Heirloom Popcorn
--Karline Jensen, High Rocks, Hillsboro, WV One of the heirloom crops we will be growing for seed this year is Bluestone Mountain Farm's heirloom popcorn. Farmer Rhonda Dortch of Hinton,
Family, Roots, an Appalachian Garden
--Kris Arbuckle, High Rocks, Hillsboro, WV. Ever since I was a young child I was always around gardens and farm crop. It was the way my family provided for each
Is my garden dry enough to till?
--Karline Jensen, High Rocks, Hillsboro, WV We will have plenty of May flowers this year. Seems like the April showers started as soon as the snow finished melting at the
Strawberries!
--Karline Jensen, High Rocks, Hillsboro, WV Quite a few of our gardeners want to grow strawberries this year, so we are buying 250 strawberry plants from one of our gardeners
How to test an electric fence
--Karline Jensen, High Rocks, Hillsboro WV Now that the snow has finally melted, it's time to make sure your deer fencing is ready for the season. You don't want to
Value Added Processing Regulations
Hi, this is Karline Jensen with High Rocks. Pete and Leah and I are attending the West Virginia Better Process Control School for Acidified Foods Safety at the Small Farms
Winterization Inspiration
Hi all! Maggie from the Alderson Community Food Hub here. We have had a very busy end of the growing season here in Alderson, WV. One of my favorite events
Farmers’ Market Cooking Demo Recipes
Across the country, farmers’ market cooking classes have been growing in popularity as a new way for local foods organizers to interact with community members. Saturday, August 23, High
Small Batch Fermenation to Preserve Extra Produce
With an uncommonly dry June and cool July, we’ve just reached the point in the gardening season when production is getting heavier, but we don’t necessarily have the yield to
Small Growers, Big Demand
Like any small community trying to develop its food economy we encounter the challenge of balancing both sides of the local food see-saw at once. On one end sits the
