Harvesting the Season: 20,000 lbs of Produce
What a harvest! Our Grow Appalachia participants harvested over 20,000 lbs. of organic produce this year to feed their families and fuel their businesses. For four years, the Hindman Settlement
Erosion 101
Soil erosion can destroy your garden. Erosion is the process by which wind and water remove soil from an area. A typical soil is composed of topsoil and subsoil. The
Garden Visits AND Return visits!
Garden visits have begun with vigor, but I've heard said that we could have waited until June to plant and they'd be just as big by now. The soil was
It’s Spring, but Winter is MAD!! AND ANOTHER THING
Spring!?! It's like winter is really mad and keeps storming out of the room and then coming back yelling, "And another thing!" We've gone from 5 degrees with snow on
Just having fun!
Debbie Strickland saying "hi" from Rural Resources in East Tennessee! Greeneville has been enjoying some fall temperatures this past week. We have had enough cool fall like mornings that I
Veggies a Plenty
Excitement abounds here in lovely McDowell County. Lori here with your monthly update of what's going on. We are so proud and happy to announce that our participants and our
Summer Salsa for the Snowy Season
It's been a notably cool August here in Pocahontas County, helping us remember that although summer is still on the mind, fall is just around the corner! The gardens still
Helping Hands
--Liz Kammeyer, High Rocks AmeriCorps Member, Hillsboro, WV School is out, and so are the garden helpers! We all love tending to the garden. There’s something undeniably therapeutic about having
Victory Gardens
Hello from Debbie Strickland in beautiful Greeneville, TN! Taylor Boles, our Garden and Grazing manager who is an AmeriCorps member, is writing to you today from Rural Resources' world. Please
Winter, spring, winter????
I am all snuggled in on my nice soft couch, in my nice warm home, to wait out Mr. Winter? We have not really had much of winter here in
