Season Extension
Season Extension at High Rocks By this time in the growing season, most people believe that their gardens are done and that there isn’t anything else to grow.
What to Do with Blackberry Winters
What to Do with Blackberry Winters It’s happening again. The weather has been gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. In fact, the weather has been so gorgeous that many gardeners have
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
Season Extension
--Karline Jensen, High Rocks, Hillsboro, WV At our recent Season Extension workshop, we started out with a circle sharing our experiences with frost. Some gardeners shared about crops they had
Season Extension
August has been a very busy month for us here at the Scott Christian Care Center. This month we went to Carl and Sherry Shafer’s Farm. Carl shared with us
Rounding the bend
As the growing year is finally underway (knock on wood), another season of sorts seems to be coming to an end: conference season. For those of us in agriculture, the
Season Extension: Yes, you really CAN grow year-round!
For a long time, gardeners have labored under the impression that they have a 3 month window, typically from April or May until school starts, to get their garden just
A Short Intro to High Tunnels and High Tunnel Varieties
Grow Appalachia's basic mission is to help as many Appalachian families grow as much of their own food as possible. We've expanded on this mission over the years, tailoring our
Looking back, looking ahead
It’s been a productive and exciting year which wrapped up with a great trip, organized by Community Farm Alliance, to Athens Ohio for the Green Edge Gardens Season Extension workshop
