It’s a Wrap!!
During our last workshop, Jason talked about extending the garden season, low tunnels and cover crops. Meanwhile, I cut up watermelon I brought to share from my garden. How
During our last workshop, Jason talked about extending the garden season, low tunnels and cover crops. Meanwhile, I cut up watermelon I brought to share from my garden. How
This whole season has been a whirlwind passing by ever so swiftly. Lately, I have been visiting gardens and I am so impressed with what our gardeners have done. Each
Lately at the Ruby Grow farm at High Rocks, we've been dealing with our fair share of downpours followed by unbearably sticky hot days. Prime weed growing weather. The
Having passed the Summer Solstice, our Local Foods Team has recently sat down and done some reflecting about the first half of our season. . In the whirl of the
It’s that time of year again- between rain and high temps it seems everything is growing all at once in the garden, including the weeds. We’ve been very busy
The Never-Ending Adventure When I started the Grow Your Own program last year, I had been successful with houseplants, a few potted vegetables, but
We recently hosted our annual Farm Camp. And the children gleaned so much from community farmers and Pine Mountain staff. Bright and early before the children gathered in the Laurel
In 2016, after a decades-long hiatus, Grow Appalachia helped Pine Mountain Settlement School revive its historic apiary on the campus farm. Starting with two nucleus colonies (NUCS's) purchased in Western
Monday, May 3rd was a pretty big day for many of the gardeners in the BUCC and Logan programs. That was the day the chicks arrived, a day old, ready
May 2021 Everything is going okay for my gardeners and me. It’s still cold and wet, and the weather reports are unpredictable - more like April than May. This next week