Composting
Rhonda West reporting from Scott County. We had a good class last night. I was very excited to see everyone that came out to the meeting. We had a full
All-Star Student!
Let’s talk about initiative and innovation! One of our students, Michael, designed and built a compost tumbler at home and donated it to the school 2 weeks ago. The following
“The Compost Pile”
-Bea Sias, Lead, Logan, WV My Blog this week is a poem, titled “Compost Pile” written by one of the talented authors from Logan County. Her name is Carlene Mowery
Building Muscles by Moving Manure
Eliot here from the Appalachian South Folklife Center "GASP" in Pipestem, WV. Last week felt like spring! We had our first informational meeting and met a handful of new interested
While we’re waiting for the spring thaw…
Howdy and warm greetings from Yvonne Scott, AmericorpsVISTA serving in "naturally gorgeous" Wolfe County, Kentucky! Can you hear that? It's the sound of melting snow dripping off the new greenhouse
Composting- Waste Not, Want Not
Thanks to my twin sister Kelly for coming up with the title! Greetings Grow Appalachians! Holly the HQ VISTA checking in. I don’t know about you, but I don’t ever
Fall Harvest: Spectacular Sweet Potatoes!
After a long spring and summer adding lots of compost and keeping up with watering our delicious organic sweet potatoes and yams are ready for fall harvest! Over-the-Rhone People's Garden
Volunteers
--Marcelle St Germain and Michael Tierney One of the great pleasures of gardening (and composting) are the surprises that come up in the garden (and the compost pile). Birds
TFA BLITZ at SVM
Sister KC here to share a recent volunteer experience we had at St. Vincent Mission. There is a lot of back story on this one starting with Appalachian Roots, a
Hugelkultur is that easy?
This is eliot from the Appalachian South Folklife Center in Pipestem, West Virginia. Our garden at the home base is looking good! We started digging potatoes this week, more beets, lots
