Logan WV First Farmers’ Market
-Bea Sias,LEAD Logan, WV. On August 8, 2015, Grow Appalachia in Logan, WV had its first Farmer’s Market. Not a lot of Gardeners showed up to participate, but the ones
Appalasian Kimchi
--Marlyn McClendon, High Rocks, Hillsboro, WV Hello Grow Appalachia Community, My name is Marlyn and I am a Grow Appalachia participant here at High Rocks Educational Corporation. Recently I began
The Bounty of August
Wendy Johnston here from the Grow Appalachia program at the Appalachian South Folklife Center in Pipestem, WV. This past month has handed us some hot temperatures, huge ragweed and finally,
We’ve Bean Growing Crazy Round Here
Hoes it going y'all? (<--- see what I did there) Lori here from sweltering McDowell County, West Virginia. Remember my last blog where I said my participants were doing great? Well, have
Why Grow Appalachia?
Hello Grow Appalachia Community, Today I joined the Grow Appalachia Team as an intern at High Rocks, so I’d like to introduce myself and explain why I’m serving with Grow
Gardening Rocks But There’s a Tool for That
Good Evening Y'all. Lori here (plague and all) from McDowell County West Virginia. If any of you have caught this awful plague that's been going around and have struggled to
Heirloom Popcorn
--Karline Jensen, High Rocks, Hillsboro, WV One of the heirloom crops we will be growing for seed this year is Bluestone Mountain Farm's heirloom popcorn. Farmer Rhonda Dortch of Hinton,
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
