Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to work with a couple of our Grow Appalachia market growers.  Pasha and Loren have a beautiful garden tucked into a mountain

Thank you for a great summer I am very sad to say this is my last week interning for Virginia Cooperative Extension Wise County this summer. This internship

Rainy Weather Here in Wise County, it’s been very rainy these past couple weeks, so I have not been able to go to many garden site visits recently.

National Moth Week During my summer internship for VCE Wise County, I was given the opportunity to research and present on moths. While researching, I learned how important

Making Sauerkraut On Tuesday, members of the Grow Wise program learned about fermentation during one of their food preservation classes. Andrea Haubner, the FCS agent for Lee and

Wild Edibles in the Appalachian Region Last week, the Grow Wise program had the opportunity to go on a wild edibles tour led by ANR extension agent Phil

Water-bath & Pressure Canning Last week, the Grow Wise program had two food preservation classes taught by one of its members, Sarah Boggs. In the first class, she

As part of the VCE-Wise County Internship, I was given the opportunity to present on a few of my personal interests. One of these presentations was about traditional Appalachian

I recently got the opportunity to visit a hydroponics farm in Wise County. It’s located in Coeburn, VA at Camp 18. This unit operates a large farm that includes

Container Gardening During my fourth week of interning for Virginia Cooperative Extension- Wise County, I helped with a presentation on gardening in small spaces. My portion of the