Time to Spring Into Gear!
Michael Tierney, Step by Step Despite weather that can’t seem to make up its mind whether it’s December or March, lots of people KNOW it’s March, and know that
Retrospective: Our Pilot Year
Post Program Thoughts With the last of the harvest being stored for winter, and the first frost settling on the grass, we are wrapping up our pilot
Fall Is on Its Way
Bea Sias Step by Step, Logan, West Virginia The leaves are turning, and the weather is getting cooler, so we know what this means, fall is on its way. We
How To Store Your Summer Fruits and Vegetables: Let’s Talk About Canning!
As the harvest begins winding down, we begin looking for ways to capture the taste of a summer garden all year long. One of the most tried and true
Welcoming Fall Foods
It’s hard to believe that the growing season is almost over, and I can’t wait to see the totals for what our gardeners grew. One gardener has just picked several
Gardens Yield GREAT Returns!
We have been getting some really good reports from our gardeners... of course, sometimes one may encounter a pest like cute little chipmunks digging potatoes out of a garden
Pickling into Fall
As we roll toward the months of fall, the time has come to begin canning. We held two Grow Appalachia Canning Workshop sessions on Tuesday, August 10. The first, at
Freezing Green Beans
I don't know about you, but our garden is producing A LOT of green beans right now. Good things come to those that wait, and we have picked 5 pecks
Featured Farmers: Nick & Debbie Yoklic
With the first of our site visits underway, we are featuring one of our families gardening in Brooke County, Nick & Debbie Yoklic! The Yoklics have been very receptive
Gardeners’ Hard Work Pays Off
We are in the midst of gathering our harvest reports from gardeners and finding out about how their spring and early summer work has turned out. For some there are
