Blackberry Winter
Blackberry winter has come and gone in the mountains. Baby birds are hatching and taking flight around the edges of the fields. Bees are beginning to swarm. Bluegill are moving
Planting by the Soil Temps
I get a lot of questions this time of year, generally consisting of, “Can I plant X right now?” The air is feeling a little warmer and on days when
Top 10 Veggies You Can Start Right Now!
The calendar says that the first day of spring is March 20th. The first day of spring seems to be a widely anticipate day in the gardening world: it's getting
Flower Girl
Greetings Grow Appalachians! Holly, VISTA at Grow App HQ in beautiful and blooming Berea, KY! Speaking of beautiful and blooming, I promised in an earlier newsletter that we would get
Working in between the rains
Cabbages under agribon, leeks in those rows. Eliot here from the Appalachian South Folklife Center in Pipestem, WV. Got some rows planted at the center early this
Season Extension: To infinity and beyond!
Greetings, Grow Appalachians! It's Holly the HQ VISTA once again! Now, I imagine some of you are probably thinking, "Why in the world are we hearing from Holly twice in
