Janet KentDave MeestersThis Sunday at the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace we were treated to a presentation by Medicine County Herbals about 10 Appalachian plants and their medicinal uses.  Janet Kent

  One of our first time gardeners, Clay, is jumping through hoops to grow as many vegetables as possible.  Clay grew up in Pocahontas County, WV, graduated from college, lived in

We have scheduled (and rescheduled) our last events for the growing season.  We are excited to be doing three of them with our High Rocks girls helping and learning along

With the presidential campaign heating up, there’s a lot of talk about the American Dream right now. Today, after biting in to the first ear of corn I ever grew,

Sometimes cucumbers just get away from us.  A few days without picking and you can end up with a pithy, over-ripe monster on your vines.  What’s to be done with

  This week we visited the Marlinton Middle School garden to weed and lay donated sawdust in the paths.  Principal Joe Riley met us at the garden and shared his excitement about

We rural folk shop differently than you city people.  Lots of us have to drive the better part of an hour to get to a grocery store.  We don’t like

Stylishly dressed for the office, the managing editor of the Pocahontas Times, Jaynell Price-Graham, climbed up on her old John Deere tractor to expertly place a round bale of hay

As much as they look forward to the end of the school year, lots of teens start to get a little bored by midsummer.  Eating junk food and watching re-runs

At High Rocks, there is a tradition of saying “gratefuls” before every shared meal.  These unrehearsed expressions of thankfulness range from the silly to the profound.  At camps, they can