Fall Has Arrived
Hello everyone, I hope all is well. My name is Alex Sanders and I am the Grow Appalachia Garden Site Supervisor at Project Worth Outreach located in Menifee County in
Great workshops were offered this summer!
This summer we were fortunate to have four wonderful food preservation workshops: Canning Jam and Jelly (where we learned to safely can jams and jellies from fresh ingredients or from
Learning… a continuing objective
Hello from Huntington WV! Over the last couple of weeks we have really begun to invest time in education and learning. From Mushroom cultivation to business planning, we are educating
Preparing for Fall
Now that summer is almost over, we've been working on getting our gardens ready for fall and winter. As plants are finished producing in the community garden we've been cleaning
A 20th Anniversary Road Trip
Greetings Growers, Jeffrey Helton, Berea VISTA, here with a more unusual blog post. In my experience, folks are often unclear on the structure of AmeriCorps and get confused about who, exactly,
Remember When!
Took this picture yesterday and was filled with nostalgia. I remember when all the "bottoms" looked like this in September and the air was strong with the smell of nicotine.
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Hello everyone, I hope all is well. My name is Alex Sanders and I am the Grow Appalachia Garden Site Supervisor at Project Worth Outreach located in Menifee County in
Using Cover Crops to Build the Soil
Brad from the Union County Garden Coalition here and things are going well as we start winding down the growing season. After several weeks with just a little rain to
Watching a Hugelkultur Bed
In July, at the Appalachian South Folklife Center, we built a small hugelkultur bed and seeded it with Buckwheat. I had never heard of hugelkultur before David Williams, came from
Mushrooms…
mushrooms on log Hello everyone! Hope this wonderful fall-like weather is suiting everyone's plans. I find it both welcome and worrisome since cold weather is surely right behind
