Eryn Neyer is the new garden coordinator for the Linwood chapter of Grow Appalachia. I wanted to introduce her and share that you will get to read blogs from her in the future! Tell me about your job with the WV Food and Farm Coalition and how it ties into Grow Appalachia. I work for
I went back and checked, and I used this exact title last May, and something similar a few years before. This is crazy! It's time for gardening, not time for snow! Since we're so far behind because of the weather and all of this COVID-19 garbage, I'm going to share a recipe with you. You
It seems absolutely unreal that this my 5th year writing Linwood's blog. I am grateful to continue to be a part of Grow Appalachia and all of the education and positivity that comes with it. But mostly I am SO excited to have things to write about besides snow and cold weather! Hooray! Linwood has
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,