Healthy Living Initiative
My fellow Appalachians, This past Thursday, Grow Your Own was able to participate in our final workshop partnership with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, and were able to show off the
Fuel for Adventure Workshop
Good morning my fellow Appalachians, Recently, my friend, and fellow VISTA, Brady Adcock, contacted me about participating with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) for a healthy food initiative. The project
Fall crops, already?
I am astounded at how fast this year is whizzing by, planting summer lettuce and seeding fall brassicas already. Yesterday we had our first workshop in a month, and we
Efficiency, overdrive
Before I happily ramble about our extreme productivity these past few weeks, I would like to point out that in the month of June (so far), GYO participants have harvested
Summer VISTAs rooted, new harvest season begins
Last week, we solidified two Summer AmeriCorps VISTAs for Appalachian Sustainable Development – Devan and Austin will begin their ten week venture on June 16th! Grow Your Own will be
Grow Your Own, growing
Hey all -- Brian here. Spring has finally kicked off and we're having much larger workshop turnouts. We recently hit our maximum number of participants last week, but many interested
Garden Mapping
Brian here -- Yesterday in our workshop, we beat the cold and showed families how to create a garden map. A few of them had excellent examples from past years
Added Facebook Group
I have added a facebook group for my participants for this year to post pictures, questions, recipes, etc. Please check it out and watch what we are doing during this
Garden Visit in Abingdon, VA: Gardener Nicole
I've been out and about visiting more gardens and wanted to shine the spotlight on Nicole. Nicole has gardened on and off in the past, but never felt she had
