For this month's blog, I interviewed our new garden coordinator (well....she's so much more than that but that's what I focused on!), Jamie Saunders: Tell me about your job with the WV Food and Farm Coalition and how it ties into Grow Appalachia. I’m a Foodshed Coordinator with WV Food and Farm Coalition. My Foodshed
I had the massive pleasure of heading back to Linwood and Snowshoe last weekend and was able to check out our high tunnel, community garden and the Pocahontas County Farmers Market while I was there. I spent a good long while munching Pareso tomatoes, which to me are everything a tomato should be: meaty and
Greetings! We are just coming off of our big event for the season - Linwood Alive's annual Farm to Fork Dinner, where this year we raised over $5000. Time is donated by decorators, chefs, musicians, yoga teachers and more. Watching the pillars of our community band together to get this event underway is always amazing,
I'm not sure our Linwood Community Daycare kids know how great they have it! Below are some photos of the little ones harvesting potatoes...taters! Red taters, purple taters and regular old normal taters! Once again, we won the battle against those awful Colorado Potato Beetles. Mechanical beetle control is something I was never fond of
Happy June! I don't have a ton to share with you because it has been freeeeezing here and our veggies have yet to start growing. The overnight low was 23! Not very garden-friendly, that's for sure. We're thankful for low tunnels. So, instead, I'm going to tell you that we REALLY like bribing people into
Why do I feel like I have written this EXACT title in years past??? I will have to go back and check! Despite all the wonky weather check out this comparison: The first was 4 years ago today, and the second was taken a few weeks ago...before there was MORE snow in the forecast. We
After a relentless and seemingly never ending winter we have skipped right over spring and are now slugging through the heat of Summer. Thank goodness for our high tunnel or our gardens would be in jeopardy. Our little valley has recently endured every type of weather in the last month from snow, strong winds, rain,
Hello fellow gardeners! Spring has not yet sprung here in the mountains of West Virginia. Winter has been relentless, for the past past month we have had four nor'easters roll through. But with even more cold temperatures and the looming possibility of snow we are more determined than ever to start planning and planting our
Greetings fellow Grow-ers! For those of you who might not be familiar with cover crop use, a cover crop is planted not for food purposes (generally) but for many other beneficial reasons: to introduce nutrients to the soil, control erosion, combat weeds, pests and disease, improve soil quality and generally help with garden sustainability. It
I would like to take this month’s blog to really focus on the things that we have found great success with this and past seasons. I spend a significant amount of time thinking about our opportunities for improvement (a MUCH nicer way of saying failures!), and as I say goodbye to our summer gardens and