The Beauty of Summer
Though these past few days have really felt quite a bit like fall the arrival of a bounty of fresh garden produce tells us that summer is in full swing
A Visit from the Paul Mitchell Team
This past Saturday we welcomed a group of 5 Paul Mitchell employees to Pine Mountain for a tour of several of our Grow Appalachia participant’s gardens. Leigh Ann, Judith, Jess,
Mid Summer Planting
Though gardening season is in full swing, by mid July many garden crops that were planted early will already be done producing for the season and be ready to be
Pickling, Dehydrating, Freezing, and more!
This past Tuesday we had our annual food preservation workshop for Grow Appalachia participants. The workshop was led by two of our participants who are particularly savvy with food preservation
July Slump
It seems we are in a bit of an early July slump at Pine Mountain. There is always work to do in the garden, but the persistent rain has us
In the Kitchen with Broccoli
This spring we got early broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage plants for our participants, after handing out all the plants, we had lots of extra broccoli, and so it went into
Cantaloupe Crazy
Hello, my name is Andrew Whitehead. I am a Grow Appalachia assistant at Pine Mountain Settlement School. This is my second year working for the program and I love it.
Harvesting the Rain
Last week we held our second rain barrel workshop at Pine Mountain. The first rain barrel workshop was held in the fall of 2012, at that time we only had
Glorious Garlic
Garlic scapes (flower stalks) after they have been pulled off the plant. Fresh and delicious garlic flavor! I love garlic. I planted over 100 garlic plants just for myself last
A Spicy Perennial
This past Wednesday we took the plow out to do some work in one of our participants gardens and after our work was done we left with an interesting and
