” July Fun”
July’s Grow Appalachia meeting was held at the Scott County Farmer’s Market. Teresa Honeycutt gave a wonderful presentation on “Healthy Cooking from the Garden”. She was joined by Leah Vanmeter
Healthy Eating for the Holidays!
Ah, the holiday season: The sound of family and friends gathered in your home, the excitement of giving and receiving gifts, overly-catchy Christmas music playing at every turn, dropping temperatures
Pull Them and Eat Them Too: Edible Weeds
Weeds are often seen as an insurmountable force, an unbearable nuisance, an overwhelming enemy in the garden, all of which ensure the utmost of destruction must take place. Before you
Feeling the Heat
It's been a hot couple weeks here in beautiful McDowell County in West Virginia. Lori here as your guide in what not to do with hot peppers. We have been
We Got Goats
It's October already! Where does the time go? We went and picked up the goats this week. St. Paul's raised the money sooner than we expected because one person is
Pickles of all Kinds
Hi all! Lori here, and my feet are killing me. This has been a long week of making pickles. We have harvested so many zucchinis, cucumbers and peppers this week
Why Grow Your Own?
This is an excerpt for an article I wrote in the Bristol-Harold Courier, explaining the benefits of growing your own produce... There are a number of reasons why families choose
Microwaving Yourself to Better Health
…and other things learned last Tuesday. Last week we hosted our heart-healthy cooking workshop. We decided to make it interesting and come up with the menu spontaneously, based on what
