Seasons Come and Seasons Go So far this garden season has been a great success! All my participants have really enjoyed the class and have really learned a lot of knowledge through the journey. Coming from the veterinary field, I didn’t know a lot about gardening, and with this program, I have been able to
No insects, just weather!
Normally we are fighting the different types of bugs and diseases this time of the year but instead, we seem to have made mother nature mad in our neck of the woods, and now she’s giving us the wind and heavy rains with some spots of flooding. It’s been a struggle for our gardeners this
Oh, here comes the produce!
Finally, after a lot of hard work, my participants are finally getting produce out of their gardens. It makes me so happy to see their hard work and dedication is paying off for them. The past couple of weeks has pushed them though. With the heat waves and dry spells along with windstorms and
Up Up and Away
Up Up and Away May was a busy month for our participants as they got their mixed vegetable flats at our last meeting. We had a lot of rain which delayed the time for the plants to get into the ground. But now that June has finally arrived, we are getting lots of goodies
April showers bring May Gardens.
April Showers bring May Gardens. Now that the sun is starting to hang out with us longer, the ground is warming up. Spring showers are coming and going. The seeds are becoming very happy. All of our participant’s gardens throughout the county have popped up and making all our hard work pay off. They have
A New Journey
A New Journey Good morning, all, As I embrace this new journey in Grow Appalachia, I'm excited to watch the process of my gardener’s crops grow along with me in the program. A little history about myself I have a big heart for animals and helping animals that don’t get a fair chance
Spring is in the air!
Spring! I can smell it! Spring is in the air! We’re enjoying a few 75º+ days lately and Daylight Savings Time is right ar Just a glimpse of the Shepherd families cover crop growing beautifully! ound the corner. I think everyone is ready to get our hands (and toes) in the soil.
Beautiful season
We've come to the close of a Beautiful Season! The year ended with our gardeners collecting over 32,975+ pounds of fresh produce that they either ate, sold, preserved, or gave to friends and family. We had 3 new families sell produce at the farmers market and become what we call Market Gardeners! One previous
The Days Go By Slowly, but the Years Go By Fast.
The Days Go By Slowly, but the Years Go By Fast. When people say time flies, believe them. The older I get the more I realize that time really does fly by. We're already at the end of our garden season and it's October of 2021. Harvest time is here and we're bringing in
Gardener Graduation Day is finally here.
GRADUATION DAY! Months ago I joked about Graduation Day not being in May for the Gardener. Well, its finally here in September for our bunch. They've planted, grown, tended, and now harvested tons of great fruits and vegetables and for most it's time to rest for the winter. Some will plant fall crops
