HOW GOOD THE GRASS SMELLS
Bea Sias, LEAD-Logan, WV As we all know by now, I believe SPRING has SPRUNG. It smells so good, and fresh when the grass is mowed. But, even though I work
Workshop for Logan, West Virginia.
Bea Sias, LEAD, Logan WV Workshop for the May, was conducted on May 4, 2015. We discussed several things about gardening, which has been stressed over and over, "Do not
GARDENING WITH THE CHILDREN
Beatrice (Bea) Sias, Lead Community Org.-Logan, WV. The Community Garden is just a little ways from the Lead Community Organization office. I visited the Garden one day when several
EMPTY CUPS MAKE GREAT SEED STARTERS
-Bea Sias, Lead Community Org-Logan WV At the Lead Community Office, we have a medium to large place in the back of the building. The lady who works with the Community
Protecting the Garden from Storm Damage
-Bea Sias, Logan WV Lead Community Org. Well as I sit here at the computer, typing this blog, I hear the rain once again. On the drive into work this
High Waters
One of the challenges we have faced with gardening the past few years has been three “100 year events” of flash flooding since 2011. The field above was a newly
Time: What we can Plant Now
-Bea Sias, LEAD, Grow Appalachia Logan West Virginia As we all know certain vegetables have to be planted at certain times. Vegetables like peas, cabbage, greens, lettuce, onions and potatoes
STRETCHING YOUR POTATO SEED
-Marcelle, Big Ugly, West Virginia Our rapidly expanding number of gardeners at Big Ugly Community Center made it necessary to re-figure our allocation of potato seed before distribution. On Thursday,
Small Fingers Growing into Strong Hands
--Michael Tierney, Big Ugly Sometimes when you continue to raise issues and experiment with programs year after year you have a turning point that those individual investments come together to
“Getting your garden beds ready for the first crops of the year”
-Bea Sias, LEAD, Logan WV Grow Appalachia One thing we like to talk with our gardeners in Logan County is how to prepare your garden site. For the past several
