Appalachian Sustainable Development Welcomes New VISTAs
ASD welcomes four new VISTAs to our Agriculture Education and Groundwork programs! "Volunteers in Service to America" Founded in 1965, Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) is
Beauty and the Garden by Joyce Skidmore
Gardening is not for the faint of heart. Yeah, I said it and I meant it. Gardening is hard; it is also dirty, messy, and unsure. However, it is
Successful Farmers Harden Off Their Plants
Hardened off kale transplants in the Faith In Action Demonstration Garden will be harvested and donated to the Faith In Action Food Pantry With the emergence of flowering
Goodbye Grow Appalachia Family
Greetings from Abingdon, Virginia! July was hot and dry, as usual. Harvest reports are trickling in boasting sweet corn, peppers, and the first of the tomatoes. It seems like
Flowers and Showers
Summer is in full swing and we are staying busy with weeding, harvesting, mulching, and more! Our classes go from every two weeks to every week which keeps us on
Feels like summer, rains like spring!
As the heat has officially arrived, May showers have also been plentiful in east Tennessee this spring. We experienced three dry days in a row this past week which was
What We Hope to Learn
Each season, the last question on the Community Garden Contract is, "what do you hope to learn this year by working in a garden?" and honestly, I hadn't taken the
Team Teaching; Students with Special Needs
Greetings from Abingdon, VA! This is Michelle, and I'm happy to announce that it is cooling down and we have had some rain these past few weeks. Our fall brassicas
Community Gardening with Kids
Greetings from Abingdon and Appalachian Sustainable Development! Deni here, reporting on three of our community gardens that have a concentration of children and young adults at the helm. Girls Inc. is
Hoop House Weed Help
Greetings from Abingdon VA! This is Michelle reporting for ASD's Grow Your Own program: Happy late summer to our Grow Appalachia family! It was, “hot as blazes” as my dad
