Intensive Gardening 101
What is Intensive Gardening? Intensive gardening is a gardening method in which one plants a small garden in such a way that maximizes one’s harvest. Why use it? "The
March Madness
Peace from Cincinnati, March is full of gardening madness! Madness meaning, turning the soil, spreading seeds, hardening-off plants, and getting vegetable and flower plugs into the ground. Mother Nature provided
2018 Reflections & 2019 Updates From the Cincinnati Garden
Happy New Year! As we embark on our sixth season with Grow Appalachia in 2019, we can’t help but reflect upon all the positive experiences and knowledge we have gained
The September Equinox
It's the celebration of the fall equinox! You know, the time of year when the sun shines right on the equator and the length of day and night are nearly
Summer days in the City Garden
Happy summer Grow Appalachia friends! This summer has been filled with so many highlights I don’t know where to even begin! So I will just start. First up, victories from
Dog Days of Summer
The Dog Days of Summer are upon us and we're all feeling the weight of weed pressure and disease. It's been an especially hard year for our new gardeners, but
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
Summertime Planting: A warm hug!
Summertime Planting! We've begun our gardening with enthusiasm and we're barely into May. Our gardeners have been holding off as long as they can, but now the race is on.
Knock on wood, Spring has finally arrived!
Happy Earth Day! April 22, 2018 Hello friends! Since the March blog it feels like we've finally warmed up and the cold, cold Ohio nights are a thing of the
Kindness is…Growing Carrots
Hello garden friends and Grow Appalachia followers! It's March 2018, and since our last post we’ve celebrated the holidays and now winters end, well sorta. We got a few inches
