Playing Catch-up and Making New Friends
After weeks of unpredictable temperatures and precipitation, our late-April weather finally decided to be a bit more cooperative! We've spent these last few weeks playing catch-up and filling our
Earth Day Everyday!
Happy Earth Day Grow Appalachia friends! It is a beautiful day here in Cincinnati, Ohio, despite having cold temps and snow last weekend. Hoping we are finally saying goodbye to
Rain, Rain, Go Away…But, Mostly Just on Mondays
In March, we started recurring Monday afternoon workdays in the LPH Community Gardens. Workdays are not only open opportunities for neighbors to come together to help till, plant, weed,
“Come Grow With US”
Every year it seems like I say “This is going to be the best year ever!” But I really believe it this year! We have a large number of gardeners
Welcome to 2022 Grow Appalachia Gardening
Welcome to the 2022 growing season! It is still unimaginable to me that we are beginning this season already. It just seems as though we started last year's season. We
Welcoming (Meteorological) Spring in Cincinnati
It's still a little chilly outside in Cincinnati, but at Community Matters, we are excited to know that spring is just around the corner. For us, spring symbolizes renewed
Retrospective: Our Pilot Year
Post Program Thoughts With the last of the harvest being stored for winter, and the first frost settling on the grass, we are wrapping up our pilot
Is it Fall Yet?
Even though we are almost midway into October, the temps here in Eastern Kentucky are still bringing on some hot weather. While some of our gardeners did grow Fall gardens,
Many Hands Make Slight Work
Many Hands Make Light Work Sometimes work on the farm or your garden can seem overwhelming, with tasks piling on one another, especially near the end of a
Welcoming Fall Foods
It’s hard to believe that the growing season is almost over, and I can’t wait to see the totals for what our gardeners grew. One gardener has just picked several
