Big Ugly, October 2024
Hard to believe that the garden year is basically at an end. Our gardeners have dealt with an ongoing drought compounded by high temperatures and critters that tried to raid
Big Ugly, September 2024
Despite excessive heat and severe drought, some gardens continue to thrive and produce, with lots of green beans and tomatoes still being harvested. For those gardeners whose gardens haven’t
BUCC August 2024 Blog
It's hard to believe that the growing season is already coming to an end; it seems like just yesterday we handed out seeds and plants for our gardeners. We’ve included
Big Ugly Grow Appalachia, July 2024
The weather has been hot, with temperatures hitting 100 on a couple of days, and heat indexes as high as 114. Rain has been sporadic and very light. Despite that,
Workshops in Big Ugly
Well, we just had our second batch of hands-on workshops for our gardeners, which were delicious workshops!! Our first hands-on was our two salsa workshops that everyone enjoyed. Now, we
Nurturing Our Gardens And Nurturing Our Future Gardeners
This year we are adding youth and teens to our gardening programs in a couple of ways, trying to engage youth in the growing and preservation of their food. These
New Gardens, New Gardeners, New Generation
Spring has sprung around here. Wisteria, redbuds, and dogwoods are all in bloom, trees are happily leafing out, and gardeners are happily planting their gardens. Potatoes and early spring crops
Growing Our Gardens & Growing Future Gardeners
We finally had our first meeting (the first planned meeting was snowed out), and had a really good turnout for a mid-week meeting. We had 30 people show up, with
Big Ugly October 2023
Hard to believe that another growing season is coming to an end. Pints and quarts of tomatoes, beans, corn, pickles, kraut, etc have been canned, frozen, and even dried. Some
End of the Growing Season
Big Ugly Blog, September 2023 It’s hard to believe that we are already at the end of the growing season, though many gardeners have planted a second crop like beans
