Grow Appalachia in Lincoln and Logan counties have started to get their 2019 gardening season underway. It may be too early and the ground may be too wet but with a few gardeners that are on
2019-Marcelle St. Germain Grow App, Big Ugly Step by Step As we entered a region we had never seen before, our group of volunteer college students did not know what to expect from the Grow Appalachia program, or even West Virginia as a whole. The area can seem very foreign, even to those who live
Bea Sias, Step by Step, Logan County It is now the first week in October 2018 and I am continuing to get a Produce Report from most of my gardeners. This season has been very good, most gardeners will tell you, and some will say it was a fair gardening season. I know that Green
M. St. Germain Step by Step, Big Ugly Harvest reports are getting finalized this month and we are very pleased with our growing effort this year. We think that 2018 will probably be one of our top two years in terms of the total harvest. Our last workshop was held at Big Ugly Community Center
