Marcelle St. Germain Big Ugly, West Virginia Our gardeners are sweating it out in their gardens as the heat index has hit 100 degrees and higher for the last week. The plants definitely need some water as it’s been hit or miss for the last couple of weeks with rain showers. Thunderstorms have moved in
Bea Sias Step by Step_Logan, WV We have been getting some good reports from our gardeners... of course, sometimes one may encounter a little pest like the cute ground squirrel digging potatoes out of a garden then sitting there to eat. The gardener asked us what she should do, and I told her we had
Marcelle St.Germain, Step by Step Big Ugly, West Virginia Sweet potatoes are one of our favorite crops to grow at BUCC. Early in the spring we generally order 1,000 sweet potato slips from Sow True Seed in Asheville, N.C. A little more than half go to our Big Ugly gardeners and the remainder go to
Bea Sias, Step by Step Logan County, WV Recently we gave out plants in the Man, WV area from 9:00-12:30. We wore masks, used lots of hand sanitizer, and delivered to people in their cars. Gardeners were able to come and get plants such as cucumbers, zucchini, peppers, tomatoes, and others. We enjoyed getting to
Marcelle St. Germain Grow Appalachia Big Ugly, WV Step by Step, Inc. Going with the flow here at Big Ugly. Like everyone else, we had to shift plans midstream to make things work for us to grow plants and to get seeds, fertilizer, and plants to our gardeners. Special thanks are in order, to a
Bea Sias GA Logan, WV Step by Step For the last six months, the whole world has been turned upside down. It has been something that no one could ever expect to take place, but unfortunately, it has in our lifetime. Maybe in a few months, we will see the end of this terrible ordeal,
Big Ugly Grow Appalachia Blog M. St. Germain Our group of Grow Appalachia gardeners had our last workshop of the year on September 28, 2019. We were delighted to share the produce (beautiful eggplant and peppers) that one of our gardeners brought to the meeting. There was an impromptu discussion of what kind of meals
Logan County Grow Appalachia Bea Sias Most Gardens are depleted of veggies and the farmers have cleaned their gardens of debris. Gardeners are already preparing for next season. A few gardeners still have a few things that we consider fall or winter late planting. This does not include Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, and different kinds of
B. Sias Step by Step, Logan County For the past three or four years, a group of seniors who reside in the Chapmanville Towers in Chapmanville WV participate in the Logan Grow Appalachia program. For the last two years, one lady whom I’ll call Carole has been really interested and active in our program. She
M. Pate Step by Step, Big Ugly Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater is a nursery rhyme that tells the tale of Peter making a home for his wife out of a rather large pumpkin. While the Big Ugly pumpkins in this garden may not quite meet the size requirements for a comfy home, they do meet
